Profile
Charlie is a partner practising in the corporate/commercial and securities law groups of the firm’s Toronto office, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Charlie regularly acts as counsel to issuers and underwriters on a wide variety of transactional and non-transactional matters, including public offerings and private placements, acquisitions and dispositions of private companies and compliance with securities legislation and other regulatory requirements. Charlie regularly advises issuers, boards of directors, special committees and other transaction participants on matters such as the structuring of a wide range of corporate finance and M&A transactions, the negotiation of key transaction documentation, directors' fiduciary duties, and other general governance and compliance matters, and has experience with proxy contests and contested shareholder meetings. Charlie also acts for investment funds in which context he has represented both public and private investment funds and investment fund managers, and also represents established franchisors and licensors in connection with financings, corporate reorganizations and licensing of intellectual property.Background
Charlie participates in a number of practice initiatives at the firm, including student and lawyer recruitment, continuing legal education and matters relating to the firm’s corporate/commercial and securities law group.Education
LL.B., Queen's University 1996B.A. (Honours Econ.), University of Western Ontario 1993
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Upper Canada
Bar Admission
Called to the Ontario Bar 1998