John is a senior partner of McMillan LLP (Toronto, Canada), where he focuses his law practice on M&A transactions, complex commercial matters and reorganizations. He has extensive experience advising a diverse range of private equity firms, global companies, entrepreneurs and other clients on domestic and cross-border deals across many industries. Recognized internationally for his M&A expertise and experience, Who’s Who Legal identifies John as one of the top M&A lawyers in Canada and states that John is “top notch by all accounts”, “very client focused” and “always delivers”.

John was a co-founder of exeQutive and continues to lead on exeQutive’s Steering Committee. For five consecutive years, John was named to the prestigious global list of OUTstanding Leading LGBT+ Executives as presented by the Financial Times/Yahoo Finance, in recognition of his business achievements and impact on LGBT inclusion within McMillan and externally. Previously he received a Lexpert Zenith Award and an Out On Bay Street “Leaders To Be Proud Of” Award.