George Waggott
Partner
Toronto
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Tel :
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416.307.4221
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Fax :
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416.865.7048
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George Waggott is a partner in the Employment and Labour Relations Group in the Toronto office. He is national Co-Chair of that Group and also serves on the McMillan Board of Partners.
George has practised exclusively in the areas of labour relations, employment law, and executive compensation since 1996 and acts for employers in all workplace related issues. In addition to his ongoing advice to companies, he frequently appears before the courts, mediators, labour relations boards, grievance arbitrators and employment tribunals. He also regularly acts as a management spokesperson in collective bargaining.
George also advises several technology companies, including drafting employment and consulting agreements, advising on intellectual property issues facing the employers and providing ongoing employment advice including employment standards compliance.
Before joining the firm, George Waggott worked for more than three years at a global law firm based in London, England, gaining extensive experience in international and employee compensation issues. He began his career at a leading Vancouver business law firm.
Prior to his legal career, George worked in a wide range of jobs, including paper boy, kitchen helper, factory worker, shoe salesman, produce clerk, telemarketer, marketing intern, and communications consultant.
Memberships
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association - Labour Subsection
- Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute
Language Abilities
- French (working knowledge)
- Spanish (conversational)
Representative Transactions
George Waggott has extensive experience in executive compensation, including drafting and advising on contracts in the financial services, technology, forestry, mining, health care, transportation, manufacturing and gaming industries. George also regularly provides employment and labour advice to various not-for-profit organizations.
George was a member of the team on the following transactions:
- Acted for Georgia-Pacific in its purchase of certain assets of Grant Forest Products.
- Acted for Kraft Canada Inc. when it completed the sale of its Post cereal brand assets to a subsidiary of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., the parent corporation of Ralston Foods Inc.
- Acted for Deluxe Vancouver Ltd., a division of the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., when it acquired Rainmaker Entertainment Inc., a division of Rainmaker Income Fund, along with Visual Effects UK Limited, Rainmaker's visual effects operation in London, England, for approximately C$31 million.
- Acted for Mylan Inc. when it completed its €4.9 billion (US$6.8 billion) acquisition Merck KGaA's generics business to become one of the largest quality generics and specialty pharmaceuticals companies in the world.
- Acted for Kraft Canada Inc. when it completed the sale of its canned fruit and vegetable, soup and Italian foods businesses to CanGro Foods Inc., a newly-formed affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. and EG Capital Group, LLC.
publications and presentations
George is the author of several articles and presentations on employment and labour law and other related topics. He is also featured in many articles related to employment and labour and has appeared or been quoted in various national media, including CTV, Global News, the Globe and Mail, and Lawyers Weekly. Some of George's recent articles and presentations include:
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