Luke Stephen Woolford

Luke Woolford* is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels and serves as Chair of the Corporate Commercial Practice. Luke’s practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (including private equity portfolio acquisitions and strategic acquisitions), and general corporate and commercial law. He represents clients across a wide range of industries including manufacturing and industrial, retail, natural resources, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, information technology and media. Luke has experience advising private companies on corporate governance issues and a range of commercial matters including terms of supply for goods and services, distribution agreements, outsourcing services agreements, consulting and employment agreements, shareholders’ and partnership agreements, and sponsorship, celebrity endorsement and naming rights agreements. He also advises foreign companies regarding Canadian legal matters in connection with the establishment of businesses in Canada.

Prior to attending law school, Luke worked as a case worker for a private non-profit corporation in Toronto that provided subsidized housing and support to clients with histories of homelessness and mental illness.