Neil Sheehy
Canada Guide 2025
Band 5 : Corporate/Commercial
Band 5
About
Provided by Neil Sheehy
Practice Areas
Neil Sheehy is a partner and former head of a business law group at Goodmans, and a current member of the Compensation Committee.
Neil is a Contact Partner with respect to the firm’s membership in the World Law Group, a Chambers ranked Elite, international network of law firms. Neil currently serves on the WLG Membership Committee and is a past President and past member of the Board of Directors of the network.
Neil’s practice involves all areas of corporate law, with a particular focus on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private equity transactions. Neil has represented a broad range of clients on cross-border transactions in which he acts for clients purchasing or selling businesses in Canada as well as for issuers undertaking public offerings and private placements of securities in Canada. On an ongoing basis, Neil advises many companies in connection with securities compliance, corporate governance and general corporate/commercial matters.
Career
Neil was recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as “2022 Lawyer of the Year” in Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law and is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer for Corporate Governance Practice, Corporate law, M&A law, Securities law, and Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity law. Neil has also been recommended in Chambers Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A and the Lexpert Special Edition: Technology and Health Sciences.
Professional Memberships
He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Ontario Bar Association, and Canadian Bar Association
Chambers Review
Canada
Neil Sheehy is a key part of the team at Goodmans LLP, where he is well placed to advise international and domestic clients on M&A and private equity transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Neil Sheehy provides excellent legal service for our corporate needs."
"Neil Sheehy provides excellent legal service for our corporate needs."