Our Team

James C. Baillie, QC

Counsel

	Direct: 416.865.7395 Office: Toronto Fax: 416.865.7380 Email: jbaillie@torys.com

	Jim is repeatedly recognized as one of Canada's leading corporate practitioners.

Practice

One of Canada’s leading senior corporate lawyers and Counsel at Torys, Jim Baillie advises corporations, financial institutions, federal and provincial governments and agencies, as well as self-regulatory organizations, on strategic business issues, complex legal matters and legislative options.

Recognitions

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011—Consistently recommended practitioner in corporate commercial law and corporate finance/securities; repeatedly recommended in banking and financial institutions: financial institutions regulatory and M&A

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2007, 2009 and 2010—Recommended Canadian lawyer in banking and finance, and directors duties and liabilities

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010—Consistently recommended practitioner in corporate commercial law; repeatedly recommended in M&A and banking & financial institutions: financial institutions regulatory

Real Time News' LawDay 2009—Leading lawyer in corporate law

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2009—Consistently recommended practitioner in corporate commercial law and in corporate finance and securities; repeatedly recommended in financial institutions regulatory and M&A

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2008—Most frequently recommended practitioner in banking financial institution, corporate commercial law and in corporate finance; repeatedly recommended in financial institution regulatory law and M&A

Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2008—Leading lawyer in corporate/commercial law and in corporate finance

Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC’s IFLR 1000, Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms 2008—Leading lawyer in banking

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2007—Most frequently recommended lawyer in corporate commercial law; consistently recommended in corporate finance and in financial institutions regulatory law; repeatedly recommended in banking and M&A

Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers 2005—Leading lawyer in Canada

Legal Media Group’s Best of the Best 2004—Leading lawyer in corporate governance

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2003-2004—Leading lawyer in corporate governance

Practical Law Company’s Global Counsel 3000, 2003/2004—Leading individual in banking and in finance

Practical Law Company’s Global Counsel Life Sciences Industry Report 2001—Corporate and commercial

Professional Involvement

Within the not-for-profit sector, Jim is a director of Bridgepoint Health and Foundation.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Canada: The Risks of Being a Director
Mergers & Acquisitions, Tax Planning International | December 1, 2003

The Risks of Being a Director
The Boarding Pass–An Entrepreneur's E-Magazine | September 1, 2003

Raising Capital Without Being Subject to Public Company Requirements
legalWORKS Corporate Brief | April 30, 2003

Selected Media Highlights

May 17, 2011: Lexpert ranks 56 Torys lawyers among Canada's top legal experts

April 8, 2010: PLC's Which Lawyer? names 42 of Torys' lawyers as leading Canadian practitioners

May 25, 2009: Lexpert names 39 of Torys' lawyers as leading experts in Canada

June 17, 2008: 38 of Torys' lawyers are named as leading experts in Canada

August 8, 2007: The legal process operated as it should have in the Felderhof decision, says James Baillie in Financial Post

June 1, 2004: James Baillie is among the world's top corporate governance practitioners, says Legal Media Group’s Best of the Best 2004

Memberships

Public Accountants Council for the Province of Ontario

Practice Areas and Industry Groups

Advisory and Governance Competition and Antitrust Corporate and Capital Markets Equity Financial Institutions Infrastructure and Energy IPOs Mergers and Acquisitions Privatizations Securities

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 1963

Education

LLM, 1964
Harvard University

LLB (Gold Medallist), 1961
University of Toronto

BA, 1958
University of Toronto