Lynne Golding Toronto Lawyer

Lynne Golding

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Operating in the increasingly inviting Canadian healthcare sector requires a thorough understanding of a myriad of laws, regulations, directives and rules.
Jurisdiction Ontario, 1989
Language(s) English
Office(s) Toronto
Contact
Business +1 416 865 5166
Email [email protected]
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Overview

Lynne Golding has an active corporate/commercial practice based principally in the health industry.

Dealing with both for-profit and not-for-profit entities, Lynne advises clients on transactions in regulated and unregulated industries.  A highly regarded name in the health regulatory space, Lynne’s practice is principally comprised of clients in the health sector for whom she provides governance advice and structuring and transactional services. 

Lynne is a frequent speaker on issues affecting the health sector and has been recognized for her extensive experience in healthcare law by Chambers Global and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

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Practices

Achievements

  • Recognized nationwide in Charities/Non-profits, Chambers Canada 2025 to 2026
  • Recognized in Charities / Non-Profit Law in Toronto, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Charities/Not-For-Profit Law, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2022 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Life Sciences & Health, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2022 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Corporate Commercial Law, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2022 to 2026
  • Recognized in Health Care Law in Toronto, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018 to 2026
  • Recognized nationwide in Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory, Chambers Canada 2016 to 2026
  • Recognized as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (formerly known as Acritas Star™ lawyer), Thomson Reuters stand-out lawyers 2019 to 2022
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010
Chambers & Partners Publication name with laurels Chambers Canada Recognized nationwide in Charities/Non-profits Chambers Canada Guide covers lawyers and law firms practicing in all provinces and territories in Canada. Read more
Best Lawyers Publication name with laurels The Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized in Charities / Non-Profit Law in Toronto Best Lawyers is an attorney ranking service. For more than 30 years, it has identified lawyers best qualified to represent clients in various jurisdictions and specialties. Read more
Lexpert Publication name with laurels Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Charities/Not-For-Profit Law The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive guide of legal talent in Canada. Read more
Chambers & Partners Publication name with laurels Chambers Canada Recognized nationwide in Charities/Non-profits Chambers Canada Guide covers lawyers and law firms practicing in all provinces and territories in Canada. Read more
Best Lawyers Publication name with laurels The Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized in Charities / Non-Profit Law in Toronto Best Lawyers is an attorney ranking service. For more than 30 years, it has identified lawyers best qualified to represent clients in various jurisdictions and specialties. Read more
Lexpert Publication name with laurels Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Charities/Not-For-Profit Law The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive guide of legal talent in Canada. Read more
Lexpert Publication name with laurels Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Life Sciences & Health The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive guide of legal talent in Canada. Read more
Lexpert Publication name with laurels Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Corporate Commercial Law The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory is the most comprehensive guide of legal talent in Canada. Read more
Best Lawyers Publication name with laurels The Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized in Health Care Law in Toronto Best Lawyers is an attorney ranking service. For more than 30 years, it has identified lawyers best qualified to represent clients in various jurisdictions and specialties. Read more
Chambers & Partners Publication name with laurels Chambers Canada Recognized nationwide in Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory Chambers Canada Guide covers lawyers and law firms practicing in all provinces and territories in Canada. Read more
Ranking Block for Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters stand-out lawyers Recognized as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (formerly known as Acritas Star™ lawyer) Every year more than 2,300 senior legal buyers around the world are asked to nominate lawyers they have worked with in the last 12 months who have stood out to them. Read more
2010 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Experience

