Margaret C. McNee

Partner


Toronto

Tel : 416.865.7284
Fax : 416.865.7048

Email : margaret.mcnee@mcmillan.ca
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Professional Experience Margaret McNee is a partner in the Toronto office of McMillan LLP where she practices corporate and securities law in the Public Markets Group. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Glendon College of York University, her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Cambridge University, and her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1983. She was called to the bar in Ontario in 1985.

From 1990 to 1991, Margaret seconded to the Ontario Securities Commission's Corporate Finance Branch to assist in various policy initiatives. In 1994, she served as a consultant to the Financial Services Policy Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Finance on interprovincial securities harmonization.

Margaret is recommended as a leading practitioner in The Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory, Who's Who Legal – The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers – Capital Markets 2011, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – Investment Funds and Asset Management and Corporate Finance and Securities, the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada – Corporate Finance and The Best Lawyers in Canada – Corporate Law, Securities Law and Mutual Funds Law.

Margaret speaks and writes regularly on securities law and corporate governance matters.
  • corporate
  • corporate governance
  • debt products
  • derivatives
  • international finance transactions
  • investment funds and asset management
  • securities and public markets
  • securities and public markets transactions

  • Member of the Ontario Securities Commission's Senior Securities Legal Advisory Group
  • Former member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission
  • Former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario (winner of the 2001 Conference Board/Spencer Stuart National Award in Corporate Governance)
  • Former Chair of the Board of Partners of McMillan
  • Co-Chair of the board of Canadian Art Foundation
  • Secretary of the board of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
Called to the Ontario bar - 1985

Osgoode Hall Law School, LLB (Awarded the Barlow Memorial Scholarship for highest standing in business law courses as well as prizes in corporate finance and securities regulation, commercial law and labour law) - 1983

York University, Glendon College, York University, BA - 1975

Cambridge University, MA - 1981

Cambridge University, BA - 1977