Roxanne McCormick is a partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. A past Chair of the Ontario Business Law Section, Roxanne has a varied corporate/commercial law practice and is the leader of several teams of lawyers who regularly act for a number of large and long-standing clients of the Firm. Her principal practice areas are mergers and acquisitions, at both the domestic and international levels, corporate reorganizations, commercial transactions, and securities. Roxanne has acted for over 25 years for one of Canada's leading broadcasting and communications companies. She is also the key contact partner for a major international sciences company, managing a large team of the firm's lawyers who provide advice in numerous areas on a daily basis to this client. Roxanne is also the principal contact for the firm's relationship with a major Canadian chartered bank. Known for her efficiency and ability to get things done in a cost-effective and timely fashion, Roxanne is regularly consulted by those clients who need focused, timely advice, delivered in an efficient and practical manner on major issues affecting their businesses, often within a tight timeframe.
In addition to her role as Chair of the Business Law Section, Roxanne's management responsibilities have included many years on the Ontario Region's Compensation Committee, Professional Development Committee and Student Committee. Roxanne is currently co-chair of the Ontario Region Professional Issues Committee. She also leads the Ontario Region Education Committee which co-ordinates Region-wide educational initiatives for all professionals and staff, including those relating to continuing legal education, business development training, technical training, legal project management skills and other practice management, leadership and business skills.
Honours and Awards
- Silver Medalist on the Call to the Bar in Ontario (1982)
Membership/Affiliations
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Associate Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Member, DuPont Women's Law Network
- Advisory Board Member, Young Women in Law