50 Queen St N, Suite 1020, PO Box 2248, Kitchener, ON
Year called to bar: 1988 (ON)
Tom Hunter is a partner in Gowling WLG’s Waterloo Region office and he practises corporate, commercial, and technology law. He is the former co-chair of the firm's national Technology Law Group and a past department head of the Waterloo Region Business Law Group. His particular areas of focus include assisting entrepreneurs and owner-operators with start-up and growth-oriented companies, M&A, financing, and all aspects of technology commercialization. Tom has served as lead counsel for over $1.5 billion of successful founder monetization and exit transactions for high-tech and traditional economy clients. He serves as a director on the boards of several technology companies headquartered in the Waterloo Region technology cluster. Tom is a frequent guest lecturer on matters ranging from financings to technology commercialization and is a member of the Advisory Council for the Conrad Centre for Entrepreneurship & Business at the University of Waterloo. He has also provided pro bono legal services to not-for-profits and serves on the board of a number of local charities. Tom has long been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers™ in Canada. He received the Best Lawyers® 2021and 2024 Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” award in the Waterloo Region.
