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Perry Spitznagel is Vice Chair of Bennett Jones, a former longstanding Managing Partner of the Calgary office and a senior corporate lawyer with extensive national and cross-border experience in a broad range of matters. Perry has acted for clients in some of the largest transactions in Canada, including many of Canada’s and North America’s largest national and cross-border financings and mergers.

 

He has been recognized by Financial Post Magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in corporate Canada. He is also widely recognized as a leading lawyer in his areas of expertise.

Perry is a director of a large private holding company and is a director and past Chair of WinSport which manages the legacy assets and programs of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. He is also a director of the Calgary Zoological Society and a member of the Advisory Board of the Samara Centre for Democracy, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening Canada’s democracy. He is the longstanding Chair of the Bennett Jones Business Forum, held annually in conjunction with the Men's World Cup Downhill at Lake Louise, Alberta. He is a past member of the Alberta Securities Commission Advisory Committee, a past Co-Chair of the Pipestone Securities Law Conference and a past director of Alpine Canada, the governing body for alpine ski racing in Canada.

 

A former international ski racer, Perry remains active in skiing.

 

Perry is a graduate of McGill University, BA (Economics), 1979, with great distinction, and Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB, 1982.

 

He is a frequent speaker and has chaired national and international conferences on a variety of topics. Perry speaks French and German.

 

 

Contact info:

403.298.3153

spitznagelp@bennettjones.com

 

 

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Perry Spitznagel - Canada's Top 50 Lawyer - Mergers & Acquisitions - Alberta

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