MLT Aikins LLP

Corporate / Commercial; Insolvency & Restructuring; Cannabis; Agriculture & Food Indigenous

Chris’s practice focuses on complex commercial matters in regulated industries both inside and outside of insolvency.
Chris’s practice primarily focuses on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and regulatory strategies for companies in agribusiness, healthcare, cannabis and other regulated industries. He has broad experience with a range of complex acquisitions, commercial arrangements and regulatory issues.

Chris’s practice also includes advising clients on all corporate aspects of Canadian insolvency proceedings and he has advised debtors, lenders, purchasers, directors and shareholders in a variety of distressed transactions and proceedings.

• Recognized as a Top Lawyer, Cannabis Law, Chambers Canada (Nationwide – Canada, 2025)
• Recognized as a Top Lawyer, Cannabis Law, The Best Lawyers in Canada (2022)
• Recognized as One of Canada’s Leading Lawyer for Business, Cannabis Law, Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2020-2022)
• Recognized as a Top Lawyer, Cannabis Law, The Legal 500 Canada (2020-2022, 2024)

• Member, Law Society of Alberta
• Member, Law Society of Ontario
• Member, Canadian Bar Association

• Ontario Bar (2018)
• Alberta Bar (2016)
• JD with distinction (Saskatchewan, 2015)
• BA with distinction (Calgary, 2012)