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William J. Braithwaite
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Law Practice
William Braithwaite is a senior partner in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott and former head of the office's Corporate Group. He is also a member of the firm's Partnership Board and Executive Committee. Mr. Braithwaite practises primarily in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance. He has represented a wide range of corporations, boards of directors, dealers and institutional shareholders. He has also represented various governments and regulatory authorities on policy and other initiatives.
Mr. Braithwaite is listed and recognized in the following publications:
- The 2010 Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance and M&A.
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010 as a leading practitioner in Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities and M&A.
- The 2010 Chambers Global's The Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual for Corporate/M&A.
- IFLR1000's The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2010 as a leading lawyer in M&A.
- The 2010 PLC Which Lawyer? in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Private Equity: Buy-outs and Directors Duties & Liabilities.
- The Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 in Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law.
- Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers - Best of the Best 2010 as one of the world's top 25 pre-eminent Corporate Governance lawyers in the world.
- The International Who's Who of Mergers & Acquisition Lawyers 2010.
- The 2009 Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada in the areas of Corporate Finance & Securities and M&A.
- PLC's Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2009/10, Cross-border Capital Markets Handbook 2009, Cross-border Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties Handbook 2008/09, and Cross-border Private Equity Handbook 2007/08.
- The 2009 Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, Guide to the World's Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers and Guide to the World's Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers.
- The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2009 in the areas of Capital Markets and Corporate Governance.
- The 2009 LawDay's Leading Lawyers for M&A.
- The 2008 Legal Media Group's Expert Guides as a leading lawyer in Capital Markets and Private Equity.
- Lexpert's Guide to the Leading 100 U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada for M&A.
- He is AV® Peer Review Rated according to Martindale-Hubbell (Very High to Pre-eminent), its highest level of professional ranking.
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Professional Activities
Mr. Braithwaite was appointed as counsel to the IDA (Investment Dealers' Association) Task Force to examine the modernization of Canada's securities legislation. He is a member of the Senior Securities Legal Advisory Group to the OSC. He is a past chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission. He is also a special lecturer in Osgoode Hall Law School's part-time LL.M. program. He has participated in numerous panels and conferences on corporate and securities law and serves on the board of directors of Computershare Trust Company of Canada and Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc. - CNQ.
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Education
London School of Economics (LL.M. 1977), University of Western Ontario (LL.B. 1976), University of Windsor (BA 1973).
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Background
Prior to joining Stikeman Elliott, Mr. Braithwaite was clerk to chief justice, Supreme Court of Canada and following that, an associate professor and assistant dean, Osgoode Hall Law School.
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