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Year called to bar: 1984 (ON)
Jonathan is counsel at Goodmans, after serving as co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Securities Group and a member of its Executive Committee. He also served as the Ontario Securities Commission’s General Counsel, chair of its Securities Advisory Committee and member of its Enforcement Advisory Committee. His practice has focused, in Canada and internationally, on corporate and securities law. His clients have included governmental agencies, public and private entities and their owners, boards, and advisors, as well as entrepreneurial families with multi-generational wealth. In addition to advising on transformative initiatives – including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and related financings – he advises on governance and structural matters in the context of ongoing operations, strategic initiatives, investigations and dissident shareholder activities. Over the decades he consistently has been recognized globally by publications including Chambers, Euromoney, IFLR1000, Legal 500 Canada, Lexpert, Best Lawyers and Lexology Index, including as one of the 10 most highly regarded individuals worldwide in Corporate Governance and as a “thought leader” in M&A and Corporate Governance. Jonathan was appointed in 2016 as an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University.
On April 1, 2016, Corus Entertainment Inc. acquired the business of Shaw Media Inc. from Shaw Communications Inc. This acquisition more than doubled Corus’ size, creating a combined portfolio of brands that encompass 45 specialty television services, including leading women and lifestyle, kids, family and general entertainment brands; 15 conventional television channels; 39 radio stations; a global content business; book publishing; and a growing portfolio of digital assets.
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary FQM (Akubra) Inc. (together, the “Offeror”) announced that, as of 5:00 p.m. EST on April 1, 2013, a total of 65,206,044 common shares of Inmet Mining Corporation (“Inmet”), representing 92.74 per cent of the outstanding Inmet shares (on a fully diluted basis), had been validly tendered to the Offeror's offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Inmet.
