CANADA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Bill Gilliland Dentons Dentons is designed to be different. The chal - lenges that its clients are navigating and the op - portunities they are advancing are changing at an accelerating pace. Dentons is a law firm that embraces change and can help clients grow, protect, operate and finance their organisation. This is why Dentons is organised to offer more than legal insight; it helps clients find business solutions, in a seamless fashion, across the
globe. With offices in all six of Canada’s key economic centres – Calgary, Edmonton, Mon - tréal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver – and ap - proximately 600 lawyers, it provides clients with leading and seamless legal services in common and civil law, in English and French. The authors acknowledge the assistance of Esha Saxena, associate at Dentons Canada LLP, on back - ground work for this article. numerous public company boards of directors on governance and decision-making issues. He is a leader in sustainable finance and climate-related governance and disclosure. Bill holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and has published a paper on the implications for boards and public company governance of the proposed Canadian climate-related disclosure rules.
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Bill Gilliland is a partner in Dentons’ corporate, M&A and capital markets practice groups and leads Dentons’ ESG Igniter Group in Canada. He advises on M&A and capital markets
transactions, primarily in the power, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure sectors. Bill has worked with board special committees on strategic transactions and has advised
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