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GRAHAM KINGGRAHAM KING (B.A., M.Sc., J.D.) an experienced business lawyer and partner practicing at Canada's largest and most preeminent law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP ("BLG"). Based in Toronto, Canada, he specializes in corporate law with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He is the Toronto regional leader of BLG's Private Company Group.

[edit] EducationHe was educated in Toronto at Upper Canada College and Lawrence Park Collegiate. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science (London School of Economics, England) and a Juris Doctor (University of Windsor). He was called to the Bar in Ontraio in 2002 (Bar Admissions Course, Law Society of Upper Canada). Prior to joining BLG, he worked in the investment and corporate banking group at one of Canada's largest investment dealers and was also a portfolio manager.

[edit] Practice profileHe acts as corporate counsel and advisor to private corporations, partnerships, private equity and venture capital corporations, investors, sole proprietorships and not-for-profit/non-share capital organizations and advises on corporate reorganizations, partnership structures, professional corporations, joint ventures, private placements, earn outs, and the negotiation of subscription, shareholder, share and asset purchase agreements and a broad range of commercial contracts.

[edit] Community InvolvementAdjunct Professor/Instructor, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario Director of Beam Canada Inc. (a subsidiary of Fortune Brands, Inc.) Director of Habitat for Humanity - Toronto Former Director of The London Goodenough Association of Canada (Goodenough College, London, England) Former Director and current Advisory Board member of The Georgian Bay Trust Foundation Inc. (the Georgian Bay Land Trust) Director of several private Canadian and US corporations Editor, Martindale-Hubbell Canada Law Digest, Canada Business Corporations Act Former columnist for Law Times "Corporate Corner" Author, "Extending Fiduciary Principles to the Director-Creditor Relationship, A Canadian Perspective", Vol. 29 No. 2, Man. L.J., and as published in "Control of Corporate Management", Canadian Legal Studies Series, Third Edition, Captus Press Inc. Author, Law Times articles including, "No Fiduciary Relationship Between Directors & Creditors"; "Improving Standards of Corporate Governance"; " Real Business Judgment Needed for Business Judgement Rule's Protection"; " Business Should Comply Soon With New Consumer Protection Act"; "Directors Prosecuted, Corporate Charters Cancelled". Co-Author, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, "Directors Have a Fiduciary Duty to the Corporation - and only to the Corporation!" Speaker at the Ontario Bar Association Member of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations Member of the American Bar Association (Associate) Toronto Club Granite Club Mansfield Ski Club