Cynthia Elderkin is the managing partner of Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office. A member of the Business Law Group, Cyndy has a transactions-based practice that includes personal property security matters, secured financings, outsourcings, acquisitions, equipment leases, maintenance and operation agreements, dealer and distribution agreements, joint ventures, teaming arrangements, P3 and procurement/project arrangements, and manufacturing and supply agreements. Additional areas of her practice include general corporate and commercial law with a particular focus on commercial and consumer contracts. Her industry experience includes transportation, aviation, fibre optics manufacturing, and infrastructure. She has represented individuals, small organizations, not-for-profit and for-profit entities, private and public companies and local, national and international companies, and has been the lead lawyer on numerous sophisticated national and cross-border transactions. She is a co-author of Behind and Beyond Boilerplate: Drafting Commercial Agreements, 5th Edition (Thomson Reuters). Community-oriented, Cyndy was a director of the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre for five years. She has been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory,The Best Lawyers in Canada, and The Legal 500 Canada.
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (“DHC”) completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the Dash 8 aircraft program from Bombardier Inc. (“Bombardier”) for gross proceeds of approximately US$300 million
On May 1, 2015, Chorus Aviation Inc. acquired Voyageur Airways, a private company based in North Bay, Ontario. Voyageur is a Transport Canada approved air operator and an integrated provider of specialized aviation services, including contract flying operations both internationally and domestically, and offers advanced engineering and maintenance capabilities.
