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Jesse Ahuja is a partner at MEP Business Counsel. As a member of the firm since its founding, Jesse has focused exclusively on the formation, financing and mergers & acquisitions of private enterprises. While his clients span a broad range of industries (technology, manufacturing, logistics, professional services, hospitality, food & beverage, e-commerce, retail and financial services, among others), the underlying commonality is that all are privately held growth companies or their i...

For more than 35 years, Bernard Amyot has developed a practice that is primarily focused on civil and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience before the Quebec courts, having represented Canada’s leading financial institutions. He has lectured and written frequently on legal issues of interest to his clients. His professional liability defence work extends to lawyers as well as stockbrokers, insurance brokers, engineers and accountants. He has acted as lead counsel in numerou...

Crispin is a member of the firm’s Business Law, Corporate Finance & Securities, Energy and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups. His practice is focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. He has extensive experience in corporate finance and securities transactions, including public and private share and debt financings, initial public offerings, business combinations and stock exchange listings. Additionally, Crispin has acted as coun...

A litigator since 1992, Caroline Biron advises the firm’s clients in the resolution of high-stakes disputes in a variety of areas, ranging from commercial law, corporate law, employment law, civil litigation (including defamation issues), privacy and professional liability law. https://woods.qc.ca/en/team/caroline-biron

Michael Blatchford works with charities, not-for-profit organizations, associations, clubs, social enterprises and other entities in the voluntary sector and advises on all aspects of their operations and governance, helping them to effectively carry out their programs while complying with regulatory obligations. Mr. Blatchford's clients include registered charities and non-profit organizations in every area, from healthcare, education and social services to arts and culture, environmental an...

Michel Boislard has leading expertise in commercial law, primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, investment funds and securities. He also advises clients from the high technology and biotechnology sectors. Numerous public and private corporations trust Michel to represent them during complex domestic and international cross-border transactions. Michel familiarized himself with the challenges involved in cross-border transactions while working as resident partn...

Robert Carelli is a partner, Head of the Montréal office’s Corporate Group and a member of the firm’s Partnership Board. Named as one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in 2020 by Canadian Lawyer , Robert has over 20 years of extensive experience focused primarily in the areas of securities, capital markets, public and private mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance. He advises issuers and underwriters on public offerings and private placements, b...

Keith Chatwin is head of the Corporate Group in Calgary. His practice involves a broad array of securities and general corporate transactions, ranging from public and private debt and equity financing to mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and recapitalizations, and shareholder activism and defense. Keith has acted in respect of a number of contested and uncontested take-over situations, as well as a number of corporate and intercorporate arrangements, including reverse take-ove...

John Ciardullo is the Managing Partner of the Toronto office where he is responsible for overseeing management, strategic direction and client service. He is also a member of the Partnership Board, Executive Committee, Management Committee and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. He is the former Head of the Corporate Department and the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. John has expertise in a broad range of corporate transactions and has led some of Ca...

Leland Corbett is a partner in the Banking & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets Groups. His practice focuses on the corporate-commercial area and he frequently acts in public and private financing and other capital markets transactions, including corporate and investment banking transactions, share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, securities transactions and other merger and acquisition activity. Leland has been senior counsel in many large and complex corpora...

Michel Décary has pleaded before the courts of all levels, including up to the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as provincial and federal administrative tribunals, domestic arbitration tribunals and commissions of inquiry, in matters involving civil, corporate, and securities law as well as administrative, constitutional and labour law. Michel is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, of which he was Regent from 2006 to 2010 and was named Montréal Corporate Governanc...

Terence Dobbin focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and public financings. He regularly advises acquirers and target companies in connection with negotiated transactions and unsolicited take-over bids. Mr. Dobbin has extensive experience with large, multijurisdictional transactions, including cross-border acquisitions and financings. He advises boards of directors and their committees on a variety of issues, often in business-critical situations. He is recognized in all d...

Thierry Dorval practises securities law and competition law. He acts in a wide range of transactions such as mergers, business acquisitions and dispositions. He is chair of our governance and directors’ liability team. Mr. Dorval frequently reviews the governance policies and practices of Canadian corporations listed on both Canadian and US stock exchanges. He also regularly advises boards and management on directors and officers’ liability issues and independent committee deliber...

