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Jonathan Sherman

Partner & Co-Chair of the Cannabis Group

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP


Jonathan Sherman is a partner in the Securities Group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, serving as Co-Chair of the Cannabis Group and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Jonathan’s practice focuses on emerging and high-growth industries, including cannabis, technology, natural resources, beverage alcohol, gaming, blockchain, cryptocurrency and psychedelic medicines. In his role as Co-Chair of the firm’s Cannabis Group, Jonathan is at the forefront of many of the largest industry transactions in this evolving sector, providing strategic and legal advice to a range of leading industry players on complex and innovative transactions.

Jonathan acts for a wide variety of domestic and international companies and investment banks. With corporate clients ranging from startups to multibillion-dollar businesses, Jonathan’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions (public and private acquisitions, business combinations, joint ventures, go-public transactions and strategic collaborations) and corporate finance transactions (public offerings, venture capital, private equity offerings and debt financing transactions).

Whether strategically guiding clients through M&A, or helping emerging start-ups secure investments, Jonathan has become a trusted advisor to many. In addition, he has played a central role on several of the largest transactions completed to-date in the cannabis industry. He acts for industry-leader Canopy Growth on corporate, commercial, securities and M&A matters, including numerous M&A transactions valued at over $5 billion, a $600 million offering of senior convertible unsecured notes, a US$1.25 billion senior secured debt financing and various innovative cross-border transactions to facilitate Canopy Growth’s conditional exposure to the United States cannabis market in advance of federal legalization.

Product Type
Live Event

Cannabis Law Institute 2023: Igniting Legal Excellence in the Cannabis Industry


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Faculty:
Mary Shapiro, JD, MBA |  Shabnam Malek |  Fatima Afia |  Jason Horst |  Jessica C. McElfresh |  Zachary Kobrin |  Jason Moscovici |  Marie Sanchez |  ....
Duration:
51 Hours 50 Minutes
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Short Description:
Cannabis Law Institute 2023
Price:
$1,099.00 - Non Member Price
Date:

Thu, Jun 08, 2023 - 09:00am to Sat, Jun 10, 2023 - 12:50pm PDT


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