John Clifford
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
September 29, 1962
Occupation
Lawyer
Notable Achievements
In 2007, John founded exeQutive, a forum for LGBT business leaders in Toronto, a group that he continues to lead. exeQutive has become the leading forum of Toronto’s LGBT business leaders. Who's Who Legal identifies John as one of the top M&A lawyers in Canada (The International Who's Who of Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers 2012 and 2013) and a leading business lawyer (The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2012 and 2013), and states that John is "very client focused" and "always delivers". Lexpert recommends John as a leading mid-market corporate lawyer and John is or has recently been identified as a leading antitrust/competition lawyer in Best Lawyers, Chambers Global, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers and PLC's Which Lawyer?
Description
John is a partner of McMillan LLP, one of Canada’s leading business law firms. John's law practice is focused on M&A transactions. He has extensive experience advising Canadian and international clients on domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, debt financings and complex re-organizations and regularly advises clients on legal requirements for establishing new businesses in Canada, including complying with Canada's foreign investment review legislation. John chairs a working group of Canadian M&A deal lawyers that studies and develops reports for the American Bar Association's M&A Committee on trends in deal terms used in Canadian private company acquisitions and is Vice-Chair of a Task Force that is updating the ABA's Model Asset Purchase Agreement. John also is a recognized expert on antitrust/competition matters. He has advised on the Competition Act implications of hundreds of merger transactions and regularly assists clients to defend investigations and litigation relating to matters such as alleged unlawful conspiracies, abuse of dominance and distribution practices. John's industry-specific experience is broad. He advises a diverse range of clients in the automotive, business services, consumer goods, distribution, financial services, investment fund, manufacturing, motion picture and pharmaceutical sectors, including some of the world's best known Europe- and Asia-based automotive companies. John is the chair or past chair of a number of leading business and legal associations and charitable organizations. Within McMillan, he is an active contributor to the direction and management of the firm, having been the firm's Chief Marketing Partner and leader of the firm's student program and key client service and development initiatives.
