Jill Marie Macgillivray

Jill (She/Her/Hers) is the Senior Deputy General Counsel for the Canada region of Dentons. In this role, Jill advises the Firm’s lawyers, management and business services teams on a wide range of legal and risk matters, including ethics and professional responsibility, conflicts, regulatory compliance, firm policies, insurance and risk mitigation. Prior to joining the Office of the General Counsel, Jill practised with Dentons in both Vancouver and Toronto as a corporate lawyer specializing in entertainment, and banking and finance. Jill’s media, communications and entertainment practice included acting for foreign purchasers of Canadian production, visual effects and technology companies. She also advised major Hollywood studios and international visual effects companies in connection with Canadian production matters, including tax credits, studio leases, corporate structures and reorganizations, and cultural heritage issues pursuant to the Investment Canada Act. Jill’s banking and finance practice involved a range of transactions, acting predominantly for lenders in large corporate finance transactions, including multi-jurisdictional lending and syndicated loan transactions, as well as mid-market lending transactions, with particular focus on real estate and film and television financing.