Mr Michael Ledgett > Dentons > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
77 KING STREET WEST
SUITE 400
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5K 0A1
Canada

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Michael F. Ledgett centres his practice on corporate and commercial law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, public private partnerships, smart cities and the transportation industry.

His corporate commercial and transactional practice serves businesses (domestic and foreign), governments and their agencies and not-for-profit organizations.

His P3/Smart Cities practice serves governments and their agencies, as well as private sector developers, operators, lenders and investors on P3 and Smart Cities projects.

His transportation industry practice serves primarily the air, bus, port, rail, transit and truck sectors of the industry. His practice also embraces the emerging world of autonomous vehicles. His transportation practice serves governments and their agencies, as well as private sector participants in the industry.

Michael is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP), a national not-for-profit non-partisan, member-based organization with broad representation from across the public and private sectors. CCPPP is a proponent of evidence-based public policy in support of P3s, facilitates the adoption of international best practices, and educates stakeholders and the community on the economic and social benefits of public private partnerships.

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Languages

English

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Canadian Transport Lawyers Association
  • International Bar Association
  • The Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
  • The Transportation Lawyers Association

Education

University of Western Ontario, 1969, LL.B.
University of Western Ontario, 1968, B.A.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Transport > Other transport

The transport group at Dentons routinely receives a variety of road, rail and public transit mandates. Its road transport expertise covers trucking and bus regulation and dangerous goods matters. In the rail sphere, it is equipped to advise on mixed-use systems and associated regulatory issues. With regards to public transit, the group regularly advises government agencies and private sector developers, operators, lenders and investors on public transit projects. Toronto-based practice head Michael Ledgett covers advisory matters, while Marina E Sampson is noted for her litigation skill.