Andrea Johnson
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Startups & Emerging Companies
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About
Provided by Andrea Johnson
Practice Areas
Andrea Johnson is a partner in the Dentons Ottawa office. Her practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on technology and emerging growth companies. She has extensive experience in the private equity and venture capital area and has acted as lead counsel on many of the largest VC financings in Canada. Andrea also advises TSX-listed companies on IPOs, financings (including PIPEs), mergers and acquisitions, stock-based compensation and corporate governance. Andrea serves on Dentons’ Canada board of directors, has acted as a director and officer of public, private and non-for-profit corporations, and has completed the Directors Education Program (DEP) of the Institute for Corporate Directors. She has also served in global and Canadian practice and sector group leadership roles for Dentons.
Career
Called to the bar: Ontario, 1999
Professional Memberships
Appointed by the Ontario Government to the Business Law Modernization and Burden Reduction Council; Served on the Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Advisory Committee; Served on multiple advisory committees to the Ontario Securities Commission; Serves on Ottawa executive of the Institute for Corporate Directors (ICD).