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McCarthy Tétrault Offices
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
Canada
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Grant Buchanan
Work Department
Telecoms Media & Broadcasting
Position
Practice focuses on broadcast and telecom regulation and Copyright Board work. Broad understanding of the communications industry, related corporate documentation and the framework for broadcast and telecom regulation and financing.
Career
Ontario Bar, 1980. Six years with The Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto followed by two years practising communications law with Johnston & Buchan LLP in Ottawa. Ten years in-house with Allarcom Limited and WIC Western Communications Ltd. in Edmonton and Ottawa and two years with CanWest Global in Ottawa before joining McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto in 2000.
Languages
Fluent in English and French with a working knowledge of Spanish.
Memberships
President, Canadian Broadcasters Rights Agency (1990-2020)
President, International Institute of Communications, Canadian Chapter
National Coordinator, McCarthy Tétrault LLP/Martin Family Initiative Indigenous Legal Mentoring Program
Distinguished Lawyer-In-Residence in the Faculty of Communication & Design and the Faculty of Law at Ryerson University
Personal
Frequent speaker and co-author of the following McCarthy Tétrault books: the ‘Guide to the Copyright Board of Canada’ (2020), ‘Canadian Broadcasting Regulatory Handbook’ and the ‘Canadian Telecommunications Regulatory Handbook’ (2017); the ‘Canadian Spam, Telemarketing and Privacy Handbook’ and the ‘Regulatory Guide to Canadian Radio’ (2016). Also a major contributor to The World Bank’s infoDev program’s ‘Telecommunications Regulation Handbook’.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Telecoms
(Leading individuals)McCarthy Tétrault‘s practice is noted for regularly representing clients in contentious broadcasting and telecommunications cases, in addition to advising on the application, regulation and commercialization of emerging technologies. The team is frequently instructed by telecoms companies, satellite carriers, mobile and fixed wireless networks, cable operators, financial institutions and regulators. Of counsel and Toronto-based practice lead Grant Buchanan has focused his practice on broadcast and telecoms financing, Copyright Board work and regulatory matters. Counsel Keith Rose is active on non-contentious matters involving 5G, satellite communications and consumer and medical devices.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Environment
- Infrastructure projects
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Business immigration
- Cannabis
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Indigenous law
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public procurement