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Samuel Schwartz
Partner
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Biography
Samuel Schwartz is the managing partner of the Toronto office of Davis LLP. He is qualified as a lawyer in both Ontario and Alberta and practises in the areas of corporate/commercial, corporate finance structuring and securities including merchant banking and public and private company transactions. His diverse client base includes Canadian and foreign companies involved in biotechnology, life sciences and computer hardware and software.
Mr. Schwartz has been regularly retained to assist established as well as start-up companies in accessing capital markets both in Canada and the United States. In addition, he has been frequently requested to assemble professional teams of accountants and specialty counsel to assist Canadian companies in their business development efforts worldwide.
Directorships, Memberships & Professional Activities
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
York University
- Member of Board of Governors
- Member of the Executive Committee, Board of Governors
- Chair of the Academic Resources Committee
- Chair of the Vice-President's Research and Innovation Initiative
- Member of the Senate of the University
Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto
- Member, Board of Trustees-Endowment Fund
In addition, Mr. Schwartz is a director of several corporations, including a large paper manufacturing and distribution company, and a private equity company.
Media Commentary
- National Post, "A new life after Goodman and Carr," 11/12/2008.
Education
- J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, 2010
- LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, 1972
- M.A., Political Science, York University, 1969
- B.A., University of Toronto, 1967
- ICD.D, Certified Director Institute of Corporate Directors - 2006
- TEP, The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, 1998
- Certified as a Trade-mark Agent in 1977, renewed 2006
Place and Year of Call
- Ontario, 1974
- Alberta, 1978