Jag Shergill

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ABOUT JAG SHERGILL

Jag practises corporate and commercial law (domestic, cross-border and international transactions), including in the area of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, the negotiation of commercial agreements (with a particular expertise in asset and investment management, and franchise and licensing agreements), succession planning/exits, corporate reorganizations and restructuring. As part of his corporate and commercial practice, Jag acts for private equity firms in connection with their fund formation and investment activities. He also participates in the ongoing maintenance and affairs of the companies acquired by private equity clients, including the ultimate sale and disposition of their portfolio companies. In addition, Jag acts on behalf of management groups with respect to management buy-out transactions. Jag also works with clients in the public sector, particularly pension plans, other tax exempt entities, high net worth individuals and their fiduciaries, with respect to their structuring activities and their real estate, private equity, infrastructure and private credit investments. As part of his work with investors, Jag has assisted clients with investments in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. In this regard, he has worked extensively in the negotiation and settlement of limited partnership and other fund agreements, joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and other types of investment and governance agreements.Jag is recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada in the practice area of Corporate Law and was awarded a Lexology 2021 Client Choice Award for General Corporate - Canada. Jag was previously awarded the 2015 Lexpert Rising Star Award. Jag is a member of Lawson Lundell’s executive committee and is the former working group manager for the business services group at Lawson Lundell.