A leading capital markets and M&A lawyer, Shawn has served as lead counsel to issuers and underwriters, advising on many of Canada’s most significant public and private financings. He has extensive expertise in both hostile and negotiated mergers & acquisitions and has acted for acquirers, targets, controlling shareholders, and committees of independent directors. He has also advised public companies and institutional investors on corporate governance issues. Shawn served on his firm’s Management Committee for 16 years and was Managing Partner from 2010 to 2020. He is a former Lecturer in securities regulation at McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School. He is a director of the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation in Toronto.