333 Bay St, Suite 3400, Bay Adelaide Ctr, W Twr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2001 (ON)
Partner and lead of the Cannabis Group at Goodmans. Focuses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Counsels early-stage enterprises in diverse industries on their growth financings, governance and strategic initiatives, ranging from fintech, crypto, mobile gaming and interactive media to pharmaceutical, renewable energy and healthcare. Indicative transactions include representing Coinbase with its Canadian regulatory and operational matters; PopReach (now Ionik), a multi-platform technology company and mobile game publisher, from its start-up stage to its RTO and public listing, as well as its equity financings and M&A activities; Mettrum Health in its formation in 2013 and its sale in early 2017 for over $430 million to Canopy Growth; and the ad hoc committee of lenders in its successful $1.2 billion credit bid acquisition of Cirque du Soleil. Volunteers as a “legal counsel in residence” at the DMZ at Toronto Metropolitan University. Recognized for cannabis law by Chambers Canada and The Legal 500 Canada, and for cannabis law, corporate law, and securities law by The Best Lawyers in Canada. Frequent participant at Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers events, and a volunteer with Goodmans LABB and with Pro Bono Ontario through their Free Legal Advice Hotline.
