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Gowling WLG
SUITE 2600
160 ELGIN STREET
OTTAWA, ON K1P 1C3
Canada

Position

Partner

Career

Cam Cameron is a partner in the Business Law Department of Gowling WLG’s Ottawa office, practicing in the Firm’s Indigenous and Business Law Groups.

Cam’s general practice focuses on commercial contracts, including licensing, distribution, collaboration, and funding agreements. His particular specialties include Indigenous commercial matters and gaming law.

Cam regularly works with Indigenous communities (doing business on and off-reserve) on a variety of economic development matters that include joint ventures; this work includes negotiating and drafting impact benefit agreements and revenue sharing agreements. He also provides strategic legal advice, including duty to consult assessments for communities, Crown corporations and interested private entities.

With respect to gaming law, Cam advises clients on gambling laws, including contests and sweepstakes. He also advises new participants entering the iGaming (online) market in Ontario – a province which established a new iGaming market in collaboration with private gaming companies in 2022.

Cam also authors articles and delivers presentations on commercial matters, notably those affecting Indigenous peoples. He has been recognized for his corporate commercial and Indigenous law capabilities by Legal 500 Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Indigenous law

The practice at Gowling WLG is noted for advising a host of First Nation, Métis and Inuit governments, Indigenous political organizations, and government and corporate clients who work with Indigenous communities. Its advisory prowess encompasses the negotiation of claims and self-government agreements, Indigenous tax advice, environmental assessments and consultation to First Nations, as well as negotiating mineral and mining resource agreements. Class action litigation and disputes relating to Indigenous title and treaty rights make up the bulk of the team’s contentious work. Practice head Paul Seaman works from both the Toronto and Vancouver offices and focuses on transactions and projects where the Crown’s obligation to consult with Indigenous peoples is involved. Ottawa-based Cam Cameron majors on Indigenous commercial matters and gambling law.