ClaireDonnelly

Corporate counsel · M&A and commercial · Toronto

Corporate counsel who has run the legal side of twenty-eight acquisitions.

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Profile

I get to a signed deal without becoming the reason it slowed down.

Deal record

$340MDeal value closedAcross 28 transactions

28M&A transactionsLead counsel on 19

~40%Faster contract turnaroundAfter the playbook rebuild

9Years in practiceOntario and New York bars

Where I have practised

2022 — present
Corporate counsel
Meridian Industrial Group
Sole counsel on mid-market acquisitions, from LOI through integration.
2019 — 2022
Senior associate
Hallworth & Crane LLP
Commercial transactions for manufacturing and logistics clients.
2017 — 2019
Associate
Hallworth & Crane LLP
Diligence and disclosure schedules across twelve acquisitions.

What I handle

Commercial first

Starts from what the business is trying to do, then finds the structure that gets there.

Plain answers

Gives a recommendation, not a memo listing every risk in the order it occurred to me.

Built to reuse

Turns each negotiation into a playbook clause, so the next deal starts further along.

Practice areas

M&ACommercial contractsCorporate governanceDue diligenceLicensingRegulatory compliance

Sectors served

Industrial manufacturing
Logistics
SaaS
Private equity

References

Claire closed three acquisitions for us in a year and never once made legal the reason a deal sat still.

Ian WhitmoreCFO, Meridian Industrial Group

She rebuilt our contract playbook and turnaround dropped by about forty percent. That change outlasted the deals.

Sofia BrennanVP Operations, Meridian Industrial Group

How I work

Start from what the business is trying to do, then find the structure that gets there.
Give a recommendation, not a memo listing every risk in the order it occurred to me.
Turn each negotiation into a playbook clause, so the next deal starts further along.
Flag the one thing that could stop the deal early, while there is still time to fix it.

Let's talk

Deal sheet and references available on request.

claire.donnelly@example.com

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