Lawyer Profile
James M. Dickson
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Overview
Jim is a leading corporate finance professional with over 30 years of experience advising both public and private businesses across Canada. Jim is well known for his many years advising Empire Company Limited, Sobeys Inc. as well as the Sobey Family and other public companies. He has acted for many of Atlantic Canada’s greatest entrepreneur success stories and advised some of Canada’s largest and most successful businesses. Jim has experience advising clients from both a legal and financial perspective and his clients include families, small privately-held businesses, large public and private companies, entertainment and media providers, manufacturers, food service companies, energy firms and one of Canada’s leading national food retailers. In addition to Jim’s extensive legal experience, he is also a professional engineer with extensive experience in Canada’s Energy Sector.
University of Calgary, LLB, 1986 Technical University of Nova Scotia, Bachelor of Civil Engineering, 1979 Mount Allison University, Certificate in Engineering, 1977
Member, Canadian Bar Association Member, American Bar Association Member, board of trustees, Crombie REIT, 2017 – present Chair, board of directors, Empire Company Limited, 2016 – present Lead Director, Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated, 2012 – 2021 Past chair, board of regents, Mount Allison University, 2014 – 2016 Past chair, Mount Allison executive committee Former chair and member, board of trustees, IWK Health Care Foundation Former director, IWK Health Centre Chair, Partnership Board, 2008 – 2011 Executive vice-president, chief development office and corporate secretary, Sobeys Inc., 2001 – 2004 Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia Member, Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation
King’s Counsel, 2010 Best Lawyers 2017 Banking and Finance Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Halifax Recipient, Lexpert Zenith Award, 2014 Best Lawyers: Banking and Finance, 2013 – 2026 Best Lawyers: Corporate Law, 2006, 2008 – 2026 Best Lawyers: Natural Resources Law, 2008 – 2026 Lexpert rating: Mergers and Acquisitions, 2016 – 2020 Lexpert rating: Infrastructure, 2015 – 2017 Lexpert, “Deal of the Year”, 2012 / 2013 Martindale-Hubbell rating: BV Distinguished®
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1987 (NS); 2010 (NS)