Best Lawyers Near You in Toronto, Ontario for Corporate Law
John Atchison is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Real Estate Law. John, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which John is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jason Kroft is a partner in Toronto office of Miller Thomson. Jason is co-leader of our National Structured Finance and Securitization practice and is co-chair of our ESG and Carbon Finance group. Jason is also an active member of the National Financial Services Practice and the Corporate, M&A and Capital Markets groups. Jason’s practice covers a broad range of advisory and transactional matters in the corporate-commercial law area, with a focus on corporate and specialty finance ma...
Wayne Egan is the Co-Managing Partner at WeirFoulds LLP. He also practises in the area of securities and corporate law, focusing on advising clients involved in raising money, considering and implementing going public transactions and meeting legal obligations existing in the public markets. Wayne is experienced in advising private and public corporations on various financing and regulatory matters, including initial public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizati...
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...
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 ...
Biography Chuck Magerman is a member of Baker & McKenzie's North American Transactions Group focusing on complex cross-border and multijurisdictional M&A, finance transactions and other corporate commercial matters. He focuses on corporate law as well as M&A and finance transactions. Chuck has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada in 2024 and as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer - Independently rated lawyers. He has lectured on international business transactions a...
Claire Gowdy is a Business Law partner in the Firm’s Toronto office with a practice focused on private mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, complex commercial transactions and general corporate matters. Claire advises domestic and foreign private equity investors and companies on their transactions in a broad range of industries including mining and natural resources, technology, industrials and healthcare. With a strong track record of assisting clients with investment oppo...
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 ...
Brittany is an associate 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 c...
George Tory is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. George, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which George is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Sam Zadeh has significant experience in domestic, cross-border and multi-jurisdictional mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate reorganizations and corporate finance transactions. He routinely acts for clients of all sizes, from start-ups to large multinational organizations, in a variety of industries such as banking, technology (including fintech), pharmaceuticals, entertainment/media, resources and retail. Sam has acted for domestic and foreign acquirors, private equity sponsors, ta...
Vlad Mihaescu is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Vlad, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Vlad is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Josh Rosen is an experienced corporate and securities lawyer who helps clients build their business, raise capital and navigate the Canadian capital markets. Josh brings more than a decade of experience with national and international law firms to expand the Pulse Law platform to Toronto. Josh works collaboratively with clients ranging in size from startups to public companies operating in the technology, life sciences, cannabis, mining, and entertainment sectors. He brings extensive expertis...
Nader Hasan is a lawyer in our business law group and a lead member of our special situations team. His practice focuses on securities and corporate law in a wide range of industries, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate finance and providing corporate governance and securities regulatory advice. Nader has represented issuers, their boards of directors and management as well as dissident shareholders and hostile bidders in some of the most signi...
Joseph Palmieri’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities. He has acted for both purchasers and vendors in a number of domestic, international and cross-border M&A transactions and on securities offerings, including initial public offerings, private placement financings and corporate reorganizations. Joseph’s experience is spread across in a wide array of indus...
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