
Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Nova Scotia, 1994
Legal Assistant(s): Kaeleigh Leeson
Providing legal services through a professional corporation.
Colleen represents private companies, reporting issuers, publicly-traded companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange, and underwriters on a wide variety of corporate finance, corporate commercial and securities law matters, including public offerings, private placements, debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and restructuring transactions. She also advises clients on regulatory compliance and corporate governance best practices. She has acted for government agencies in connection with large P3/infrastructure and financing projects and has extensive experience in policy and regulatory matters in the Canadian gaming industry. Colleen representative work includes:
Osgoode Hall Law School, Osgoode Certificate in Mining Law, 2013
Dalhousie University, LLB, 1993
Dalhousie University, BA (with distinction), 1990
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Board of Directors, Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation
Co-Chair, Phoenix Holiday Luncheon Organizing Committee
Past Chair, Nova Scotia Securities Law subsection, Canadian Bar Association
Past Chair, Board of Governors, Mount Saint Vincent University
Past Chair, Executive Committee, Nominating, Joint Board/Senate Liaison and Senior Administrators’ Compensation Committees, Mount Saint Vincent University
Past Member, Advancement and External Relations, By-laws Committee, Campus Planning Committee, Finance Committee, Human Resources and Governance Committee and Investment Committee, Mount Saint Vincent University
King’s Counsel, 2025
Best Lawyers Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Halifax, 2022, 2023, 2025
Best Lawyers 2017, 2018, 2020 & 2023 Mergers and Acquisitions “Lawyer of the Year” in Halifax
Best Lawyers: Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2015 – 2025
Best Lawyers: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2012 – 2025
Best Lawyers: Project Finance Law, 2015 – 2025
Best Lawyers: Structured Finance Law, 2016 – 2025
Lexpert® Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40, 2007
Lexpert rating: Corporate Commercial Law, 2021 – 2024
Lexpert rating: Mergers and Acquisitions, 2013 – 2024
Lexpert rating: Mining, 2014 – 2021, 2024
Lexpert rating: Corporate Finance & Securities, 2010 – 2024
Lexpert rating: Project Finance, 2024
Lexpert rating: Private Equity. 2010 – 2017, 2022-2023
Lexpert rating: Infrastructure, 2016