  • Advised on loan to Baycrest Centre for geriatric care, [Deal - Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Residential Properties Inc.], In November 2018, Fasked advised on $105,300,000 loan from National Bank to Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care negotiation of new amended and restated credit agreement, with 5 existing facilities and 2 new facilities, new security against 3650 Bathurst Street (excluding Baycrest Hospital at that ...
  • Advised Sinai Health System on the purchase of a parking garage, [Deal - Sinai Health System], On April 5, 2017, Sinai Health System ("Sinai") purchased a parking garage located on the lands municipally known as 40 Murray Street, Toronto. Sinai was advised by a team comprising of Lynne Golding, Mark Brennan and Rosa DeFilippis.
  • Corporate and operational governance renewal arrangements implemented for numerous shared service organizations, [Deal - Confidential Client], Working for numerous shared service organizations, led legal teams in implementation of corporate and operational governance renewal arrangements, including facilitating governance workshops, meeting with management, conducting education sessions, drafting membership and service agreements, amend...
  • Formation of one of Canada’s largest telemedicine (telehealth) providers, [Deal - Confidential Client], Led the team which formed of one of Canada’s largest telemedicine (telehealth) providers, operating across both interprovincial and international borders; advised in respect of its agreements with its customers and funders; provided regulatory advice regarding compliance with provincial laws incl...
  • Merger of two hospital systems located on multiple sites, [Deal - Confidential Client], Led a 20 person team in arrangements to merge two hospital systems, located on multiple sites including due diligence, board education, arrangements with local health integration network; incorporation of community engagement findings; melding of two disparate governance systems and two disparate...
  • Reorganization of an entrepreneurial multifaceted health system, [Deal - Confidential Client], Co-developed comprehensive report of real estate and operations of an entrepreneurial multifaceted health system; identified objectives; set out key legal principles; identified and analyzed multiple structuring options involving charitable, not-for-profit and for-profit entities; conducted manag...
  • Toolkits completed to address legal issues in the Canadian healthcare sector, [Deal - Confidential Client], Participated with other firm members in preparation of toolkits (guidance documents, precedent agreements, process flows, checklists, policies and legal advice) relating to procurement in the Canadian healthcare sector; freedom of information and the protection of privacy in the Ontario healthcar...
Deal Advised Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Residential Properties Inc. Advised on loan to Baycrest Centre for geriatric care In November 2018, Fasked advised on $105,300,000 loan from National Bank to Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care negotiation of new amended and restated credit agreement, with 5 existing facilities and 2 new facilities, new security against 3650 Bathurst Street (excluding Baycrest Hospital at that ... Read more
Deal Advised Sinai Health System Advised Sinai Health System on the purchase of a parking garage On April 5, 2017, Sinai Health System ("Sinai") purchased a parking garage located on the lands municipally known as 40 Murray Street, Toronto. Sinai was advised by a team comprising of Lynne Golding, Mark Brennan and Rosa DeFilippis. Read more
Deal Advised Confidential Client Corporate and operational governance renewal arrangements implemented for numerous shared service organizations Working for numerous shared service organizations, led legal teams in implementation of corporate and operational governance renewal arrangements, including facilitating governance workshops, meeting with management, conducting education sessions, drafting membership and service agreements, amend... Read more
Deal Advised Confidential Client Formation of one of Canada’s largest telemedicine (telehealth) providers Led the team which formed of one of Canada’s largest telemedicine (telehealth) providers, operating across both interprovincial and international borders; advised in respect of its agreements with its customers and funders; provided regulatory advice regarding compliance with provincial laws incl... Read more
Deal Advised Confidential Client Merger of two hospital systems located on multiple sites Led a 20 person team in arrangements to merge two hospital systems, located on multiple sites including due diligence, board education, arrangements with local health integration network; incorporation of community engagement findings; melding of two disparate governance systems and two disparate... Read more
Deal Advised Confidential Client Reorganization of an entrepreneurial multifaceted health system Co-developed comprehensive report of real estate and operations of an entrepreneurial multifaceted health system; identified objectives; set out key legal principles; identified and analyzed multiple structuring options involving charitable, not-for-profit and for-profit entities; conducted manag... Read more
Deal Advised Confidential Client Toolkits completed to address legal issues in the Canadian healthcare sector Participated with other firm members in preparation of toolkits (guidance documents, precedent agreements, process flows, checklists, policies and legal advice) relating to procurement in the Canadian healthcare sector; freedom of information and the protection of privacy in the Ontario healthcar... Read more

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Queen's University
  • BA University of Toronto

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association - Health Law Section

Knowledge

  • What to Know About the Draft Regulation to the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act – Part I, 6/27/2023
  • Ontario Announces Expansion of Services Available at Independent Health Facilities, 1/18/2023
  • What’s Next for Ontario’s Public Health Care?, 1/18/2023
  • Canada’s Proposed Dental Care Program, 11/10/2022
  • Health Care in the Provincial Platforms: What the Parties are Promising, 6/1/2022
  • ONCA - Ontario's New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act is Now in Force, 10/21/2021
  • Recent Regulatory Amendments to the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act in connection with COVID-19, 2/22/2021
  • Summary of the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act, 1/18/2021
  • Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020 Receives Royal Assent, 7/23/2020
  • A Federal Minority: The Leading Parties’ Promises on Health Care, 10/23/2019
bodies of two health professionals Bulletin What to Know About the Draft Regulation to the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act – Part I An overview of some of the key provisions included in the draft regulation to the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act Read more
People gathering for business event Bulletin Ontario Announces Expansion of Services Available at Independent Health Facilities On Monday, January 16, 2023, the Ontario government announced its intention to expand the delivery of certain insured surgical and diagnostic imaging services available in the community. The changes intended to combat the backlog of patients waiting for low-risk minimally invasive services, will ... Read more
doctor in scrubs Resource What’s Next for Ontario’s Public Health Care? Learn more about what’s next for Ontario’s public health care through our Ontario Public Health Care Resource Centre Read more
bodies of two health professionals Bulletin What to Know About the Draft Regulation to the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act – Part I An overview of some of the key provisions included in the draft regulation to the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act Read more
People gathering for business event Bulletin Ontario Announces Expansion of Services Available at Independent Health Facilities On Monday, January 16, 2023, the Ontario government announced its intention to expand the delivery of certain insured surgical and diagnostic imaging services available in the community. The changes intended to combat the backlog of patients waiting for low-risk minimally invasive services, will ... Read more
doctor in scrubs Resource What’s Next for Ontario’s Public Health Care? Learn more about what’s next for Ontario’s public health care through our Ontario Public Health Care Resource Centre Read more
doctor in scrubs Bulletin Canada’s Proposed Dental Care Program Earlier this year, the federal government released its budget for 2022 (the “2022 Budget”).[1] Amongst numerous significant expenditures in the 2022 Budget is the provision for a national dental care program for lower-income families (the “Dental Program”). This bulletin starts by offering a bri... Read more
caregiver taking care of elderly Bulletin Health Care in the Provincial Platforms: What the Parties are Promising An overview of the health care commitments made by the four major political parties ahead of the Ontario provincial election on June 2, 2022. Read more
looking up at building Bulletin ONCA - Ontario's New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act is Now in Force A summary of Ontario’s new Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 Read more

