Jonathan Gilhen

Associate, Vancouver

Jonathan Gilhen is an associate in the Vancouver office of Davis LLP, where he practices corporate and commercial law. Jonathan joined Davis in 2008. Previously, he practiced in the Toronto office of a prominent business law firm.

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Jonathan is a member of the Competition and Antitrust practice group, focusing on pre-merger analysis and notification and reviewable matters under the Competition Act (Canada).

In addition, Jonathan maintains a general corporate and commercial practice, advising on such matters as public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions and infrastructure projects.

While attending law school, Jonathan received the Annaline Lubbe award for highest standing in Competition Law, as well as prizes for highest standing in Corporate Finance and Advanced (Corporate) Taxation.

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Professional Associations & Activities

Member, Mergers Committee and Law and Economics Committee, National Competition Law Section, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Section of Antitrust Law, American Bar Association

Community Involvement

Jonathan volunteers as Head Scout and Recruiter for the men's varsity hockey program at Saint Mary's University (2010 National Champions).

Publications

In The News

Davis LLP Closes $2.1 Billion Light Rail Transit System Project in Ottawa
On February 12, 2013, the City of Ottawa and the Rideau Transit Group Partnership, of which SNC-Lavalin, ACS Infrastructure and EllisDon are partners, achieved commercial and financial close to design, [more]
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
$889 Million Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project Achieves Financial Close
On January 29, 2013, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced EGRT Construction had been awarded the $889 million design, build, finance contract for the construction of the Evergreen [more]
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Davis LLP Successfully Defends Against Dissolution Remedy in Important Case Before the Competition Tribunal
Vancouver, B.C. – On June 15, 2012, the Competition Tribunal released its reasons for ordering CCS Corporation (now Tervita Corporation) (“CCS”) to divest the shares or assets of Babkirk [more]
Friday, 15 June 2012
Canfor completes $60 million acquisition of Tembec's BC southern interior wood products assets
On March 23, 2012, Canfor Corporation, a leading Vancouver-based integrated forest products company, completed its acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd. ("Tembec") southern British Columbia [more]
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Davis PPP Project Wins Award
The Surrey Pretrial Services Centre Expansion Project, which Davis LLP closed earlier this year, won a gold award for innovation and excellence in public-private partnership infrastructure development [more]
Friday, 16 December 2011
Davis Team Closes Quinte Courthouse Transaction
On Tuesday, June 21, 2011, Brookfield Infrastructure Partnerships Quinte entered into an agreement with the Province of Ontario to design, build, finance and maintain the Quinte Consolidated Courthouse, [more]
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Davis LLP Responds to Landfill Merger
On January 24, 2011, the Commissioner of Competition (the head of the federal Competition Bureau) filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking dissolution of the acquisition of Complete [more]
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Davis client, Southern Pacific Resource Corp., Closes CDN $89 Million Acquisition and Financing
On November 3, 2009, Southern Pacific Resource Corp. acquired all of the securities of Senlac Oil Ltd. from a major oil and gas company, for closing cash consideration of approximately $89,000,000. Senlac [more]
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Canada Line Rapid Transit Project Achieves Service Commencement
On August 12, 2009, the Canada Line Rapid Transit Project formally achieved Service Commencement, a significant milestone in the Project's development, approximately three and a half months ahead [more]
Thursday, 13 August 2009