J. David A. Jackson


Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP - Toronto

Phone: (416) 863-2636
Fax: (416) 863-2653
E-mail: david.jackson@blakes.com



Year called to the Bar: 1974
Senior counsel, securities group. Practises securities law, advising public corporations and investment dealers in public and private financings, take-over and issuer bids, and M&A transactions. Involved in preparation and review of draft bills leading up to the current Ontario Securities Act, and the take-over bid provisions of the OSA; provided recommendations to OSC leading to current Canadian take-over bid code. Included in the Law Business Research’s International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2011 for capital markets, corporate governance and M&A, listed in The 2012 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada in the areas of Corporate Commercial Law and M&A, as well as their publication Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Ranked as “highly recommended” by the 2009 PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook and ranked in corporate/M&A by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011. In The Best Lawyers in Canada 2011, David was ranked as one of the leading lawyers in corporate governance, corporate law, M&A and securities. Ranked in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2011 as “Most Frequently Recommended” in M&A and as “Consistently Recommended” in Corporate Finance & Securities.

J. David A. Jackson is featured in
The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada