333 Bay St, Suite 2400, Bay Adelaide Ctr, Box 20, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1996 (ON)
By virtue of 27+ years of legal experience combined with acting as chairman and a director of several listed companies in diverse industries, Paul Fornazzari brings a wealth of practical experience related to corporate/commercial, securities, corporate governance, and capital markets matters. Paul’s clients benefit from his strong local and international legal and capital markets network. A fluent Spanish speaker from Latin America, Paul has transactional experience and strong networks in almost all jurisdictions in that region. Advising boards, executive teams, entrepreneurs and investors, Paul acts for domestic and foreign clients in various industries including mining, petroleum, technology, life sciences (including cannabis), and financial services. These clients rely on his extensive experience in deal structuring, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, shareholder disputes, regulatory and stock exchange compliance, and a wide variety of commercial arrangements.
Western Lithium) and Lithium Americas Corp. (Lithium Americas) completed their all-stock, strategic business combination creating a leading lithium development company combining expertise, technology, and two significant lithium deposits based in North America and South America. The goal of the merger is to establish market leadership and develop future lithium supply requirements in a disciplined manner to reshape the current fragmented lithium development sector.
