Goodmans is pleased to announce that Alan Mark has returned to the firm as a partner in our Litigation group.
Alan’s practice involves corporate and commercial litigation with an emphasis on M&A and securities litigation, shareholder and partnership litigation, class actions and banking and insolvency. He also has extensive experience in electricity law and regulation. Alan has appeared in all levels of the Ontario and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, in the courts of several other provinces and before various administrative tribunals.
Alan is listed as recommended counsel in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 for Energy Regulatory, Securities Law, Director and Officer Liability, and Corporate and Commercial Litigation. He also appears in Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in Dispute resolution and Class Action (Defence) and in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2012 for Corporate Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation. He appears in the 2013 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. In 2013, Alan was recognized as Canada’s Energy/Resource Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Canada.
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Crisis Management and Urgent Proceedings
Panoramic Next: Crisis Management 2024 - Canada Chapter
Mark Dunn and Sarah Stothart co-authored the Canada Chapter of Panoramic Next: Crisis Management 2024. Through a series of interviews with expert legal… -
Dispute Resolution
Director Duties and Climate Change
Decisions earlier this year from the English courts in ClientEarth v Shell Plc et al., and the recent appeal decision from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, shed light on climate change issues… -
Crisis Management and Urgent Proceedings
Market Intelligence Crisis Management 2023 - Canada Chapter
Mark Dunn and Sarah Stothart co-authored the Canada Chapter of Market Intelligence Crisis Management 2023. Market Intelligence offers readers a highly accessible take on the crucial issues of the… -
Capital Markets
2023 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season – Key Areas of Focus
Reporting issuers in Canada are subject to governance standards and continuous disclosure obligations under securities laws and stock exchange rules.From time to time, securities regulators, including… -
Intellectual Property
Lexpert Recognizes the Goodmans IP Team
The Goodmans IP Team is proud to have been recognized in the 26th edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2022.As a group, the Goodmans IP Team was recognized as follows:Intellectual Property… -
Capital Markets
2022 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season – Key Areas of Focus
Reporting issuers in Canada are subject to governance standards and continuous disclosure obligations under securities laws and stock exchange rules. This Update discusses relevant governance and…
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Restructuring
Cirque du Soleil Restructuring
Goodmans LLP acted for the Ad Hoc Committee of Lenders of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group in connection with the successful closing of a sale transaction and its emergence from creditor… -
Banking and Financial Services
Nelson Education Ltd. Completes Restructuring Transaction
Goodmans represented Nelson Education Ltd. in connection with the completion of a sale of substantially all of its assets to 682534 N.B., now operating as Nelson Education Ltd., in exchange for the… -
Banking and Financial Services
Mandalay Resources Corporation Completes Acquisition of Elgin Mining Inc.
Goodmans represented Mandalay Resources Corporation (Mandalay), a Canadian-based natural resource company with producing assets in Australia and producing and development projects in Chile in its… -
Real Estate
LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services Completes $1.22 Billion Acquisition of CML HealthCare Inc.
Goodmans represented CML HealthCare Inc. ("CML") in its acquisition by LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services (“LifeLabs”) on October 1, 2013 for $965 million in cash and the assumption of $255 million… -
Dispute Resolution
MCAN Completes Acquisition of Xceed
Goodmans represented MCAN Mortgage Corporation (“MCAN”), a mortgage investment corporation, in connection with its successful acquisition of Xceed Mortgage Corporation (“Xceed”), a Canadian… -
Technology
Walker Industries to Acquire Organic Resource Management
Goodmans represents Walker Industries Holdings Limited (“Walker”) in connection with its agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Organic Resource Management Inc. (“ORMI”) for a…
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Banking and Financial Services
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 Continues to Recognize Goodmans
We are proud to announce Goodmans LLP has once again been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.91 Goodmans lawyers have been recognized as top-tier in their… -
Dispute Resolution
Goodmans Partners Recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2023
We are delighted to announce the Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2023 once again features Goodmans partners among Canada's experts in litigation.Congratulations to our 13 featured… -
Banking and Financial Services
Who's Who Legal Continues to Recognize Goodmans in the Canada 2023 Guide
We are pleased to share Goodmans lawyers have been recognized across Who's Who Legal's National Guide: Canada 2023. WWL National Guides identify national or regional leaders in a sector, industry…