Andy Chan

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Toronto, Vaughan

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BAR ADMISSION

British Columbia, 2015
Ontario, 2002

Education

Juris Doctor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2000
Bachelor of Arts (Commerce), Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto, 1997

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Andy Chan is Chair of the International Business Group, and was Managing Partner of two of the firm’s national offices. Andy’s practice focuses on the most sensitive of client needs ranging across all areas of business and law, inclusive of high-level advisory, transactional work, strategic planning and disputes. His specialized national and global cross-border practice includes providing counsel to clients on corporate legal matters, strategic acquisitions, investment structures and contested transactions.

Andy is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for outstanding contributions to Canada. He was also named Leading Canadian Corporate Lawyer to Watch by Lexpert magazine in its Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, and he is a past winner of the Lexpert Rising Star Award. He is recognized as a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rated Lawyer, Best Lawyers in Canada for Corporate Law and is regularly listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a repeatedly recommended lawyer in the area of Corporate Commercial Law. Andy also received the FACL Lawyer of Distinction Award for significant accomplishments in law and for service to the legal profession, areas of social justice and the community.

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Recognition

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Commercial Law, ongoing
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rated Lawyer, ongoing
The Best Lawyers in Canada, Corporate Law, 2023
Appointment to the Business Law Modernization and Burden Reduction Council to advise the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Finance with respect to corporate/commercial legislative reform, 2019– 2020
FACL Lawyer of Distinction Award, 2019
Appointed as legal expert to Business Law Advisory Council, 2016 – 2018
Recipient of Markham Board of Trade Business Excellence Award for achievement in business and professional life, as well as contribution to the community, 2014
Awarded ASPIRE (Achieving Social & Professional Ideals, Reaching Excellence) award in recognition of generational business leaders, 2014
Leading Canadian Corporate Lawyer to Watch – Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, 2013
Lexpert Rising Star Award – Top Canadian Lawyers Under 40, 2012
Recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Canada in commemoration of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne, 2012

Thought leadership

Business Laws of Canada, West (a Thomson Reuters business)
Panel Speaker, Cross-Border M&A: Considerations and Challenges – Certified Business Valuator Institute, June 8 – 9, 2023
Speaker, Canadian Lawyer – Young Lawyers Summit (Virtual), 2020
Speaker, FTA Forum (JIBAC), 2016 – 2018
Quoted, Chinese Detentions raises fears of Canadian business chill, rethink of travel plans (CBC News); Second Canadian questioned in China as Huawei fallout continues (Bloomberg News), December 13, 2018
Opening remarks, (Toronto Blockchain Impact Summit), September 28, 2018
Speaker, NAFTA and the Future of Trade – Impacting Your Business (Vaughan Economic Summit), September 27, 2018
Presenter, Ontario Chamber of Commerce Investment and Trade Conference, 2016
Co-chair, presenter and moderator of the 4th Annual CCC Dialogue, 2015
Panel Speaker, Cross Border Legal Considerations (FACL), 2014 – 2015
Panel Speaker, Roundtable Working Breakfast with the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Ontario’s Business Leaders in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce for the development and transformation of policies related to inbound investment and business immigration, 2013
Panel Speaker, China Business Workshop for Attracting Chinese Investment (Canada Chinese Business Council), 2013
Presenter, Business Investment and Development Unit (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food), 2013
Co-chair and Speaker, Annual Business and Securities Law and Practice Conference (Insight), 2010 – 2012
Panel Speaker, Business in the Americas (Multilaw) in Ohio, USA, 2012
Co-host and Speaker at the Canada-China Business Seminar in Shanghai, China, 2012
Host and Speaker at a press conference and opening event, together with Minister of Economic Development and Innovation, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport and representatives from the Canadian Embassy (Beijing) with respect to a significant investment into Ontario by a Chinese enterprise with operations in Liaoning, Jilin Province and the Dayaowan Free Trade Zone, 2012
Presenter to the Governor of XuanWu District (Nanjing City) with respect to the considerations for Canadian Inbound Investment by Foreign Entities, 2012
Co-presenter to the Vice-Governor of Jiangsu Province, the Deputy Consul General and their respective contingents on Canadian corporate and intellectual property law hosted by the Premier’s Office and the Ontario Office of International Relations and Protocol, 2012
The Decision to Block the ATK/MDA Deal, Business Law in Canada: Recent Developments, 2008
National Instrument 51-102 – Changes to Requirements of Reporting Issuers to File Material Contracts, Business Law in Canada: Recent Developments, 2008
Cried Because I Had No Shoes – (CAEM), 2002
Competition Law in Canada, 1999

Notable matters

Act in relation to numerous portfolio companies of private equity, hedge and investment funds and their significant global investments with leadership capacities focusing on material issues rectification, profitability and stakeholder relations
Counsel to Royal Bank of Canada as administrative agent, RBC Capital Markets as sole lead arranger and a syndicate of lenders in connection with an initial $400 million senior revolving commitment with an additional $400 million available through an accordion feature with Tim Hortons Inc. and the TDL Group Corp. as guarantor to provide interim financing to fund the borrower’s share buyback program
Engaged in the structuring, development and implementation of a complex corporate, intellectual property and immigration strategy for the establishment of a series of high- end food services businesses, which resulted in the first Michelin-starred chef to situate in Toronto on a permanent basis, and the advent of a series of client Michelin star restaurants for the first time in Canada
Counsel to various international enterprises with global operations, including in relation to over $100 million investments in Canada through the acquisition, development and management of enterprises engaged in the processing, wholesale and distribution of specified primary resources
Act for St. Joseph Print Group Inc. with respect to various corporate matters, including in relation to its strategic acquisition of personalized marketing firm, Bassett Direct, to deepen St. Joseph’s direct mail offerings into its Interconnected Communication Solutions across all mediums
Counsel to numerous foreign and local enterprises in the structuring, acquisition, development and operations of various high-end commercial and industrial properties and businesses across Canada in excess of $75 million
Advised Meitu Investment ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meitu, Inc.) with respect to the acquisition from Dream Beyond Holdings Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leyou Technology Holdings Limited) of a minority interest in Dreamscape Horizon Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Digital Extremes US Inc.
Canadian counsel to China Maple Leaf Education Systems Limited, an international school, in relation to its Hong Kong Stock Exchange Initial Public Offering of approximately US $123 million
Canadian counsel to J.P. Morgan-led syndicate of underwriters in connection with $350 million senior convertible notes issuance by Biovail Corporation in Canada and the United States

Memberships & affiliations

- Association of Corporate Counsel
- International Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Founding Director, JIBAC, 2012 – present
- Past President and Director, Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan Chinese Business Association, 2005 – present
- Director, The Cross-Cultural Community Service Association, 2024
- Founding Director, China-Canada Economic Growth Alliance, 2016 – 2023
- Member, York Region Police District Community Liaison Committee, 2016 – 2018
- Advisory Board, Canadian General Counsel Awards, 2014 – 2015
- Director, Markham Stouffville Hospital, 2012 – 2014

Andy Chan

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Lexpert recognizes 117 Miller Thomson lawyers in annual ranking of leading Canadian practitioners

Miller Thomson recognized in 2023 Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory

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