Overview

Under the agreement of this take-private transaction worth C$9 billion, Boralex will continue to operate as an independent private company following closing.

Our Outlook Series 2026 provides forward‑looking analysis of the most important legal, regulatory, and market developments affecting Canadian organizations.

Jake Irwin is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto. He maintains a general corporate practice which includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and joint ventures. Jake focuses primarily on transactional work and routinely assists acquirers and their portfolio companies with important commercial matters and corporate finance.

Jake received his BA in International Relations and Environmental Studies from Trinity College at the University of Toronto in 2005 and his JD from Queen’s University in 2008. He joined the firm in 2013 after practising with firms in Sydney, Australia and in Toronto.He is a member of the investment committee of LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact, advising on the selection of social ventures with a goal to catalyze large scale social impact by selecting, supporting and scaling breakthrough social ventures and unleashing the potential of collaboration. He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. He is also a board member of Young Canadian in Finance.

Speakers Hugo Babos-Marchand, Jamie Becker, Louis-Nicolas Boulanger, Alexandra Carbone, Chrystelle Chevalier-Gagnon, Simon Douville, Sean D. Sadler, Debbie Salzberger, Jake Irwin

Practice Areas

• Banking/Finance
• Securities
• Corporate Law
• Environmental Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2009 (ON)