Lawyers in Canada
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Jason MacIntyre
Jason's practice focuses primarily on secured lending and structured finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on aviation, infrastructure and defence. He is Chair of the Firm’s Aviation & Aerospace group. Jason has represented various aircraft lessors, manufacturers and financiers on aircraft finance and commercial aviation matters. He regularly advises clients on aviation regulatory matters including Transport Canada audits and certifications as well as Canadian Transportation Agency matters relating to foreign investments. He has also represented both lenders and borrowers in domestic and international transactions, which have included asset-based lending, project finance, public-private partnerships and both public and private debt and capital markets offerings. He co-leads the Firm’s Drones initiative, advising clients on investment, certification and other regulatory matters.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jason Roth
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Jason Saltzman
Partner
Dentons
Jay Choi
Partner
Dentons
Jay Goldman
Jay Goldman is a partner in the Securities Group at Cassels. Jay’s practice focuses primarily on securities and corporate finance law. His experience includes structuring and negotiating securities and commercial transactions. Jay has acted for issuers, investment dealers and investment advisors in a broad range of areas including the resource, high-tech, industrial and biotech sectors. He has acted on numerous amalgamations, mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, private placements and public offerings. Clients call on Jay to perform management and advisory roles with a focus on the formulation and implementation of business strategies, saying “he’s very invested in the transactions, has strong personal client relationships and works to get his clients a real advantage.” Learn more.
Cassels
Jay LeMoine
Partner, Canadian Head of Infrastructure
Norton Rose Fulbright
Jay Zakaïb
Partner, Patent Agent
Gowling WLG
Jayme Alter Wilson
Partner
Dentons
Jean Bertrand Ad E
Senior Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Jean-Marie Fontaine
Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Jean-Simon Lamarre
Jean-Simon's practice encompasses a vast array of commercial and transactional operations in real estate law. His practice covers transactions such as sales and acquisitions of properties and portfolios, real estate financings, real estate and project developments, infrastructure projects, project financing, commercial leasing, and all related matters. He also assists and advises clients on various projects and ventures, such as co-ownerships, joint ventures and real estate investment funds, and their creation, structuring and governance. Jean-Simon acts for a diverse range of leading clients, including private and public companies, institutions and funds. He has acted in some of the most sizeable real estate transactions in Quebec over the last several years. Jean-Simon also regularly advises clients in the infrastructure, energy, transportation and hospitality sectors in connection with their real estate operations and developments.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jeff Bakker
Jeff has a strong solutions-orientated practice and has represented clients in corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance and continuous disclosure compliance. Acting on numerous domestic and cross-border transactions, Jeff represents both publicly traded issuers listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange and private companies and regularly advises boards of directors and special transaction committees. As a trusted adviser, Jeff has acted on behalf of issuers, underwriters and dealers in both public and private M&A transactions as well as offerings of equity, debt and hybrid securities, including sustainable finance structures, as well as assisting clients with corporate governance matters and continuous disclosure compliance obligations with a focus on sustainability and inclusion related disclosure and governance.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jeff Christian
Jeff is a litigation partner practicing exclusively in the energy, utility and natural resource sectors. He represents clients before regulatory tribunals such as the BC Oil and Gas Commission, Canada Energy Regulator, and Alberta Utilities Commission. He also advises clients on cross-border energy and natural resource development; regulatory and legislative reform issues; and related litigation and dispute resolution. He has a background in engineering and earth sciences, and is head of the Regulatory Litigation Department at Lawson Lundell. Currently, Jeff is a member of the Canadian delegation negotiating a modernized Columbia River Treaty with the United States, representing BC Hydro.
Lawson Lundell LLP
Jeff Galway
Jeff is a senior trial and appellate counsel whose practice focuses on corporate/commercial, securities, competition and pension law matters. A significant aspect of Jeff's practice involves class action defence. He also regularly acts as counsel in constitutional and administrative/regulatory proceedings. Jeff has appeared as counsel before courts in five Canadian provinces as well as before the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada and various administrative tribunals, including the Competition Tribunal, the Financial Services Tribunal, the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission (now the Capital Markets Tribunal).
