General Business Law - Atlantic Canada
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What the Team is Known For
Cox & Palmer operates a well-established practice and has a strong footprint across Atlantic Canada, with ten offices across the region including four locations in PEI. The law firm predominantly acts on behalf of clients in the energy, banking and telecoms sectors, handling a wide array of corporate and commercial matters, including M&A, IPOs, joint ventures and corporate governance. It also draws on the firm's full-service resources to advise on insolvency and restructuring, real estate and tax law. In addition to commercial disputes and ADR, clients benefit from its specialist teams in construction, estates, health, insurance and maritime litigation as well as advice relating to breach of contract, product liability and shareholder disputes. The team facilitates registrations and incorporations by providing enhanced direct access to corporation branches maintained by the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The firm also fields an extensive labour and employment practice and is often a top choice for referral work from national law firms, advising employers on contentious and non-contentious matters in both union and non-union settings. The team’s expertise ranges from contract drafting and wrongful dismissal claims to the employment-related aspects of restructuring and M&A matters.
Notable practitioners
Based in Saint John, Peter Forestell KC provides counsel to both domestic and international clients. He advises on corporate reorganisations, share and asset transactions and general corporate and commercial matters.
Jeffrey Benson KC acts as Newfoundland counsel to a range of financial, manufacturing, healthcare, petrochemical and transport clients, offering advice on securities, banking and secured financing, M&A and health law. He is a former president of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Anna Cook KC is based in the firm's St John's office and her practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, including commercial financing and real estate. She also has a specialism in the business side of the fishing industry.
Anna is fantastic. She is practical, responsive and a pleasure to work with.
Halifax-based Colin Clarke KC assists with a range of contentious issues. He is particularly well known for his medical malpractice litigation work.
Jamie Eddy KC is a Fredericton-based lawyer who is well regarded for his strengths in employment, labour and human rights law. He advises on topics such as collective bargaining agreements, disability claims, wrongful dismissal cases and grievance arbitrations.
Victor Goldberg KC is well versed in the full gamut of commercial disputes, with noteworthy experience handling real estate, white-collar criminal and insolvency litigation. He is based in Halifax.
Harry Thurlow represents clients in a variety of commercial disputes, with particular expertise in mandates relating to the insurance and construction industries. He also assists with medical malpractice defence cases. He is based in Halifax.
