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Donald Bell

Partner, Toronto

Don Bell is a partner in the Toronto and Tokyo offices of Davis LLP, with almost 20 years of experience providing corporate/commercial advice to Canadian and Japanese clients.

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Don joined Davis in 1993. Don advises on a broad range of business law matters including:

  • Corporate structuring and reorganization
  • Business mergers, acquisitions and sales
  • Commercial lending and private financing transactions
  • Securitization and asset-based financing transactions
  • Mining projects
  • Pulp and paper manufacturing projects
  • Limited partnerships and joint ventures
  • General corporate counsel

In addition to advising on transactions, Don provides ongoing general business law advice to a number of Canadian and Japanese corporations.

Before law school, Don worked for several years for a Japanese electronics manufacturer and a business consulting company. His business experience is reflected in the very practical and client service-oriented business counsel he provides to clients and to the various committees within Davis on which he sits.

Don is a member of Davis' Japan Practice Group and works extensively with Japanese businesses, and with Canadian businesses involved in commercial activity relating to Japan.

He is based in Toronto, but works out of the firm's Tokyo office on a regular basis. He is also a member of the firm's executive committee and sits on various other committees within the firm.

Don is admitted to the bars of British Columbia, Ontario, and New York, and is chair of the Vancouver chapter of the New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section.

Selected Experiences

Community Involvement

  • Director, National Nikkei Heritage Centre Society (2001 - 2005)

Recognition

  • AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Ranked as a leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A in Canada and Japan by Chambers Global 2012

Donald Bell

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Toronto
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  • Phone
    604.643.2949
Tokyo
  • Phone
    03.5251.5148
  • Fax
    03.5251.5072

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