Jeff Hershenfield

Practice Areas

Jeff Hershenfield is a partner and Co-Head of the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He has a broad corporate practice with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, corporate governance and securities, as well as general corporate and commercial law.

Jeff has acted for public and private companies, private equity funds, REITs, financial institutions, investment fund managers, capital pool companies, boards of directors and special committees in numerous public and private M&A transactions. He has also acted for issuers, sponsors and securities dealers in a wide range of corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity and debt financings (public and private). He regularly provides advice on cross-border securities offerings (including MJDS) and M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance matters.

In addition to his practice, Jeff is a member of the firm's Students Committee, former Co-Chair of the United Way Committee, and a past member of the Law Clerk Committee. More recently, Jeff has been named as a Top 10 M&A Lawyer in Canada by MergerLinks for 2024.