Bennett Jones

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Description

Bennett Jones LLP is an internationally recognized Canadian law firm. The firm and the affiliated and associated entities that comprise Bennett Jones have more than 380 lawyers and business advisors and 500 staff in nine Canadian and international offices – Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Doha, Washington, DC, Bermuda, and a representative office in Beijing. We continue to broaden and deepen our representation of clients in key global business centres, and build our profile and relationships around the world. With exceptional experience in complex cross-border and international transactions, the firm is ideally suited to advise foreign businesses and investors with Canadian ventures, and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities in the US, Asia, the Middle East, and around the world.

Hugo Alves is a corporate and commercial lawyer who specializes in domestic and international commercial transactions.  Hugo is one of Canada’s leading advisors in the medical marijuana industry created by Health Canada’s Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) representing a variety of industry participants, including licensed producers, licensed producer applicants, licensed dealers, research and development labs, e-commerce platforms, seed-to-sale software developers, design and build firms, patient aggregators, equipment manufacturers and distributors, and agritech companies. Hugo is also counsel to the Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry Association and an adjunct professor at Western Law where he teaches “Medical Marihuana: Law and Practice”, a course he designed and developed and the first of its kind in Canada.

To learn more about Hugo Alves please visit: http://www.BennettJones.com/AlvesHugo/

Michael Lickver has a general corporate commercial practice and advises clients in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including debt and equity financing, private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, shareholder arrangements, corporate reorganizations and public markets matters.

Michael also has significant experience in the formation and structuring of several domestic and cross-border search funds.  Michael is also one of Canada’s leading advisors in the medical marijuana industry created by Health Canada’s Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) representing a variety of industry participants, including licensed producers, licensed producer applicants, licensed dealers, research and development labs, e-commerce platforms, seed-to-sale software developers, design and build firms, patient aggregators, equipment manufacturers and distributors, and agritech companies. Michael is also counsel to the Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry Association.

Michael is currently an adjunct professor at Western Law where he teaches “Medical Marihuana: Law and Practice”, a course he designed and developed with Hugo M. Alves and Vladimir Klacar.

Contact:

Toronto Location
3400 One First Canadian Place
P.O. Box 130
Toronto, Ontario
M5X 1A4 Canada

T: 416.863.1200
F: 416.863.1716

Website: BennettJones.com

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