Corporate/Commercial
Saskatchewan
9 years ranked
Corporate/Commercial
Saskatchewan
9 years ranked
Provided by McDougall Gauley LLP
Nancy Hopkins is a highly experienced business lawyer with emphasis in mergers and acquisitions, complex contracts and corporate governance. Her M&A experience includes transactions with public companies, private equity firms and strategic buyers. She has served on boards of public, Crown, membership and charitable corporations.
Nancy has served as a director of a number of corporations, most recently chairing the board of Arthritis Society Canada and serving on the board of the Canada West Foundation. Among her other past board service, Nancy served as a Director on the Board of Governors of the University of Saskatchewan from 2005-2013, serving as the Chair of the Board in the last three years. Nancy also sat on the Board of Cameco Corporation (CCO on the TSX; CCJ on the NYSE) for 24 years, and, in that time, chaired the Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Governance Committee. She served on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for 9 years; during part of that board service, she chaired the Governance Committee. She served on the Board of Capital Markets Implementation Authority, to work toward a national
securities regulator for Canada.
Nancy has led McDougall Gauley teams on numerous mergers and acquisitions, acting for vendors, purchasers or the corporation being acquired.
Nancy was involved for many years with the accounting profession, most recently, she was a public director of CPA Canada from 2016-2022. She previously served as public director of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, as it then was, from 1998 to 2004. During that time she served on the Public Interest and Integrity Committee of the CICA for the development of revised independence rules for the C.A. profession. She was granted honorary membership in the Saskatchewan Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1997.
In December 2014, Nancy was a recipient of the Women's Executive Network’s (WXN) 2013 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards in the Corporate Directors category. These awards celebrate and highlight the professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Award winners were selected based on their strategic vision and leadership, commitment to their communities and the financial performance of their organizations.
Bar Admission, Saskatchewan, 1979
Appointed Queen’s (now King's) Counsel, 1992
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Bar Association
Institute of Corporate Directors
International Technology Law Association
Canadian Technology Law Association
Canadian Tax Foundation
"Best Lawyers in Canada",
Tax Law, 2025-present
Intellectual Property Law, 2024-present
"Lawyer of the Year", Corporate Law (Saskatoon), 2016, 2020
Corporate Governance Practice, 2022-present
Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2022-present
Administrative and Public Law, 2016-present
Corporate Law, 2006-present
Rotman School of Business
ICD.D
2016
University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor of Laws
1978
University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor of Commerce (Computer Science)
1977
Lexpert Special Edition: Mergers & Acquisitions
Lexpert
2026
Fellow
Institute of Corporate Directors
2024
Most powerful women in Canada, in the Corporate Directors category
WXN 100
2013
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Commonwealth of Canada
2012
Woman of Influence
Edwards School of Business
2025
Saskatchewan “Woman of Influence”
Saskatchewan Business Magazine
2004
Athena Award
ATHENA International
2004
Award of Excellence for Legal Education Development
Saskatchewan Legal Education Society
1999
Honourary Member
Saskatchewan Institute of Chartered Accountants
1997
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