Marek
Lorenc
Partner
Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2016
Admitted to the Alberta Bar: 2012
Marek is a creative, pragmatic, and business-focused lawyer. He is entrusted by senior executive management and boards of directors on all manner of complex corporate, securities and governance matters.
Marek is a member of the firm's Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups, and is Leader of the Space Tech Group. Marek advises public and private issuers, investment banks, founders, private investors and private equity funds on a variety of corporate and finance transactions and across a range of industry sectors, including technology, life sciences, mining, energy and cannabis. Marek’s transactional expertise includes mergers & acquisitions, stock exchange listings, prospectus offerings, and venture financings.
Prior to joining Aird & Berlis, Marek was a partner at a large international law firm.
Other Languages
French
Polish
Professional Involvement
Speaker, "Aerospace Technology and Society Industry Night," hosted by the University of Toronto Aerospace Team, March 6, 2025.
Speaker, "Careers in Outer Space Law," hosted by the University of Ottawa Space Law Society, January 11, 2024.
Speaker, "Spacebound 2023," hosted by Space Canada, October 19, 2023.
Speaker, "Realizing the Value of SpaceTech Investment & Adoption," hosted by the Government of Ontario, Space Canada, the Canadian Space Agency and the Creative Destruction Lab, May 18, 2023.
Speaker, "Accessing Non-Dilutive Government and ITB Credit Financing Alternatives," Aird & Berlis LLP Webinar, March 2, 2023.
Author, "A Strategy of Consequence: Canada’s New Defence Industrial Strategy Must Deliver in Space," SpaceQ, February 20, 2026.
Quoted in "New Defence Industrial Strategy Will Jump-Start Investment, Sector Leaders and Analysts Say," Globe and Mail, February 17, 2026.
Co-Author, "TSXV Sandbox and OSC TestLab: Promising Developments for Early-Stage Businesses," Aird & Berlis Capital Markets Bulletin, June 17, 2024.
Co-Author, "Venture Capitalists and Founders Beware: CBCA Mandates Public Disclosure of Significant Control," Aird & Berlis LLP Business Law Bulletin, November 30, 2023.
Author, "Opportunity Abounds: Roadshow Reveals Investor Appetite in Space Remains Strong," Aird & Berlis LLP Space Tech Bulletin, July 12, 2023.
Author, "Notice to Canada: Commercial Space Launch Is Here...To Stay," Aird & Berlis LLP Space Tech Bulletin, February 2, 2023.