Mintz

Toronto Managing Partner: Mitch Frazer 

Firm Overview: 

Mintz is a versatile Am Law 100 law firm with 600 + diverse attorneys serving clients worldwide. The nimble, collaborative legal teams address the shifting legal and regulatory requirements of the global market’s most competitive industries. The offices are strategically located to meet clients’ needs.

The Toronto office provides unique cross-border legal insights and resources to clients doing business in Canada and the US. Our attorneys are actively involved in civic and community activities, driving regional economics across Canada, and seamlessly integrating with our US operations.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Canadian Pensions 

The landscape of the pension sector requires counsel with both deep technical expertise and a holistic view of the industry. Our pensions team partners with some of Canada’s largest corporations and funds to advise on day-to-day pension compliance and structuring matters, and provide strategic guidance on complex, often cross-border, transactions. We pride ourselves on developing creative, practical solutions to complex pension plan issues and transactions that advance our clients’ business goals, and minimize risk

Corporate & Securities: 

Advises clients internationally, from start-ups with little more than an idea to large multinational companies, venture capital firms and investment banks, and research organizations and institutions, in all stages of the capital-raising process (from start-up funding, to initial public offerings, to continuing debt and equity finance needs, including private placements and public offerings), as well as on corporate governance and compliance, licensing and collaborations, and mergers and acquisitions.

Employee Benefits & ERISA 

As employers navigate workplace challenges including changing workplace demographics, increasing worker mobility and an ever-changing legal landscape, our employee benefits team is well poised to advise employers on the employee benefits programs that will attract, motivate and retain workers.Our employee benefits team has extensive experience advising employers on compliance with complex employee benefit program requirements. Our team is well-versed in every facet of employee benefits law and will advise you on the laws and regulations covering tax-qualified retirement plans, as well as health, welfare and other fringe benefits, and employee benefits matters that arise in corporate transactions.

Executive Compensation 

Mintz’s strong reputation as a go-to, highly regarded Executive Compensation Practice is based on our goals-focused approach and extensive experience representing public and private companies, including alternative asset managers and private equity sponsors, as well as the C-Suite, business executives, and senior investment professionals on a broad range of sophisticated compensation matters. Our experience comprises rollover and contribution agreements, equity ownership agreements, partnership agreements, employment agreements, equity incentive awards and deferred compensation plans. We also regularly advise on non-compete covenants, and non-solicitation covenants in connection with equity incentive awards, deferred compensation plans and employment agreements.

Energy & Sustainability: 

Mintz was one of the first law firms to develop a practice focused on energy and sustainability innovation. The firm’s energy and sustainability team has completed more than 500 transactions across energy sectors totaling over $8.5 billion since 2006. Serving more than 250 clients, spanning the ecosystem from emerging companies to large corporations, venture capital and private equity funds, investment banks, project developers and project finance funds, and family offices, the firm is nationally recognized as a leading law firm in the space.

Intellectual Property: 

Focus on protecting, licensing and enforcing patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other IP. Approach informed by understanding clients’ industries and appreciation of the strategic advantage a creative and forward-looking portfolio strategy provides. Represent clients before the USPTO, District Courts, International Trade Commission, and other regulatory and administrative agencies and tribunals.

Life Sciences: 

Mintz has served as one of the leading law firms to the life sciences industry since the industry’s birth in the 1970s. Today, tie firm advises life science companies of every size, from start-ups looking for their first funding to public companies with products on the market, as well as venture capital firms, investment banks, research and academic institutions, and others engaged in the life sciences ecosystem.

Mergers & Acquisitions 

Mergers and acquisitions can be fraught with complications, especially in an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment. A successful outcome requires a delicate balance among the various legal, business, and operational interests of the company. Accordingly, it is critical to engage experienced counsel who can provide practiced and practical advice through every step of the transaction — from the initial structuring and negotiation through implementation and post closing.

Private Equity 

The Mintz Private Equity team provides clients with high-touch and tailored advice on their most important business transactions, grounded in commercial realities and backed by industry-leading best practices. We build our teams with a focus on our clients and their specific objectives, covering every aspect of the private equity market, including fundraising and investment fund formation, direct investments, portfolio company management and representation, and platform exits.Our clients include commingled funds, independent sponsors, and family offices from around the world.

Real Estate: 

Represent owners, developers, public and private agencies, lenders, tenants, and landlords across the country in sophisticated real estate acquisitions, dispositions, developments, financings, and leasing transactions. The real estate practice also advises corporations with facilities around the world.

Tax 

When the transactional or operational activities of your company, business, or investment fund raisetax issues, you need an experienced tax legal team with a deep commitment to representing your interests and optimizing outcomes. Our tax lawyers stay on top of complex, constantly changing tax laws to help you develop and implement successful strategies.

Venture Capital 

​We help you start and grow your business, assisting you with the full range of services a growing company needs, from formation through successful exit. Our attorneys partner with you to understand your business so we can determine the best corporate structure and provide practical, cost-effective advice regarding IP protection, employment issues, and regulatory and compliance needs. That's what we do every day for companies in technology-related and life sciences industries.