Events

  • Hospital-Foundation relations: Too important to let sour: A multidisciplinary approach to keeping them healthy, 10/23/2024
  • Carters/Fasken Healthcare Philanthropy Webinar 2024, 2/13/2024
  • Private Clinics and the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 3/22/2023
  • The Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010: A modern era for not-for-profit corporations in Ontario, 11/10/2021
  • Third Annual Seniors' Housing Symposium, 10/14/2021
  • Carters/Fasken Healthcare Philanthropy: Check-Up 2021, 9/22/2021
  • Second Annual Seniors' Housing Symposium, 10/14/2020
  • Carters/Fasken Check-Up 2020: Healthcare Philanthropy in a COVID-19 World, 6/19/2020
  • Home Care in the New Ontario Health Environment, 1/24/2020
  • Seniors' Housing Symposium, 9/20/2019
Closeup of health professional writing a note Webinar Hospital-Foundation relations: Too important to let sour: A multidisciplinary approach to keeping them healthy Please join Fasken’s Health Law Group and Jaime Watt from Navigator to discuss the pertinent topics that are currently affecting the landscape of Hospital Foundations. We will be covering the below topics in this webinar: Structuring relationships between charitable organizations and t... About the event
Closeup of health professional writing a note Webinar Carters/Fasken Healthcare Philanthropy Webinar 2024 Fasken and Carters Professional Corporation invite you to attend our webinar, “Carters/Fasken Healthcare Webinar 2024" on Tuesday, February 13. About the event
health professionals at meeting Webinar Private Clinics and the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act Fasken’s Health Law Group invites to you to a webinar on the recently introduced Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023, which, if passed, will repeal the Independent Health Facilities Act. About the event
Closeup of health professional writing a note Webinar Hospital-Foundation relations: Too important to let sour: A multidisciplinary approach to keeping them healthy Please join Fasken’s Health Law Group and Jaime Watt from Navigator to discuss the pertinent topics that are currently affecting the landscape of Hospital Foundations. We will be covering the below topics in this webinar: Structuring relationships between charitable organizations and t... About the event
Closeup of health professional writing a note Webinar Carters/Fasken Healthcare Philanthropy Webinar 2024 Fasken and Carters Professional Corporation invite you to attend our webinar, “Carters/Fasken Healthcare Webinar 2024" on Tuesday, February 13. About the event
health professionals at meeting Webinar Private Clinics and the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act Fasken’s Health Law Group invites to you to a webinar on the recently introduced Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023, which, if passed, will repeal the Independent Health Facilities Act. About the event
health professionals at meeting Webinar The Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010: A modern era for not-for-profit corporations in Ontario All you need to know to be in compliance with the new regime. In this webinar, we will review the processes for transitioning corporations to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010, which will come into effect on October 19, 2021, and the key practical differences between the existing and the new Acts. About the event
Seniors Symposium Webinar Third Annual Seniors' Housing Symposium Join us for our Third Annual Seniors' Housing Symposium About the event
Closeup of health professional writing a note Webinar Carters/Fasken Healthcare Philanthropy: Check-Up 2021 Fasken and Carters Professional Corporation invite you to attend our webinar, “Carters/Fasken Healthcare Philanthropy: Check-Up 2021” on September 22nd. About the event

