ABOUT US

Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve clients is to be in tune with their world, aligned with their opportunity and ambitious for their success. All over the world, our 1,400+ legal professionals and dedicated business support teams do just that, harnessing our extensive sector experience to overcome our clients’ obstacles and maximize their opportunities. Gowling WLG clients have access to in-depth capabilities in key global sectors and a suite of legal services. Combined with our presence in 19 cities worldwide and specialized know-how in countries around the globe, we’re well-positioned to help clients achieve their commercial objectives—wherever their business takes them.

Learn more at gowlingwlg.com.

SECTORS
Automotive	Infrastructure
Aviation, Aerospace & Defence	Life Sciences
Construction & Engineering	Natural Resources
Energy	Nuclear
Financial Institutions & Services	Real Estate
Food & Beverage	Retail, Leisure & Hotels
Government Contracting & Public Sector	Tech
Health & Care

SERVICES
Advertising & Product Regulatory	Intellectual Property
Banking & Finance	Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Blockchain & Smart Contracts	Medical Defence
Capital Markets	M&A
Charities & Not-for-Profits	Pensions
Competition & Antitrust	Privacy & Data Protection
Corporate Commercial	Private Equity
Employment, Labour & Equalities	Procurement
Entertainment & Sports Law	Real Estate
Environmental Law	Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Franchising	Supreme Court of Canada Services
Gaming	Tax
Indigenous Law	White Collar Defence & Investigations
Insurance & Professional Liability

OFFICES

Canada Calgary Hamilton Montréal Ottawa Toronto Vancouver Waterloo Region	United Kingdom Birmingham London	Europe Brussels Moscow Munich Paris Stuttgart	South America São Paulo
Asia & The Middle East Beijing Dubai Guangzhou Mumbai (exclusive referral agreement with Naik Naik & Co.) Singapore (exclusive association with JurisAsia LLC)

In tune with your world. Aligned with your opportunity. Ambitious for your success.

Peter Lukasiewicz
CEO, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
T: +1 416 862 4328
E: [email protected]

Toronto

100 King St W, Suite 1600, 1 First Cdn Pl
Toronto, ON, Canada, M5X 1G5

Phone: (416) 862-7525
Fax: (416) 862-7661

Calgary

421 7th Ave SW, Suite 1600
Calgary, AB, Canada, T2P 4K9

Phone: (403) 298-1000
Fax: (403) 263-9193

Ottawa

160 Elgin St, Suite 2600
Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1P 1C3

Phone: (613) 233-1781
Fax: (613) 563-9869

Hamilton

1 Main St W
Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8P 4Z5

Phone: (905) 540-8208
Fax: (905) 528-5833

Kitchener

50 Queen St N, Suite 1020, PO Box 2248
Kitchener, ON, Canada, N2H 6M2

Phone: (519) 576-6910
Fax: (519) 576-6030

Vancouver

550 Burrard St, Suite 2300, Bentall 5, PO Box 30
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 2B5

Phone: (604) 683-6498
Fax: (604) 683-3558

Montréal

1 Place Ville-Marie, Fl 37
Montréal, QC, Canada, H3B 3P4

Phone: (514) 878-9641
Fax: (514) 878-1450

Moscow

11 Gogolevsky Blvd
Moscow, Russia, 119019

Phone: +7 (495) 787-2070
Fax: +7 (495) 787-2071

London

125 Old Broad St, Fl 15
London, England, UK, EC3N 2LR

Phone: +44 (0)20 3004 3500
Fax: +44 (0)20 7920 9417

Beijing

2432-77 Jianguo Rd, Twr 3 - China Central Pl, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China, 100025

Phone: +86-10-8587-2286
Fax: +86-10-8587-2287

Paris

38, avenue de l'Opéra, 75002
Paris, France,

Phone: +33 (0)1 42 99 35 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 42 99 35 01

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Big Deals, Suits or Real Estate Transactions

