Luke is a lawyer in the Business Law Group. His practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial law. He advises clients in a wide range of industries including manufacturing and industrial, retail, natural resources, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, information technology and media.
Before joining Cassels Brock as an associate, Luke worked as both a summer and articling student at the firm, primarily gaining experience in commercial drafting and various corporate and financing transactions.
During his articling term, Luke participated in a secondment arrangement with the Ottawa Senators. As part of this secondment, Luke gained significant experience drafting a number of commercial agreements for the Senators organization.
While in law school, Luke was a caseworker with the Community and Legal Aid Services Program, a clinic primarily operated by law students to serve low-income members of the community and was also a member of the Dean's Fellows Program, an initiative in which upper year students facilitated study sessions for first year students.
Prior to attending law school Luke worked as a case worker for a private non-profit corporation in Toronto that provided subsidized housing and support to clients with histories of homelessness and mental illness.
Associations
· American Bar Association
· Canadian Bar Association
· Ontario Bar Association
· Sports Lawyers Association
Articles
The Canada Consumer Product Safety Act: A New Regime of Consumer Product Oversight Throughout the Supply Chain, 11/11/2011
Newsletter Articles
Workplace Violence and Harassment Laws - What Employers Need to Know, 07/16/2010
Consumer Product Safety - New Bill for a New Regulatory Regime in Canada, 07/16/2010
Newsletters
Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (New Act), 10/18/2011
49% / 51% Shareholder Corporations: Avoiding Deadlock, 06/07/2011
Business Law Group e-LERT - Not-For-Profit Corporations, 04/28/2011
Business Law Group e-COMMUNIQUÉ - July 2010, 07/20/2010
Consumer Product Safety - New Regulatory Regime in Canada, 10/16/2009
Transactions
Cassels Brock Represents Trivest Partners, LP in its Acquisition of Hazmasters Inc., 11/29/2011
Cassels Brock Acts For Calvista Gold Corporation As It Closes Its Initial Public Offering, 06/22/2011
Cassels Brock Acts For Solvista Gold Corporation In Its Amalgamation With Alpha One Corporation, 06/22/2011
Cassels Brock Assists The Blackstone Group with Investments in Osum Oil Sands Corp., 04/13/2011
Sprott Power Corp. and First Asset PowerGen Fund Complete Merger, 02/03/2011
Dundee Precious Metals Completes Sale of Timok and Potoj Cuka Gold Projects in Serbia, 08/10/2010
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Acquires World's Largest Specialty Manufacturer of Aluminum Containers, 05/05/2010