General Business Law - Atlantic Canada
What the Team is Known For
Cox & Palmer operates a well-established practice and has a strong footprint across Atlantic Canada, with ten offices across the region including four locations in PEI. The law firm predominantly acts on behalf of clients in the energy, banking and telecoms sectors, handling a wide array of corporate and commercial matters, including M&A, IPOs, joint ventures and corporate governance. It also draws on the firm's full-service resources to advise on insolvency and restructuring, real estate and tax law. In addition to commercial disputes and ADR, clients benefit from its specialist teams in construction, estates, health, insurance and maritime litigation as well as advice relating to breach of contract, product liability and shareholder disputes. The team facilitates registrations and incorporations by providing enhanced direct access to corporation branches maintained by the governments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The firm also fields an extensive labour and employment practice and is often a top choice for referral work from national law firms, advising employers on contentious and non-contentious matters in both union and non-union settings. The team’s expertise ranges from contract drafting and wrongful dismissal claims to the employment-related aspects of restructuring and M&A matters.
Notable Practitioners
Based in Saint John, Peter Forestell KC provides counsel to both domestic and international clients. He advises on corporate reorganisations, share and asset transactions, and general corporate and commercial matters.
Halifax-based Colin Clarke KC assists with a range of contentious issues. He is particularly well known for his medical malpractice litigation work.
Greg Anthony is based in St. John's and is adept at handling labour and employment issues, including representing clients in unfair labour practice cases and advising on collective bargaining agreements. He has experience assisting clients hailing from a wide range of sectors, including construction, energy and manufacturing.
Jamie Eddy KC is a Fredericton-based lawyer who is well regarded for his strengths in employment, labour and human rights law. He advises on topics such as collective bargaining agreements, disability claims, wrongful dismissal cases and grievance arbitrations.
Operating from Cox & Palmer's Halifax office, Michelle Kelly KC is experienced in a broad range of commercial disputes, ranging from white-collar fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims to insurance defence work and expropriation cases.
Victor Goldberg KC is well versed in the full gamut of commercial disputes, with noteworthy experience handling real estate, white-collar criminal and insolvency litigation. He is based in Halifax.
Harry Thurlow represents clients in a variety of commercial disputes, with particular expertise in mandates relating to the insurance and construction industries. He also assists with medical malpractice defence cases. He is based in Halifax.