2223890 Alberta Ltd. acquisition of Rocky Mountain Dealerships
On Dec. 22, 2223890 Alberta Ltd. (“AcquireCo”), a company controlled by Matthew Campbell and Garrett Ganden (the chairman of the board, and president and chief executive officer, respectively, of ...
Miovision attracts $120 million in latest funding round
On Jan. 28, Miovision Technologies Inc., a Canadian company using computer vision, artificial intelligence and advanced modelling to help cities modernize their approach to traffic management, ...
Smart glasses pioneer North Inc. acquired by Google in cross-border deal
On June 30, North Inc., a pioneer in human computer interfaces and smart glasses, announced that it had been acquired by Google
Novacap acquires interest in FortNine
On Aug. 6, Novacap announced that it had acquired an interest in Montreal-based FortNine (fortnine.ca), a leading e-commerce platform for motorcycle, dirt bike, ATV, snowmobile and other powersports ...
Lineage Logistics acquires Ontario Refrigerated Services Inc.
Lineage Logistics Holdings, LLC completed its acquisition of Ontario Refrigerated Services, Inc.
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board conducts pension plan conversion
This SEPP to JSPP conversion is the first ever of its kind in Canada
Highway 401 Expansion project reaches financial close
The Highway 401 Expansion is an approximately 18-kilometre reconstruction and widening project in the western part of the GTA
Plenary Properties Gatineau LP reach financial close on new preservation facility in Gatineau, Quebec
The new preservation facility has a construction cost of approximately $330 million
Orléans Health Hub project reaches financial close
The project involves the construction of a new 96,000 square foot facility in Orléans, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario
CBHP Limited Partnership reaches financial close of Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital Project
The new facility will be attached to the Corner Brook Long Term Care Hospital

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People Moves

Gowling WLG appoints Hamilton office managing partner
Gowling WLG announced that it has appointed Pam Vermeersch as managing partner of its Hamilton office, effective Jan. 1, 2021
Gowling WLG welcomes partner to its Waterloo Region office
Gowling WLG announced that David Sunday has joined the firm as partner in its Waterloo Region
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s Waterloo office welcomes Todd Bissett and Ahsan Sadiq as partners
Tech lawyers Todd Bissett and Ahsan Sadiq have joined Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s Waterloo office as partners
Thomas Timmins is named leader of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP energy group
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP has named Thomas Timmins leader of the firm’s energy group
Ted Thiessen joins Gowling WLG’s Tax Group as a partner
Gowling WLG’s Tax Group welcomes a new partner
Gowling WLG welcomes Jeffrey Roode as a partner
Gowling WLG welcomed Jeffrey Roode as a partner in the firm’s Toronto office
Pamela Green and Sawsan Selwyn join Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
In Hamilton, commercial real estate lawyers Pamela Green and Sawsan Selwyn joined Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s national Real Estate Group
Sylvia Adriano joins Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Sylvia Adriano joined Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s Real Estate Group as a partner in Toronto
Gowling WLG adds partners Caireen Hanert, Josh Jantzi and Jonathan (Jay) Lalach
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP added three new partners to its Calgary office: Caireen Hanert, Josh Jantzi and Jonathan (Jay) Lalach
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP welcomes estate and trust lawyers David Freedman and Irit Gertzbein
In Toronto, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP welcomed estate and trust lawyers David Freedman and Irit Gertzbein

Mentioned in Lexpert Publications

Best technology transactions lawyers in Toronto
Lexpert reveals the best technology transactions lawyers in Toronto based on the results of our comprehensive annual peer survey
Renewables will stay strong
Renewable energy sources remain on the ascendant as green technology enters the mainstream and concern over environmental pollution and global warming remain — and that growth is expected to continue
New delivery models see uptick
An alliance of parties that delivers a project assumes less of the risk, and the contracts can include provisions intended to ensure there are no disputes
Less Regulation, More Product Pathways?
Critics argue that regulations prevent large food companies from entering the edible cannabis market and that cosmetic and topical products containing cannabis might be best sold in drugstores
How AI is changing the world
Companies and universities are harnessing artificial intelligence to develop technologies to track COVID-19 and develop neural networks; but tech companies must also pay attention to protection of ...
The New World of Stakeholder Engagement
Even three years ago, a Starbucks customer wouldn’t have had to ask for a straw. Now? Sure. And it’s not just consumer-oriented businesses that have had to roll with the times and become more ...
Operating in Uncertainty
Capital-intensive mining projects and long-term agreements in the industry, particularly outside of Canada, can be subject to political risk and change that can affect investment. How can investments ...
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s Waterloo office welcomes Todd Bissett and Ahsan Sadiq as partners
Tech lawyers Todd Bissett and Ahsan Sadiq have joined Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s Waterloo office as partners
Thomas Timmins is named leader of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP energy group
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP has named Thomas Timmins leader of the firm’s energy group
Ted Thiessen joins Gowling WLG’s Tax Group as a partner
Gowling WLG’s Tax Group welcomes a new partner
Veridian Corporation and Whitby Hydro Complete Merger
Veridian Corporation and Whitby Hydro Energy Corporation amalgamated to form Elexicon Corporation, and their subsidiaries amalgamated to form a single regulated electricity distribution subsidiary, ...
Brookfield Asset Management buys Oaktree Capital Group LLC
US - Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (BAM) of Canada has definitively agreed to acquire a 65.562% majority interest or 88.564 mil class A and class B common shares in Oaktree Capital Group LLC, a ...
All that glitters is not gold
Bitcoin and other cryptoassets may be today’s darling, but regulators are struggling to keep up with their evolution, including how to apply tax law to them
Top 10 Business Decisions of 2018
Canadian courts delivered a number of notable decisions that affected Canadian business in 2018, including the Federal Court of Appeal overturning Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
Top 10 and More Deals
This was a year in which lawyers superbly exercised the art of negotiation…and opened a new frontier…and set out to build a bridge
A Tangled Web
Complex factors shape differences in provincial electricity system policies and regulations that can spur or stymie investment
Aphria Inc. acquires LATAM Holdings Inc. for US$130M
COLOMBIA - Aphria Inc. of Canada planned to acquire the entire share capital of LATAM Holdings Inc., manufacturer of pharmaceutical preparations, from Scythian Biosciences Corp., for a total COP ...
Blockchain is coming your way
When Samuel Osei of Samuel Osei Law Corporation in Vancouver first found himself dealing with blockchain and cryptocurrency issues, he chose to keep his activities under wraps.
As Britain Exits Europe
There is much dealing still to be done before the UK leaves the European Union
Alternative … Billable Hours
It turns out that hourly rates and alternative fee arrangements are not mutually exclusive

