Ismaili Legal Professionals Symposium
Leadership & Diversity in Civil Society Come join members of the legal profession and community at large at this Symposium where our guest speakers will speak on Leadership and Diversity in Civil Society. Hear perspectives from the bar, government and a community service organization. The Ismaili Legal Professionals of British Columbia exists to encourage and facilitate continuing legal education, and to enable its members to be positive contributors in the communities in which they live.
Friday, April 17 from 1:00pm – 5:00pm, Vancouver
Noordin S.K. Nanji
Law Practice
Noordin Nanji is a partner in Stikeman Elliott’s Vancouver Corporate and Securities Group. He advises public and private companies with respect to mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, the formation and financing of both public and private business ventures and complex strategic transactions.
Mr. Nanji was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2015 in the fields of Corporate Law and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law. He is also AV® Peer Review Rated according to Martindale-Hubbell (Very High to Pre-eminent), its highest level of professional ranking.
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School (J.D. 1982)
Background
Mr. Nanji was a partner with another Canadian law firm from 1989-1998. He has advised clients in the forestry, mining, technology,
outsourcing, investment banking and alternative energy industries, among others.
While in private practice, Mr. Nanji was cited as a Canadian leader in corporate finance, corporate commercial, and forestry law by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. He was also recognized by EuroMoney Magazine as leading corporate finance counsel in the “Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers”.
From 1998-2009, Mr. Nanji held various senior executive positions at Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Ballard) including, most recently, Vice-President, Strategy and Development. While at Ballard, Mr. Nanji was responsible for developing most of Ballard’s key strategic initiatives and held several senior executive roles, focusing on strategy, corporate and business development, intellectual property, corporate governance and complex international transactions. These strategic initiatives included several M&A transactions, critical joint ventures and strategic alliances with leading original equipment manufacturers in the transportation, chemicals and energy sectors, and the formation of Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnership, now a leading venture capital firm in the cleantech industry.
Mr. Nanji has served on the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Lower Mainland. He presently serves as the Chairman of the Aga Khan International Conciliation and Arbitration Board and as Vice-Chairman of the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation Board.
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