Thomas MacQuarrie, QC

SEASONED AND SAVVY COUNSEL.

Tom brings to the table extensive legal experience in litigation at both trial and appellate levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada; all phases of labour and employment law; and commercial and corporate matters together with lengthy and varied boardroom experience as a director of many public and private companies.  He is well suited to deal with the most complex and unconventional legal and business issues.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Tom’s clients face many challenges related to incorporation, reorganization, financing, initial public offerings (IPO), mergers, amalgamations, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as corporate governance issues.

Areas of practice:

• Corporate/Commercial
• Owner – Managed Business
• Financial Services

BAR ADMISSION(S)

Nova Scotia, 1960

LAW SOCIETY(IES)

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Post-Graduate Studies, 1959-1960
Dalhousie University, LL.B., 1959
Dalhousie University, B. Comm., 1957

QUEEN'S COUNSEL

1975

ACTIVITIES

• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Member, International Bar Association
• Trustee & chairman, Audit Committee, Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust
• Director, Member of Executive Committee, Member of Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee, High Liner Foods, Inc.

LANGUAGE(S)

English

MARTINDALE-HUBBELL RATINGS

AV

EXTERNAL RATINGS

• Best Lawyers: Corporate Law, 2013-2014