Portia Biswas

Associate
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2022

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Portia is a strong negotiator and communicator who supports her clients as they seize opportunities or face challenges. She works collaboratively with her clients in order to provide solutions geared to their specific needs.

Portia is a member of the firm’s Corporate/Commercial Group. She advises on a broad range of corporate/commercial matters, including mergers and acquisitions. Portia also draws from her prior experience in the not-for-profit sector to provide support for the firm’s Charity & Not-For-Profit Law Group.

Portia summered and articled at Aird & Berlis prior to joining the firm as an associate.

Awards & Recognition

  • Gurston Allen Prize in Conflict of Laws, 2021
  • Top Oralist, Frozen Open Osgoode Moot, 2019
  • Quarter Finalist, Lerners Cup Moot, 2019 

Representative Matters

  • Represented Circle Surrogacy, LLC, an investee company of Cortec Group Fund VII, L.P., a private equity fund based in New York, in the Canadian aspects of its acquisition of Donor Concierge Inc.
  • Acted for Stonebridge Financial Corporation, a Toronto-based financial services firm with a focus on financial advisory and arranging of project financings in the infrastructure and energy sectors, in the onboarding of new officers to its executive leadership team.
  • Advised an Ontario multi-generational family business focused on the manufacturing of steel tubing products on the sale of its business for aggregate consideration in excess of $100 million to a strategic acquiror from Western Canada. 

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Education

  • JD, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2021
  • BA (with Distinction) in Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2017

Expertise

Corporate/Commercial
Charities & Not-for-Profits