Ken Wiener is a partner at Goodmans. He is one of the firm’s securities law specialists. His practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and international law.
As a member of the firm’s Asia practice group, Ken is active within the international investment sector. He assists Canadian companies planning to do business in Asia, as well as Asian enterprises wanting to establish a presence in Canadian capital markets. Ken represents the Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. of Japan in Canada and acted for Furukawa, the controlling shareholder of JDS Fitel Inc., with respect to the US$12.8 billion cross-border merger of JDS Fitel and Uniphase Corp.
Ken has a particular interest in corporate governance. He is the project leader for a corporate governance project with SMEs in the People’s Republic of China for which Goodmans was retained by the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank. He is the Vice-Chair of the Ontario Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Ken is the past director of the Listed Company Policy and Regulation department of The Toronto Stock Exchange. While there, he served in the Market Surveillance and Market Policy departments before joining the Listings and Distributions division.
Ken has participated in continuing education programs for the Ontario Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada and other organizations. He is a past chair of the Business Law section of the Ontario Bar Association.
Ken joined Goodmans in 1988.
Education
McGill University (B.Sc, 1971)
Harvard University (M.Ed, 1973)
University of Toronto (LL.B., 1979)
Professional Affiliations
Ontario Bar Association, Business Law section
Hong Kong-Canada Business Association, Former director of the Toronto branch
Canada China Business Council
Institute of Corporate Directors
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