Year called to the bar: 1976
Practises corporate and commercial law, including M&A, commercial and consumer finance, banking, financial institution regulation, money transmission, information processing and payment processing. Listed in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business for banking. Recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a “leading practitioner” in the banking field, and included in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Also listed in the International Who’s Who of Banking Lawyers, Legal Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Banking Lawyers, and as a leading lawyer in the finance and banking sectors in the IFLR 1000. Former co-Chair of the banking committee of the IBA. Co-editor of the Butterworth loose-leaf publications on banking and insurance in Canada, the International Financial Law Review, and the Banking and Financial Services Review. Member, editorial advisory board, Banking and Financial Services Policy Report. In The Best Lawyers in Canada 2008, John was voted by peers as one of the leading banking lawyers in Canada. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1975.
