Best Lawyers in Ontario, Canada for Corporate Law
Tina Woodside-Shaw is a partner and Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s General Counsel, with responsibility for the firm’s legal affairs and risk management, including client relationship management, conflicts, governance and compliance matters. One of Canada's leading corporate and securities lawyers, for more than 35 years Tina has delivered strategic, pragmatic advice to clients on their complex corporate finance, M&A and corporate governance matters. She is known for her strong bu...
Pierre Dagenais has extensive corporate and securities law experience, with particular emphasis on public M&A and corporate finance. He has acted as counsel in many M&A transactions, including take-over bids and statutory arrangements. He has been involved in a number of IPOs and other corporate finance transactions (including those with a cross-border component) for issuers, underwriters and investors. Pierre has been a leader in ESG financings, including acting for an issuer in the ...
Kay Leung is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Kay practices law in Toronto, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized Kay Leung since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Kay Leung is held by other lawyers.
Adam Kline is a partner in the Business Law Group at Miller Thomson in the Toronto office. His practice is focused primarily in the areas of securities, corporate finance, public and private mergers and acquisitions. Adam has considerable experience advising both bidders and targets in hostile and negotiated merger & acquisition transactions. He has advised underwriters and issuers on numerous financing transactions, including IPOs, bought deals, private placements and rights offerings, i...
Armand Benitah is a Partner and Chair of the firm’s Toronto Intellectual Property (IP) Group. He is a lawyer and also a registered patent and trademark agent. Through his broad IP practice, Armand works with clients on all facets of IP, from patents, trademarks, and copyrights, to industrial design and trade secrets. Providing thoughtful, strategic and tailored advice, Armand assists clients through the creation, protection, commercialization, licensing and enforcement of IP. He regular...
Rose M. Demelo Johnson is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Rose M. practices law in Kitchener, Ontario Best Lawyers has recognized Rose M. Demelo Johnson since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Rose M. Demelo Johnson is held by other lawyers.
Matthew chairs our Business Law Group. His practice involves providing counsel on transactions, as well as day-to-day activities for a wide range of clients, including banks and other financial services firms, venture capital firms, private equity/merchant banks, developers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and IT, BPO and pharmaceutical companies. His corporate experience includes the successful completion of numerous complex transactions, including share and asset acquisitions and di...
Marcus Hinkley is a partner practising mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and private equity transactions. He advises Canadian and international clients on a broad range of matters, including domestic and cross-border M&A, foreign investment, corporate reorganizations and general corporate and commercial issues. Marcus has experience working with clients across a wide variety of industries, with a particular emphasis on life sciences (including radiopharma), private equity, technol...
Victoria Zed is an associate in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions group. She maintains a broad corporate and transactional practice with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance (both debt and equity) and capital markets. Victoria has significant experience in handling an array of transactions for clients across multiple industries. She routinely assists private and public companies with a variety of transactions including public and private mergers and ...
Matthew G. Tapia is a partner in the Real Estate practice group at Blaney McMurtry LLP and his practice is focused on commercial transactions and real estate matters. His general real estate practice includes the purchase, sale and financing of commercial, industrial, multi-family residential, office and retail buildings and portfolios, commercial leasing, condominium and land development, land assemblies, and loan transactions. He acts for and advises purchasers and vendors, lenders and borr...
Shawn English is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP. Shawn’s practice primarily focuses on advising and assisting both early stage and middle-market private companies from a diverse range of industries on a variety of corporate and commercial matters. These matters include acquisition and divestiture transactions, financing transactions (both debt and equity), corporate structuring and reorganizations, corporate governance matters, shareholder d...
Brittany is a Partner in Koskie Minsky’s Pension and Employee Benefits Group, specializing in Pension Fund Investments. Brittany’s practice involves advising pension and other benefit funds with respect to their investments, both in the traditional and alternative asset classes. She also has experience advising pension and other benefit funds to ensure their investments are compliant with Canadian and provincial pension legislation. Brittany frequently negotiates on behalf of clie...
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