More about me

  • Merger, acquisition and securities transactions involving local, national and international businesses
  • Debt and equity private placements
  • Shareholder buyouts pursuant to shotgun buy-sell provisions in shareholder/partnership agreements
  • CU CUMIS Wealth Holdings LP – Counsel to Canadian credit union centrals and CUMIS Group Limited in the merger transaction to create Aviso Wealth Limited Partnership
  • Advised Tundra Energy Marketing Limited on the acquisition of the Enbridge South Prairie Region Pipeline System for $1.075 billion
  • Acquisition of The Property Registry (TPR) from the Government of Manitoba by Teranet
  • TruServ Canada Inc. – Merger transaction with RONA Inc.
  • Winnipeg Airport Authority – Airport Financing and Bond Offering
  • Parrish & Heimbecker Limited takeover bid for Thirdcoast Limited
  • Acquisition of Carlson Engineered Composites by Carfair Composites (a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries)
  • Acquisition of AmerisourceBergen Technology Group by Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc. creating new company named ARxIUM
  • Sale of equity stake of ScootAround, Inc. to WHILL, Inc.
  • Sale of Dunn-Rite Food Products Ltd. to Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd.
  • Sale of Intelligent Hospital Systems Ltd. to Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc.
  • Sale of Custom Helicopters Ltd. to Exchange Income Corporation
  • Sale of equity stake of HyLife Group Holdings Ltd. to ITOCHU Corporation
  • Sale of Bison Transport Inc. to James Richardson & Sons, Limited

Past Positions

  • Associate, Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP (2008-2014)
  • Summer Student, Tapper Cuddy LLP (2005; 2006)

  • Member, The Law Society of Manitoba
  • Member, Manitoba Bar Association
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association

  • Presenter, “Restrictive Covenants in an Employment and Corporate Transactions Context: An Overview and Discussion of Emerging Developments,” Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Section, Manitoba Bar Association (February 2018)
  • Negotiation Seminar Leader, Faculty of Law (Manitoba)

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada – Corporate Law (2025)
  • Recognized as a Top Lawyer, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Best Lawyers (2022; 2025)
  • Named a Leading Practitioner, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Canadian legal Lexpert Directory (2020)
  • Rising Star Award, Lexpert (2019)
  • Garth Erickson Memorial Prize, Commercial Law (2007)
  • Max Kaplan Prize, Business Planning and Finance Law (2007)
  • D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prize, Business Planning and Finance Law (2007)
  • D.A. Thompson Q.C Prize, Securities Law (2006)
  • Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Law (2005-2006)
  • Dean’s Honour List, Asper School of Business (2002-2003)