Lawyer Profile
Jody S. Langhan
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Overview
Jody is the Executive Chair of the firm. Prior to becoming Chair, he led the firm’s commercial law practice for 18 years. He is recognized as one of Manitoba’s leading corporate lawyers. His practice is both regional and national in scope, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, asset transactions and corporate governance matters.
Jody’s clients include many of the region’s largest corporations, public institutions, lenders and investors, including several major provincial pension funds.
He has market-leading experience in the transportation, financial services and agribusiness sectors. Jody is an owner and a Board member of OxBow Agland Corporation, a mixed-use cattle and grain farming operation near Broomhill, Manitoba.
Jody is of Métis heritage and is a citizen of the Red River Métis. He has had significant roles advising Manitoba First Nations, Tribal Councils, and Indigenous organizations on business initiatives that promote economic development.
Jody’s community commitments include sitting as a member of the Board of Directors for the Manitoba Blue Cross. He also sits on the Board of the Performing Arts Consortium of Winnipeg Inc., which owns The Pantages Theatre. The Consortium has plans to renovate and reopen Pantages Theatre to the public as a pre-eminent historic venue in Manitoba. He is past Chair of the Board of Trustees of FortWhyte Alive, a Winnipeg not-for-profit focused on environmental education and conservation. Jody also served for three years as the co-chair of the professionals division of the United Way Winnipeg Campaign Cabinet.
Jody returned to Winnipeg after graduating with distinction from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and completing a term as head law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court, Appellate Division.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1998 (MB)