Lawyer Profile
Megan Shaw
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Megan provides practical strategic advice to Canadian and international clients on complex corporate and commercial arrangements, procurement processes and business-focused risk management practices across a broad range of regulated and unregulated industries including healthcare, life sciences, food & beverage, consumer products, retail, transportation, franchising, power and infrastructure.
Megan has extensive experience in negotiating complex commercial agreements related to service and distribution functions, franchising, licensing, equipment supply, operations and maintenance and manufacturing. She provides thoughtful and strategic solutions for cross-border business structuring, joint ventures, procurement and internal reorganizations. She also regularly works with organizations to provide creative solutions to a wide range of commercial and regulatory issues, including interactions and business arrangements with healthcare professionals.
International clients regularly call on Megan to advise on their expansions into Canada including support with business structuring, corporate governance and to ensure that their contracts, policies and logistics strategies meet Canadian market and industry requirements.
In 2012, Megan was seconded to a major international retailer where she worked on a variety of corporate commercial matters. She was previously seconded to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
A multinational pharmaceutical company on matters pertaining to its COVID-19 vaccine supply arrangements with the Government of Canada (acted as lead counsel)
Various companies in the sale of critical products to government authorities and agencies during the pandemic, including COVID tests (lead), ventilators and drugs
An international biotechnology company on the development and launch of its go-direct Canadian sales and distribution strategy (acted as lead counsel)
The structuring of a prominent and comprehensive patient assistance program (acted as co-counsel)
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2011 (ON)