Aaron practices in Farris’ Kelowna office as a solicitor in the areas of corporate and commercial law, real estate, bank lending, and wills and estates. Aaron holds an undergraduate degree in Science as well as a Law degree, both from the University of Victoria.

Stephen Erlichman has practiced corporate and securities law throughout his career at major law firms in New York and Toronto. Steve has advised management, boards of directors and shareholders of public and private corporations in various industries, and has been counsel to investment dealers, commercial banks, insurance companies, private equity firms and managers of mutual funds, ETFs, pension funds and hedge funds in connection with public and private acquisitions, reorganizations, public...

The managing partner of our Quebec office, Olga Farman practises corporate and commercial law, with a particular interest in life sciences and health law. Her business law practice focuses on contractual and corporate transactions, corporate governance and intellectual property. Her life sciences practice is related mainly to negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, regulatory law and rules of good governance in the health sector. Olga has valuable experience in clinical trials, person...

Raman Grewal is a partner in the Corporate Group and a member of the firm’s Partnership Board. She practises principally in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, having expertise on a wide range of matters including domestic and international securities offerings, corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance. She has counselled Canadian and international issuers and underwriters on a wide range of capital markets transactions and securities regulatory matters, inc...

Tina Hobday, a partner since 2001, has developed considerable expertise in the fields of pension plan litigation and governance and has represented pension interests in several high-profile insolvency proceedings. She also practices in the area of public and administrative law, and has substantial experience in professional and disciplinary law. As an experienced litigator, she represents clients before the civil and federal courts, including statutory appeals before the Federal Court of Appe...

Blair Horn is a leading M&A and securities lawyer based in the Vancouver office. Blair works with both public and private companies on domestic and cross border M&A transactions, public equity and debt financings, venture capital and private equity financings, and corporate governance matters. Blair has advised a number of clients including technology companies, agribusiness, food and beverage companies, industrial and mining concerns, boards, independent committees of boards, underwr...

Jean Marc Huot is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice is focused primarily in the areas of securities and mergers & acquisitions.

Georald Ingborg is a Partner in our Securities and M&A Group in Vancouver. With expertise in domestic and international public and private financing (debt and equity), mergers and acquisitions and public company reporting and compliance, Georald’s services are highly coveted by issuers and financial institutions, primarily in the mining industry, as well as the technology, biotechnology and industrial sectors.

Kevin Johnson’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters, acting for a variety of participants in capital markets transactions. He has acted for issuers, selling shareholders, independent committees of boards of directors and investment dealers in public and private offerings of securities, related-party transactions, corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Johnson has significant experience in cross-border public offerings and both friendly and hosti...

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Kirk Litvenenko's core practice areas include: corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalization and reorganization transactions and public and private offerings of debt and equity. Kirk is focused on providing elite client service. Kirk builds high-performance internal working teams that are specifically designed to collaboratively service each client's specific and unique needs. Excellent service builds client loyalty and strong relationships, as such, many of the clients for...

Steven Lukas, Associate Counsel, is co-chair of Harper Grey's Business Law Group. Known for his innovative and “out of the box” thinking and client focused solutions, Steven works closely with many entrepreneurs and corporations of all sizes and maturity, providing general legal advice on a broad range of corporate matters. He provides strategic counsel in the complex aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including divestitures and negotiated acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic...

Iain Mant is a prominent securities and mergers and acquisitions lawyer in Fasken’s Vancouver office. His diverse practice focuses on advising varied clients on public equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, and general corporate matters. Iain is sought out for his more than 30 years’ of expertise by clients in the technology, mining, oil and gas, media, and life sciences industries. He acts for issuers, underwriters and venture ...

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Andrew Nathanson, KC is Co-Leader of the firm’s White Collar Defence and Investigations group. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and white collar crime. Andrew is sought after by corporations, directors and investors for his expertise in shareholders' disputes, oppression claims, proxy contests, and commercial disputes. Many of Andrew's commercial cases involve multi-jurisdictional disputes. Andrew was co-counsel for Lions Gate Entertainment, successfully defeating t...