News

  • Canadian Health Policy Leader Christine Elliott Joins Fasken, 9/7/2022
  • Canadian Lawyer Magazine quotes Lynne Golding in an article about Lawyers using Twitter and best-practices, 12/6/2019
  • Open Book interviews Lynne Golding in an article on her wartime novel The Beleaguered, 10/24/2019
  • Fasken Celebrates International Women’s Day 2019, 3/8/2019
  • InBrampton.com mentions Lynne Golding in an article on her book set in Brampton, 1/23/2019
  • Fasken Wins Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/21/2018
  • Fasken Martineau Wins Mining Law Firm of the Year in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada Guide, 8/22/2017
  • Chambers Canada 2017 Guide recognizes 83 Fasken Martineau lawyers and names us “Employment Law Firm of the Year”, 10/3/2016
  • Lexpert quotes Lynne Golding on potentially controversial changes of new healthcare legislature, 9/19/2016
  • Fasken Martineau Health Group contributes to Getting the Deal Through’s inaugural Healthcare Enforcement & Litigation 2016, 11/30/2015
News - 2 News Release Canadian Health Policy Leader Christine Elliott Joins Fasken Former Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott’s career has focused on making a positive difference in Canada’s health care system Read more
MediaCoverage-1 Media Coverage Canadian Lawyer Magazine quotes Lynne Golding in an article about Lawyers using Twitter and best-practices “Lawyers share Twitter best practices” by Aidan Macnab, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Read more
MediaCoverage-1 Media Coverage Open Book interviews Lynne Golding in an article on her wartime novel The Beleaguered “‘I Knew it was One of those Moments Everyone of the Time Would Recollect’ Lynne Golding on her Wartime Novel The Beleaguered” by Open Book Read more
News - 2 News Release Canadian Health Policy Leader Christine Elliott Joins Fasken Former Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott’s career has focused on making a positive difference in Canada’s health care system Read more
MediaCoverage-1 Media Coverage Canadian Lawyer Magazine quotes Lynne Golding in an article about Lawyers using Twitter and best-practices “Lawyers share Twitter best practices” by Aidan Macnab, Canadian Lawyer Magazine Read more
MediaCoverage-1 Media Coverage Open Book interviews Lynne Golding in an article on her wartime novel The Beleaguered “‘I Knew it was One of those Moments Everyone of the Time Would Recollect’ Lynne Golding on her Wartime Novel The Beleaguered” by Open Book Read more
Women of Fasken News Release Fasken Celebrates International Women’s Day 2019 To mark International Women’s Day (IWD), Fasken today launched a new web series showcasing its female leaders and has organized events to mark the occasion at its offices worldwide. Read more
MediaCoverage-1 Media Coverage InBrampton.com mentions Lynne Golding in an article on her book set in Brampton “Local author pens book set in Brampton” by Alan Kan, inbrampton.com Read more
News - 8 News Release Fasken Wins Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in Canada Guide In the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada guide, Fasken is ranked as “Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year” for 2019 Read more

Publications

  • Innovation In Canadian Healthcare: What Are We Talking About?, 6/7/2016
  • Getting the Deal Through: Healthcare Enforcement & Litigation 2016 (Canada), 11/2/2015
  • Update: Summary of the New Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 10/18/2011
  • Governance Control: Over Regulated Health Professional Colleges, 6/30/2010
  • Summary of the New Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2/4/2010
  • Fasken Martineau Provides Overview of 2009 Federal Budget, 1/27/2009
  • Should your Hospital Implement a Public Disclosure Policy?, 11/5/2007
  • Legal Constraints on Private Sector Involvement in the Delivery of and Payment for Health Care in Ontario, 4/19/2005
  • Wait Times: Legal Issues - Patients Rights, 4/18/2005
  • Personal Health Information Protection Act FAQ series - Issue #1, 2/1/2005
Article Innovation In Canadian Healthcare: What Are We Talking About? Queen's Health Policy Change Conference White Papers Download
Getting the Deal Through: Healthcare Enforcement & Litigation 2016 (Canada)
Article Update: Summary of the New Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act Download

Speaking Engagements

  • Governance refresher, 9/1/2018
  • Social Enterprise Structures in Canada, 3/9/2018
  • Toronto CREW Board Readiness Program, 1/17/2018
  • Understanding Integrations in Ontario’s Healthcare System, 12/21/2017
  • Understanding Integrations in Ontario’s Healthcare System, 11/22/2017
  • Accelerating Transformation Through Embedding and Scaling Supply Chain Best Practices, 9/26/2017
  • Healthcare Restructuring and the Role of Lawyers and Consultants, 8/24/2017
  • How homecare legislation translates into contractual relationships that improve patient outcomes, 6/20/2017
  • One year later: What Lawyers Need to Know About the Application of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, 6/16/2017
  • Building Your Presence: The Luminary Workshops, 10/20/2016
Presenter Governance refresher Board of the HealthCare Supply Chain Network location location Brampton, ON, Canada
Lecturer Social Enterprise Structures in Canada Food Hub Management Professional Certificate Program location location Milton, ON, Canada University of Vermont
Panelist Toronto CREW Board Readiness Program location location Toronto, ON