Tricia Kuhl
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP’s comprehensive cannabis offering maintains an interdisciplinary approach, with the ability to draw on specialists from its corporate, dispute resolution, IP and insolvency groups, among others. Montreal-based Tricia Kuhl anchors the team and stands out for her broad practice focus, which spans corporate, technology, regulatory and compliance; she recently advised Rose LifeScience on various commercial law issues. Rounding out the key partners are Toronto-based Pei Li, who specializes in regulatory matters, and Montreal-based litigator Patrick Lapierre. A robust second line of non-partners includes IP-focused counsel Henry Bian (Toronto) and corporate and commercial associate Renée Tousignant (Montreal).
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Key clients
- Rose LifeScience
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Globe-Cann Worldwide Cannabis Consultants
- Aphelion Real Estate (LB Becker Consulting)
- Flower One Restructuring
- RIV Capital
- Canadian Securities Exchange
- L5 Capital
Work highlights
- Provided commercial law advice to Rose LifeScience in connection with cannabis distribution, marketing and sales.
- Advised Archerwill Investments (an investor in Canada House Cannabis Group) on the negotiation of several amendments in connection with Canada House’s reverse take-over transaction with Montréal Medical Cannabis to form MTL Cannabis Corp.
- Advised KPMG on a proposed class action, involving claims that misrepresentations with respect to unlicensed growing and storage of cannabis caused CannTrust’s share price to drop during the summer of 2019.
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Tricia Kuhl