Stanley W. L. Freedman Stanley W.L. Freedman is a partner of Heenan Blaikie and has practiced business law since 1983.
Stan is recognized for his excellence in mergers and acquisitions, international trade, corporate finance, licensing and franchising as well as partnership/shareholder issues.
Stan has chaired many conferences and written and lectured on numerous matters relating to his expertise at The Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School and the American Bar Association. He is Vice-Chair of the International Mergers and Acquisitions Sub-Committee of the Negotiated Acquisitions Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. Stan is Assistant Head of the Business Law Section of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Bar Admission Course. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation. Education
LL.M., York University (Osgoode Hall Law School), 1997 LL.B., York University (Osgoode Hall Law School), 1981 Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association Canadian Bar Association International Bar Association The Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
Publications and Conferences Partnership Agreements (chap. 2); The Creation of the Corporation (chap. 5); The Corporate Capital Structure: Share Capitalization (chap. 8); Corporate Changes (chap. 9); Searches and Opinions (chap. 11); Debt Financing and Secured Transactions (chap. 12); Purchase and Sale of a Business (chap. 17), in Business Law Reference Materials, Toronto, Bar Admission Course, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 1992 to present (yearly update) Annotated Shareholder Agreement, Provisions Relating to Corporate Governance, Financing and Capital Requirements, Indemnities, Confidential Information, Family Law, Non-Competition, Employment, Dispute Resolution in The Annotated Shareholder Agreement (Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 2003) Canadian Law Perspective in Starting Off on the Right Foot - Preliminary Agreements in Multinational M&A (American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 2002 Annual Meeting, Joint Program of the Multinational M&A Subcommittee of the International Business Law Committee and the International Transactions Task Force of the Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, 2002) Current Issues and Trends in Shareholder Agreements in Shareholder Agreements 2002 (Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 2002) Ordering and Reviewing Searches in Conducting Effective Corporate Due Diligence (Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Professional Development Programs, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) Subject to Contract: Letters of Intent and Other Precontractual Dealings in Buying and Selling a Business in Widgets to Web Sites: Buying and Selling a Business in the Age of Electronic Commerce (Toronto: Law Society of Upper Canada, 1999) Protecting Family Members' Interests in the Transfer in Legal Issues for the Family Owned Business (Toronto: Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Professional Development Programme, 1998) Commercial Aspects of a Bulk Asset Purchase in Innovative Tax Strategies for Private Corporations: Exploiting Tax and Finance Mechanisms to Build Wealth (Strategy Institute Conference, 1998) Splitting the Business in Family Business Succession Planning Institute (Insight Information, 1998) Subject to Contract: Letters of Intent and Other Precontractual Dealings in Buying and Selling a Business in Buying and Selling a Business: Real Solutions to Challenging Problems (Toronto, Law Society of Upper Canada, 1995) Restrictive Covenants in Shareholders' Agreements: Precedents, Pitfalls and Polemics in The Shareholder Agreement: Unprecedented Challenges (Law Society of Upper Canada, 1994) Contractual Impact of the Securities' Regulatory Regime on Real Estate Syndications in Real Estate Contracts: Interpreting Agreements for Purchasing, Financing and Syndicating Real Estate (Insight Educational Services, 1990)
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