Marie-Josée Neveu specializes in corporate and securities law. Her practice is focused on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing and corporate governance. Marie-Josée handles friendly and contested transactions of all kinds, including public offerings, private mergers and acquisitions and statutory arrangements. She represents pubic companies, underwriters and investors in relation to public offerings or private placements. Marie-Josée has specif...

Bill's practice focuses on corporate commercial and securities law related matters. He assists entrepreneurs and established clients with incorporation or formation, mergers and acquisitions, raising capital through debt or equity offerings, and traditional commercial financing, corporate restructuring, corporate governance, reporting and continuous disclosure obligations.

Christopher Nixon is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. His practice focuses on business law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, joint ventures, private equity, corporate and trust reorganizations and corporate governance. Chris’ practice involves both transactional and advisory assignments, representing, among others, oil and gas exploration entities, oilfield service entities, investment funds and investment dealers in...

D’Arcy Nordick is a corporate partner in the Toronto office. He is a member of the Management Committee and is the former Co-Head of the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in the Toronto office. He is also a member of the Private Equity, Mining and Financial Products & Services Groups. D’Arcy is one of the most well-regarded corporate and securities lawyers in Canada and has over 20 years’ experience advising both foreign and domestic clients in...

William K. Orr focuses his practice on corporate governance in acting for boards of directors and independent committees of boards. He is highly experienced in securities regulation involving multi-national transactions in Canada, the US, the UK and beyond. Bill is recognized in Canadian and international directories for expertise in public and private financings, private placements, takeover bids, M&A, going-private transactions, corporate governance, restructurings, and stock exchange a...

Mike is a partner in the Saskatoon office where he practices corporate law, taxation law, estate planning and real estate law. He provides solutions for business owners with respect to commercial transactions and other legal issues they may encounter. Michael also enjoys working with a number of non-profit and charitable organizations, both at the start-up stage and ongoing operations. He is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Saskatoon Estate Planning Council, and has completed t...

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Brian Pukier is a partner in the Corporate Group, whose practice is focused primarily on cross-border M&A, private equity investments, corporate finance transactions, complex corporate reorganizations and public policy. He is also called upon by his clients to advise them on corporate governance and crisis management issues. Brian is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading corporate and M&A lawyers. He has extensive experience in counselling senior management and the b...

Gordon Raman practises in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and corporate finance. Gordon has worked with clients in a broad range of industries, including automation and technology, private equity, financial services, real estate and engineering and construction. Gordon advises senior management and boards of public and private companies in M&A transactions including take-over bids, plans of arrangements, share and asset acquisitions and distressed M&A trans...

Kathleen Ritchie is a partner in Gowling WLG's Toronto office and is the past leader of the firm's Corporate Finance, M&A and Private Equity Group (2010-2013). She practises securities and corporate law, and has almost 20 years of experience advising on public and private M&A and corporate finance transactions, as well as securities regulatory and corporate governance matters. Kathleen is known by her clients and colleagues for approaching her work with a great deal of intensity, inte...

Simon Romano is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. His practice focuses on securities, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance. He advises public companies, financial institutions, underwriters, investment funds, private equity funds, real estate investment trusts and income trusts, alternative trading systems and regulatory and self-regulatory organizations. He also advises on corporate governance and executive compensation matt...

Peter has over 15 years experience as corporate and transactional counsel. Peter regularly advises clients in diverse industries, including senior housing (and REITs), mining, real estate, construction, capital markets, fintech, wellness, technology and biotechnology. Peter is recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada legal directory as a leading corporate governance, corporate, and mergers & acquisitions lawyer. He is recognized in the Canadian Lexpert Directory as a leading corporate fin...

A distinguished lawyer whose reputation stretches beyond Quebec and Canada, André Ryan is a partner in BCF’s Litigation and Governance groups. A commercial law practitioner, André advises clients on commercial litigation, corporate governance, media relations, and crisis management, as well as on the negotiation of national and international strategic agreements and partnerships. He regularly advises boards of directors of public, private, and governmental organisations. A...

