Lawyer Profile
John W. Leopold
Montréal, Québec
Overview
John Leopold is a preeminent corporate lawyer who has been repeatedly recognized both nationally and internationally as one of Canada's elite practitioners in mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. John is ranked by Chambers Canada as a Band 1 leading lawyer in corporate/commercial where he is described as having an outstanding reputation with one of his clients calling him "one of the finest M&A and general business lawyers I have worked with" and with several market commentators describing him as "an incredible lawyer with good business sense".
He was also named by Best Lawyers in Canada (2019), based on peer review within the legal community, as Montréal Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year.
John has been recognized consistently by Who's Who Legal Canada and the International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Governance with clients describing him as "absolutely terrific", "always my first port of call", "bringing real value to any deal" and attesting to his "outstanding caliber" and "all around technical excellence". John's standing in the private equity world was evidenced when he was named as one of the 30 Most Influential Private Equity Attorneys in the World by Private Equity International (the only Canadian to receive this honor).
John focuses his practice primarily on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance with a broad and vast experience in cross border transactions. He acts extensively for both corporate and financial sponsor clients in both public and private company transactions and all related matters with a client base that spans the globe.
John is a member of the Québec Bar and the Canadian Bar Association, as well as an associate member of the American Bar Association. John was the founding member and is a past Chair of the International Transactions Subcommittee of the American Bar Association. John is also an active member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the American Bar Association. John was appointed as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in March 2010. John is also a member of the Board of Directors, as well as past Chair of the Montréal Children's Hospital Foundation.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1980 (QC)