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Nancy Hopkins KC

Nancy Hopkins KC

Canada 2027

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/Commercial

Saskatchewan

9 years ranked

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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.

Career

Bar Admission, Saskatchewan, 1979

Appointed Queen’s (now King's) Counsel, 1992

Professional Memberships

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

Personal

"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

Education

Rotman School of Business

ICD.D

2016

University of Saskatchewan

Bachelor of Laws

1978

University of Saskatchewan

Bachelor of Commerce (Computer Science)

1977

Awards

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

Chambers Review

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Chambers Canada Guide

Corporate/Commercial - Saskatchewan

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Nancy Hopkins KC is an experienced corporate lawyer who operates her practice out of the firm's Saskatoon office. She has established a particularly strong reputation for her expertise in tax and M&A, and she is also frequently instructed by private equity companies and strategic buyers.

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Saskatchewan

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