Suite 1100, Cabot Place
100 New Gower St.
St. John’s, N.L.
A1C 6K3
Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Newfoundland and Labrador, 1999
Legal Assistant(s): Rachel Morris
Providing legal services through a professional corporation.
Susan has extensive experience advising clients in relation to option agreements, joint venture agreements, royalty agreements and aboriginal partnership agreements. She has extensive experience in advising early-stage and established players, together with investors, on shareholders’ agreements and corporate governance, share options, corporate finance, lease and participation agreements for wind energy projects, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, she has an large client base that relies on her for advice on commercial services contracts and cloud-related contracts such as SaaS agreements, together with software licensing and related intellectual property commercialization contracts.
Her clients include:
- oil refinery owners
- construction companies
- engineering services companies
- marine port owners
- educational institutions
- financial institutions
- healthcare facilities
- small business owners
- software companies
Education & Career
Education
University of Western Ontario, LL.B., 1998
University of Western Ontario, B.Sc., 1995
Activities
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Board of Directors, Newfoundland Association of Technological Industries (NATI)
Dancer, Irish step dancing, hip hop, jazz and modern dance classes and performances
Member, Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA), 2023
Accolades
Best Lawyers: Intellectual Property Law, 2012 – 2024
Best Lawyers: Entertainment Law, 2013 – 2024
Best Lawyers: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024
Lexpert rating: Corporate Commercial Law, 2023