Primary Language:
English

Administrative Assistant(s):
Sol Ott
Sol Ott

Education:
University of King's College (B.A., 1958)
Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1961)

Bar Admission(s):
Nova Scotia, 1961

Queen's Counsel:
1976

Law Society Memberships:
Canadian Bar Association
Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

Activities Within Firm:
Former Managing Partner, Halifax
Past Chair, Firm-wide Executive Committee

Lexpert Ratings:
Banking (Including Financial Institutions Regulatory Law)
Corporate / Commercial
Estate and Personal Tax Planning / Estate Litigation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Mid-Market

Martindale-Hubbell Ratings:
AV

Other External Ratings:
2006, 2008-2010, Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada Directory (Banking and Corporate Law)

2007, 2008 & 2009, Member, Lexpert / American Lawyer Media's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers

Memberships:
2009 - , Board of Directors, Emera Inc.

President, Neptune Theatre Foundation

Member, Canadian Tax Foundation

Past Chairman, Tax Subsection, Nova Scotia Branch, Canadian Bar Association

Former Member, Joint Committee, Canadian Bar Association and Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants on Taxation

Chair of the Board and Director: Nova Scotia Power Inc.

Director: Emera Inc.

Former Treasurer and Chairman, Halifax Grammer School

Former Treasurer, Saint George's Historic Round Church Restoration Committee

Former Board Member: Victoria Order of Nurses, (Halifax); Junior Achievement, Canadian National Institute for the Blind (NS Division)

Other Information:
Presented papers on corporate and tax matters at Nova Scotia Barristers' Society meetings, Canadian Bar Association meetings, Atlantic Tax Conference and Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Conference

Areas of Law:
Corporate/Commercial
Owner - Managed Business
Public - Private Partnerships
Property Leasing
Mergers & Acquisitions