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Gowling WLG is a Lexpert-Ranked Firm in the following practice areas

Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Banking & Financial Institutions	Ottawa, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Banking & Financial Institutions	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Banking & Financial Institutions	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Class Actions	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Class Actions	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Computer & IT Law	Calgary, Alberta	Consistently Recommended
Computer & IT Law	Vancouver, British Columbia	Consistently Recommended
Computer & IT Law	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Computer & IT Law	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Construction Law	Calgary, Alberta	Consistently Recommended
Construction Law	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Construction Law	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Corporate Commercial Law	Calgary, Alberta	Repeatedly Recommended
Corporate Commercial Law	Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Corporate Commercial Law	Ottawa, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Corporate Commercial Law	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Corporate Commercial Law	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Corporate Finance & Securities	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Energy (Electricity)	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Energy (Electricity)	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Energy (Oil & Gas)	Calgary, Alberta	Consistently Recommended
Energy (Oil & Gas)	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Energy (Oil & Gas)	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Environmental Law	Toronto, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Franchise Law	Vancouver, British Columbia	Most Frequently Recommended
Franchise Law	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Indigenous Law	Calgary, Alberta	Consistently Recommended
Indigenous Law	Vancouver, British Columbia	Consistently Recommended
Indigenous Law	Ottawa, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Indigenous Law	Toronto, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Indigenous Law	Montréal, Québec	Most Frequently Recommended
Insolvency & Financial Restructuring	Vancouver, British Columbia	Repeatedly Recommended
Insolvency & Financial Restructuring	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Insolvency & Financial Restructuring	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Insolvency & Financial Restructuring	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Intellectual Property	Calgary, Alberta	Consistently Recommended
Intellectual Property	Vancouver, British Columbia	Consistently Recommended
Intellectual Property	Hamilton, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Intellectual Property	Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Intellectual Property	Ottawa, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Intellectual Property	Toronto, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Intellectual Property	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Litigation - Commercial Insurance	Calgary, Alberta	Consistently Recommended
Litigation - Commercial Insurance	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Litigation - Corporate Commercial	Calgary, Alberta	Repeatedly Recommended
Litigation - Corporate Commercial	Hamilton, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Litigation - Corporate Commercial	Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Litigation - Corporate Commercial	Ottawa, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Litigation - Corporate Commercial	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Litigation - Corporate Commercial	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Litigation - Intellectual Property	Ottawa, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Litigation - Intellectual Property	Toronto, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Litigation - Product Liability	Calgary, Alberta	Repeatedly Recommended
Litigation - Product Liability	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Medical Negligence	Calgary, Alberta	Consistently Recommended
Medical Negligence	Ottawa, Ontario	Most Frequently Recommended
Mergers & Acquisitions	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Mergers & Acquisitions	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Mining	Vancouver, British Columbia	Repeatedly Recommended
Mining	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Mining	Montréal, Québec	Repeatedly Recommended
Professional Liability	Calgary, Alberta	Repeatedly Recommended
Professional Liability	Ottawa, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Project Finance	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Property Development	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Property Development	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Property Leasing	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Property Leasing	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Technology Transactions	Calgary, Alberta	Repeatedly Recommended
Technology Transactions	Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Technology Transactions	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Technology Transactions	Toronto, Ontario	Consistently Recommended
Transportation (Road & Rail)	Ottawa, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended
Transportation (Road & Rail)	Toronto, Ontario	Repeatedly Recommended

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