Overview
Shawn's practice focuses on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including serving on teams acting on corporate transactions, including advising on M&A transactions.
JD, 1997
University of Manitoba
BSc (Honours), 1994
University of Toronto
Ontario, 1999 Nova Scotia, 2015
Shawn's practice focuses on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including serving on teams acting on corporate transactions, including advising on M&A transactions.
Before joining Torys, Shawn worked as an independent legal adviser, with a particular emphasis on technology licensing, information technology and intellectual property. Prior to this experience, he was Director of Technology Licencing for a large telecom company in Canada. Shawn was also previously legal counsel for the Department of Justice in Ottawa in areas of intellectual property, commercial and crown law.