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jeff Oldewening
Jeff is a Partner in the McCarthy Tétrault’s National Tax Group in Toronto with a practice focusing on domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions and reorganizations. Jeff is an experienced senior tax practitioner, renowned for developing innovative tax planning structures for multi-nationals and Canada’s leading financial institutions. He has extensive experience guiding clients through complex, domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, reorganizations and investments. He is one of the leading tax advisors in Canada in the area of corporate reorganizations and butterfly transactions.
McCarthy Tétrault
Jeffrey Coape-Arnold
Partner
Dentons
Jeffrey Lloyd
Jeff is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading M&A lawyers. He has advised purchasers, targets and special committees on many of Canada’s most significant M&A transactions, and has extensive experience in both negotiated and unsolicited transactions. He also advises public companies on corporate governance, shareholder activism, restructurings and securities law matters, and in connection with public offerings of equity and debt securities. He has experience in a wide range of industries, including mining, media and telecommunications, real estate, financial services, power generation and retail/consumer products. Jeff took on the role of Managing Partner of our London office in 2023, but he continues to spend significant time in Toronto, where he was located prior to becoming Office Managing Partner in London. Jeff has also served as a Practice Group Leader and on various committees at Blakes, including the Firm's Executive Committee.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jeffrey Merrick
Jeff is the Past-Chair of the National Infrastructure group and the former head of the Vancouver Real Estate group. His clients consist of major Canadian pension funds and their advisors along with public and private real estate investors. Jeff’s practice spans the full spectrum of commercial real estate and major project development. Jeff is now the Managing Partner of Blakes Vancouver Office, a role he has held since 2022.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jeffrey Shafer
Jeffrey practises in all areas of Canadian domestic and cross-border income tax law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, international transfer pricing, private equity investment, domestic and international corporate and trust reorganizations, and the taxation of various investment vehicles. His practice also includes acting for taxpayers at all levels in the tax appeals process.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jeffrey Sommers
Jeff is the Leader of the Blakes National Pensions and Benefits Group and has practised exclusively in the area of pensions, benefits and executive compensation for over 25 years. He frequently advises on pension and benefit issues arising in the context of corporate transactions, loan agreements, insolvencies and compliance disputes. His practice also focuses on pension investment, governance and fiduciary matters. Jeff has extensive experience assisting clients with pension plan mergers, as well as de-risking strategies, including buy-in and buy-out annuities and longevity insurance arrangements. Jeff's clients include both public and private sector plan sponsors and administrators and a wide range of financial institutions and service providers. Jeff is considered a thought leader in the area of pensions and benefits as demonstrated in part by the fact that pension and tax regulators have sought him out for participation on various advisory committees that focus on legislative development and policy considerations.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jeffrey Trossman
Serves as Senior counsel in the Blakes Tax group; previously led the group as National Practice Group Leader for over 15 years. Over his career, Jeffrey has provided strategic tax advice and assisted clients in managing tax audits and resolving tax disputes. Jeffrey is widely known and respected by advisers and government officials in the Canadian and international tax communities. Writes/speaks frequently for the Canadian Tax Foundation, C.D. Howe Institute, University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School; Editor - Perspectives on Tax Law & Policy.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Jehad Haymour
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Jen Hansen
Jen Hansen is a partner in the Securities Group at Cassels, serving as Co-Chair of the Mining Group and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Jen’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. She specializes in the representation of public mining companies involved in complex transactions, including business combination transactions, take-over bids, domestic and cross-border public offerings and other finance transactions. In addition, Jen advises on continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance and regulatory compliance, including mineral project disclosure and recommendations for aligning governance practices with best practice recommendations. She is recognized as a leader in her field by such authorities as the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Chambers Canada and Best Lawyers in Canada. Learn more.
Cassels
Jennifer A. Thompson
Senior Associate
Dentons