Gary
Volman

Partner
Call to Bar:
Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2016
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Whether advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate/commercial matters, or public and private financings, Gary offers a practical and business-minded approach to solving legal challenges. He is highly responsive and skilled at providing clients with the information they need and works diligently to ensure that outcomes align with his clients’ overall business goals. Gary is a trusted legal business partner and is committed to building long-standing client relationships.

Gary is Co-Leader of the firm’s Capital Markets Group. He is also a member of the firm’s Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. Gary advises clients across a variety of sectors, including technology, environmental, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, cannabis, health care, mining and financial services. He regularly advises domestic and international clients, ranging from small startups to large public companies, including those listed on the TSX.

Gary has significant experience advising clients, such as private equity and financial sponsors in connection with cross-border and domestic M&A, financing and other strategic transactions. In addition, Gary has experience advising public companies on corporate governance matters, continuous disclosure requirements and obligations under securities law and stock exchange policies.

Other Languages

Russian

Memberships

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
  • Law Society of Ontario

Community Involvement

  • Consultant, Hand Up From Hunger Toronto
Speaker, "M&A Market Expectations," The CFO Hive Podcast, November 19, 2024.

Co-Author, "Investing in Sports Franchises: Legal, Governance and Structural Considerations," Aird & Berlis LLP, Sports, Media & Entertainment Bulletin, April 9, 2026.

Co-Author, "Is Signing on the Line Really Final?" Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, October 16, 2025.

Co-Author, "Back to Basics: Acquisition Structures for Canadian Public and Private M&A," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, June 4, 2025.

Co-Author, "Artificial Intelligence, Real Risks: Legal Due Diligence Issues and Purchase Agreement Provisions Aimed at Managing AI Risk in M&A Transactions," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, March 26, 2025.

Co-Author, "Adding Certainty in an Uncertain World: Canadian Court Deference to ‘Reasonable’ Non-Competes in M&A Transactions," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, January 27, 2025.

Co-Author, "Understanding Materiality Scrapes in Private M&A: Definition, Function and Usage Frequency," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, August 6, 2024.

Co-Author, "Know the Limit, Play Within It: Restrictive Covenants in Canada," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, April 22, 2024.

Co-Author, "How ESG Considerations Can Impact and Create Value in M&A Transactions," Aird & Berlis LLP, ESG Bulletin, April 9, 2024.

Co-Author, "Anti-Assignment Provisions and Assignments by ‘Operation of Law’: What Do I Have to Do? What Should I Do?" Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, March 19, 2024.

Co-Author, "Equity Rollovers in Inbound Canadian Cross-Border M&A," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, October 17, 2023.

Co-Author, "What’s Market in Canadian Public Target M&A: Key Trends and Insights From the ABA Deal Points Study," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, October 12, 2023.

Co-Author, “Think Canada for Global Projects and Global Expansion: Canadian Corporate and Tax Considerations for Foreign Expansion To and From Canada," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, July 2023.

Co-Author, “A Closer Look at OSFI Guideline B-15: Climate Risk Management," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, June 2023.

Co-Author, “CSA Publishes Guidance on Greenwashing and ESG Disclosures," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, February 2023.

Co-Author, “Important Canadian Legal Considerations and Market Practices for U.S. and International Purchasers in Cross-Border Private M&A Transactions," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, September 2022.

Co-Author, “Addressing Risk Allocation in M&A Transactions Through the Use of Transactional Insurance: A Primer on Representation and Warranty Insurance in the Canadian M&A Market," Aird & Berlis LLP, Capital Markets Bulletin, June 2022.

Co-Author, “Check Under the Hood: Make It Part of Your Due Diligence Process,” Plant Magazine, December 2016.

Co-Author, “An Inside Look into the Recent Amendments to the Ontario PPSA Location of the Debtor Rules,” Lexology, November 2015.