Year in Review Snappers

Jeffrey (JP) McAvoy practices corporate and commercial law. He assists his clients with a wide range oftransactions including financings and acquisitions, re-organizations, and corporate entity structuring matters. He acts for clients buying and selling businesses and represents a diverse range of corporations in Canada, the United States, and Eastern Asia. J.P. also teaches Corporate Law at Algonquin College and works with financial, insurance, and accounting advisers to provide tax, trust and estate planning advice to entrepreneurial clients and professionals. Prior to commencing private practice, J.P. was a founding employee of Silicon Valley start-up Zip2, which was sold to Compaq and later merged with Alta Vista. He is a Contributing writer for the New Economy Watch and a founding member of the Ottawa Junior Chamber of Commerce. In 2011, J.P.’s accomplishments earned him a Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under Award.

Jane Murray is a partner at Burke-Robertson, practicing in the areas of family law and estates. She has a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Waterloo and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa. Jane articled with Burke-Robertson and has been with the firm since being called to the Bar in 1984. She is currently a member of the CCLA, the Family Law Rules Committee, and Legal Co-Chair for the LifeSaving Society of Canada. Jane has been a seminar leader at the Bar Admission Course for both family law and estates.

David received his LL.B. from the University of Ottawa in 1974. He was called to Ontario Bar in 1976, and was called to the Nunavut Bar in 2001. David Stout is a partner at Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP, and leader of our Business Law Group. He has over thirty-five years’ experience providing legal services to organizations of every size. From not-for-profits to large international companies, David’s extensive experience includes incorporations, corporate re-organizations, and mergers and acquisitions. He has also acted as general corporate counsel for federal, provincial, and international organizations, including national and provincial not-for-profits. David regularly provides advice to clients on all aspects of corporate, business, and ancillary issues, including strategic planning, strategic alliances, and long-range policy issues that may affect business. His practice also includes wealth management and succession planning, bankruptcy and insolvency, IP Licensing and Enforcement and business issues related to intellectual property. In 1999, David was retained as lead counsel on behalf of the Office of the Interim Commissioner for the Territory of Nunavut. He negotiated the re-organization of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation and the Workers' Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories, following the division of the Northwest Territories into two new territories. David continues to practice within Nunavut, providing legal services and business advice to individuals, businesses operating within the Territory of Nunavut, and the Government of Nunavut. He finds the work he does in Nunavut endlessly rewarding, and is proud of what he has achieved there.