Suite 1100, Cabot Place
100 New Gower St.
St. John’s, N.L.
A1C 6K3
Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Ontario, 2016; Newfoundland and Labrador, 2017
Legal Assistant(s): Debbie Awe
Karl is a trusted advisor to clients of all sizes and industries. Starting his career providing contracting and procurement advice to the Canadian Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team has equipped him with a unique ability to keep his legal advice pragmatic and economically-driven.
Karl’s representative experience includes:
- Acting as Canadian counsel to a multi-national oil and gas company.
- Acting for a chartered bank in financing two real estate developments.
- Representing the vendor in its sale of its interest in a fish processing organization.
- Representing the vendor in its sale of its interest in a concrete production organization.
- Advising and drafting corporate reorganization documents for tightly-held corporations of varying size.
- Advising clients on wills and estate planning matters.
- Drafting and advising on the creation of family trusts as part of corporate reorganizations and tax planning.
- Advising fish processors and aquaculture firms in acquisitions, dispositions, and financings.
Education & Career
Education
Canadian Securities Law and Practice Certificate, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2022
Bachelor of Arts, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010
Juris Doctor, University of New Brunswick, 2015
Accolades
Canadian Forces’ Decoration, 2018
Member of the Order of the Pukka Sapper, Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers (Canadian Armed Forces), 2015
Joseph Sears Alumni Memorial Scholarship, UNB, 2014