John Clifford
M&A Partner, McMillan LLP (Toronto)
John is a senior partner of McMillan LLP (Toronto, Canada), where he focuses his practice on M&A transactions. He has extensive experience advising a diverse group of clients on domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures and the legal requirements for establishing new businesses in Canada. He was the inaugural Chair of a working group of Canadian M&A deal lawyers that studied and developed reports for the ABA’s M&A Committee on trends in deal terms used in Canadian private company acquisitions, and was Chair of that working group for seven years.. Who’s Who Legal and other directories rank John as a leading M&A lawyer, and report that John is “top notch by all accounts”, “very client focused” and “always delivers”.
John has held a number of leadership positions within McMillan. Currently, John leads the firm’s Business Law/M&A Group and is co-Chair of McMillan’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee. In 2017, John was named to the prestigious global list of OUTstanding Leading LGBT+ Executives, as presented by the Financial Times, in recognition of his business achievements and impact on LGBT inclusion within McMillan and externally. Previously he received a Lexpert Zenith Award and an Out On Bay Street “Leaders To Be Proud Of” Award in recognition of his efforts and many accomplishments to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.