Harj is one of the founding partners of Sangra Moller LLP. Harj received his LL.B. from the University of British Columbia in 1984 and was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1985. Harj has been recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as one of the "repeatedly recommended" corporate finance and securities lawyers in British Columbia. He is also included in The Best Lawyers in Canada in the categories of Corporate Law (Finance) and Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Timber). Harj p...

Steve Saville has an active corporate/commercial transactional practice in Fasken Martineau’s Vancouver office. From advising public and private multinational corporations and middle-market businesses, in a broad range of industry sectors, Steve’s clients seek him out for complicated domestic and international ventures as well as routine matters. A collaborative and persistent practitioner, Steve effectively counsels clients on public and private financings, and mergers and acquis...

Mr. Barry H. Shapiro is a partner in our Business Law and Estates, Wills and Trusts groups. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, business and corporate law, real estate, and wills and estates. He is frequently asked to advise clients on various matters relating to their businesses or personal estate planning.

Jag practises corporate and commercial law. He works primarily with partnerships and private companies on a variety of transactions, including asset/share acquisitions and dispositions, corporate finance matters, the negotiation of commercial agreements (including supply agreements, lease and license agreements, employment contracts, franchise and management agreements and shareholder agreements), succession planning/exits, management buy-outs, corporate reorganizations and restructuring. Jag...

Cathy Singer practises corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on related-party transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance, including advisory mandates for issuers, investment dealers, managers and independent committees. Ms. Singer also practises and has extensive experience in the area of investment funds, advising on all legal and related aspects for investment management and investment fund clients and assisting clients in navigating the evol...

Mr. Snyder has been repeatedly selected by Best Lawyers as one of the best lawyers in Canada under the category of Corporate Law. He has extensive corporate finance and securities law experience. Representative clients range from national and multi-national companies to owner-managed businesses. Managing Partner and Chair of the Firm Admitted to the Bar, 1988, Ontario; 1991, Manitoba. Education University of Toronto (B.A. (Hons.), 1983). Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1986). Canadian Securit...

Dan Steiner is a partner on our business team and the head of our Vancouver office's mergers and acquisitions team. He advises public and private companies, private equity funds and pension plans regarding mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, the purchase and sale of businesses, the formation and financing of business ventures and general corporate law matters. Mr. Steiner has advised parties involved with three transactions that have won ACG British Columbia’s "Dealmakers of the Y...

Craig Story is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. He has served on the firm’s Partnership Board, as well as on the management group for the Calgary office. Craig’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including public and private capital markets offerings, private equity and venture capital funds, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. His corporate finance practice includes advising issuers, major investors and underwr...

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Tommy Tremblay is a partner with Langlois Lawyers in Montréal where his practice encompasses every aspect of commercial litigation but is focussed more specifically on the business governance sector (in particular, on matters related to director and officer liability), competition law, securities and white collar defence including administrative investigations and interactions with regulatory agencies on these matter. His governance experience has led him to also acquire specialized ex...

Sean Vanderpol is a corporate partner in the Toronto office. He is a member of the Management Committee and is the former Co-Head of the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in the Toronto office. He is also a member of the firm's Professional & Ethics Committee. His practice is focused on public companies, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions, as well as public corporate finance transactions and public governance and compliance issues.

Practice focuses on strategic alliances, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions of private corporations and investment funds. In the fields of technology and computer law, expertise includes drafting computer software development agreements, licensing agreements, distribution agreements, computer and telecommunication system outsourcing agreements and electronic commerce agreements. Major files have included outsourcing computer and telecommunication systems, joint ventures, high density...

Geneviève Vigneault is organized, flexible and a great listener. She is the trusted advisor to CEOs and executives of many Quebec companies and family businesses facing various challenges. She is always looking for creative and efficient solutions for our clients, and has a special interest in all commercial aspects of shareholder's relations and the intergenerational transfer of family businesses. Practicing business, commercial and corporate law at BCF for the past twenty years, Gene...