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Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded - Ontario

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What the Team is Known For

Blaney McMurtry is a popular law firm among Toronto clients for transactions in the mid-market. The firm's corporate and commercial group handles a range of acquisition and financing matters, with a strong emphasis on the alternative energy and emerging technology industries. The law firm also offers expertise in the real estate, banking and pharmaceutical sectors. The practice is often involved in cross-border matters and is the sole Ontario member of law firm network TAGLaw.

Work Highlights

  • Blaney McMurtry acted as counsel to North American Fur Auctions in connection with its restructuring via a Companies Creditors Arrangement Act filing, including with sales of its portfolio of loans to European and North American ranchers.

Strengths

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The team is always on top of things and very thorough.

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Blaney McMurtry is very responsive and offers commercially-oriented advice.

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The individual lawyers are solid and the depth of the experitse in the firm overall has been exceptional in meeting the needs of our specific matters.

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Blaney McMurtry's strength lies in its ability to offer big-firm expertise with a mid-sized firm's accessibility and personalised service.

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Blaneys has a very strong understanding of the business issues at play and provides practical advice to assist us in commercial transactions.

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Notable Practitioners

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S. Steve Popoff
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S. Steve Popoff
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Toronto-based Steve Popoff acts for a diverse range of clients on both M&A and corporate finance deals.

Steve is very experienced. That experience shows up in his ability to deal with issues/opportunities in a pragmatic and practical way.

He is highly responsive and very helpful.

Steve always provides great service and responses.

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Dan Giantsopoulos
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Dan Giantsopoulos
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Toronto-based Dan Giantsopoulos represents clients in the purchase and sale of assets, as well as private placements.

Dan is a wonderful lawyer to work with. He is very responsive to all of our enquiries and provides strong, practical and commercial advice.

He is always ready to give great advice and truly works for his clients and their best interests.

He is always there when you need him.

Dan is an excellent lawyer technically and an excellent business adviser overall.

He clearly understands the issues presented and never wastes time dealing with them.

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John Papadakis
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John Papadakis
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Toronto-based John Papadakis is an experienced member of the corporate/commercial practice at Blaney McMurtry. He frequently acts for banking institutions on loan and credit agreements.

John is an absolute delight to work with. He is very responsive to all our questions and provides excellent advice, both from a legal as well as a commercial standpoint.

John has a long history representing us and we are very pleased with his level of service.

John is exceptional on all fronts.

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S. Steve Popoff
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S. Steve Popoff
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Dan Giantsopoulos
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Dan Giantsopoulos
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John Papadakis
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John Papadakis
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