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Gowling WLG Offices

Gowling WLG
1600 – 1 FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
100 KING STREET WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO, M5X 1G5
Canada
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Peter Simeon

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Position

Partner

Co-Leader, Cannabis Group

Career

Peter Simeon is an experienced corporate commercial and securities lawyer. As a partner in Gowling WLG’s Toronto office, Peter focuses his practice on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and structured products.

Working closely with issuers, underwriters, and other corporate clients, Peter delivers practical, effective advice to help businesses move their transactions forward. He has acted for clients across a range of industries, such as cannabis, mining, and technology. His experience includes:

  • Public offerings, including initial public offerings (IPOs)
  • Private placements
  • Reverse takeovers and qualifying transactions
  • Bought deal financings
  • Secondary offerings
  • Share and asset purchase transactions

In addition to his work in private practice, Peter is also an experienced in-house lawyer. He spent several years as corporate counsel at a multinational technology company, and completed a secondment at the Ontario Securities Commission in its Market Regulation Group.

In 2019, Peter was named one of Canada’s “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers” by Canadian Lawyer.

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Canada > Cannabis

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Peter Simeon – Gowling WLG

Gowling WLG’s cannabis practice impresses with its ‘unparalleled ability to navigate complex legal landscapes’. The multidisciplinary group combines strength in transactional and regulatory work, with the wider firm’s intellectual property prowess reflected in a client list that is dominated by life sciences companies. Alongside its work for producers, it also acts for investors and retailers, among others. Key highlights included corporate and securities partner Peter Simeon advising Khiron Life Sciences on the $3m sale of its European subsidiaries to 2518542 Alberta. Toronto-based Simeon jointly leads the team together with Ottawa-based regulatory and commercial law specialist Lewis Retik. IP-focused Natalie Rizkalla-Kamel is also recommended in Toronto.

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