MEP Business Counsel is very pleased to announce the addition of Andrew Hennigar as a senior associate in the firm’s corporate and commercial practice group. His practice is primarily focused on mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance/venture capital, and securities.

Andrew joins MEP after having practiced at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Vancouver and the New York offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

“We could not be more pleased to have Andrew join our team” stated Marshall Pawar, managing partner of MEP, “he brings a tremendous wealth of corporate legal experience with him from his days at Blakes and Paul Weiss, but more importantly, Andrew brings a sharp business acumen and collaborative style that fits very nicely within our group.”

Ryan Patryluk, a founding partner of MEP adds, “Andrew brings significant tangible and intangible qualities to the team which make us stronger as a group. We have no doubt he will have an immediate and meaningful impact within our firm.”

Andrew represents a broad range of clients, including start-ups, growth stage companies and mature private and public companies. Andrew has experience in share and asset purchases, divestitures, equity offerings, spin-outs, restructuring transactions, shareholder matters, securities law and TSX/TSX-V compliance and corporate governance. Andrew has also represented purchasers of assets through both Canadian and US bankruptcy proceedings.

Andrew attended law school at the University of Toronto after completing his business degree at McGill.