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Provided by Aird & Berlis LLP

Attentive and proactive corporate counsel is vital to meeting the competitive demands of carrying on business domestically and internationally. At Aird & Berlis we advise public and private corporations, family offices and other investors, financial institutions, mutual funds, investment dealers, partnerships and trusts on matters requiring both immediate action and long-term planning, including:


  • Structuring and negotiation of business transactions, including corporate acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations
  • Corporate restructurings - establishing domestic and international franchises, licensing arrangements, distributorships and joint ventures
  • Corporate governance issues
  • Arrangements for the commercial exploitation and use of technology
  • Competition issues along with restrictive trade practices, including monopolization, restraint of trade, predatory pricing, price maintenance and discrimination and misleading marketing practices


Learn more about our Corporate & Commercial Group here: https://www.airdberlis.com/what-we-do/expertise/service/corporate-commercial


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What the Team is Known For

Aird & Berlis is a Toronto-based firm that regularly provides advice on the Canadian aspects of cross-border M&A and corporate finance deals, as well as acting on a range of domestic commercial matters. The corporate department has established a particularly solid reputation for mid-market private equity transactions. The law firm is particularly well versed in technology and energy industry transactions, and is also well experienced in providing advice in the cannabis space.

Work Highlights

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  • Aird & Berlis acted for the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in its winning bid for Volkswagen's first overseas gigafactory.

Strengths

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Aird & Berlis have an excellent bench of specialists available to be tagged in as needed, with a splendidly capable core team who know us and our business intimately.

Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondent
Canada

I would absolutely use Aird & Berlis again; the firm is extremely professional.

Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondent
Canada

Aird & Berlis have earned our business by being a tremendous firm. The culture, the performance and the commitment to our work has enticed us over the years to move our work to them.

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Canada

Notable Practitioners

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Richard Kimel
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Richard Kimel
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Toronto-based Richard Kimel assists both public and private companies with a range of corporate transactions.
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Members

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Adam Braun

Al Turnbull

Andy Nguyen

Angela Swan

Cathy Jares

Cecilia M. Moffat

Christian Nianiaris

Danielle Shields

Danny Kharazmi

David Malach

David Takenaka

Donald B. Johnston

Donald L. West

Douglas J. S. Younger

Felix Ng

Fiona Brown

Gary Volman

Graham Topa

Haylee Le

Heidi Visser

Ian McLeod

Jeffrey K. Merk

Jennifer A. Wainwright

Jennifer Bishop

Jeremy D. Burke

Jesse Rosensweet

Jessie Lewis

Joanne C. Coldwell

Joel M. Rose

John D. Andrew

Ken Clark

Lisa E. Moreau

Lorway Gosse

Lynn Tay

Martin Kovnats

Matthew Hibbert

Melanie Cole

Nevethan Balendra

Nick Torchetti

Paige Backman

Head of Department

Paul Jachymek

Peter K. Czegledy

Portia Biswas

R. Grant Cansfield

Randy Williamson

Reena Kotecha

Richard Epstein

Rochelle Perera

Ron W. Clark

Ryan Chalmers

Sairam Sanathkumar

Sarah Newman

Sherri M. Altshuler

Stanley W. L. Freedman

Stephen Zolf

Steven Kelman

Thomas A. Fenton

Tony Gioia

Trevor deBoer

William G. VanderBurgh

Industries

Provided by Aird & Berlis LLP

Automobiles & Parts

Charities / Not for Profit

Commercial & Professional Services

Construction

Energy

Financial Services

Food & Drink Producers

Mining & Metals

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Private Clients / Individuals

Real Estate

Technology

Telecommunications

Transportation

Utilities