Andrew Avis
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Associate at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2018
- Languages
- English
Business & Corporate LawBusiness & Corporate LawAbout Andrew Avis
When a company needs to raise money in the public markets, Andrew Avis is the kind of lawyer it brings in. Andrew works on corporate deals, M&A and capital markets as an associate in Gowling WLG's Toronto office, and acts for both sides of a financing: the issuers selling securities and the underwriters taking those deals to market. IPOs, bought deals, private placements and other prospectus offerings are all part of the work.
Representative matters include work for issuers on the TSX Venture Exchange and the CSE in technology, cannabis and real estate. Andrew has acted on a $69 million initial public offering that took a technology issuer's common shares to the TSXV, and helped a TSXV cannabis company place $100 million worth of units made up of convertible debentures.
Outside of financings, corporations turn to Andrew for advice on mergers and acquisitions, governance, continuous disclosure and other compliance and regulatory questions. Before joining Gowling WLG, Andrew was a corporate securities associate at a regional Bay Street firm. Andrew was called to the Ontario bar in 2018, a year after finishing a JD at Western University, and before law school completed a BComm and an MIB at Queen's.
Andrew also writes for the firm on securities rules that matter to listed companies, from TSX guidance on voting agreements to a 2026 pilot that lets eligible venture issuers report every six months instead of every quarter.
Practice areas
Capital markets financings
Andrew represents issuers and underwriters on IPOs, bought deals, short form prospectus offerings and private placements. Past files include acting for the underwriter on a $71 million private placement of units by a mining company and for a TSXV real estate investment entity on a $29 million bought deal of units.
Special warrants and convertible securities
For a TSXV technology issuer, Andrew handled a special warrant offering and the prospectus later filed to qualify the underlying securities. Andrew has also worked on repeat unit offerings by a CSE cannabis issuer under short form prospectuses.
M&A, governance and disclosure
Corporations come to Andrew on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and their continuous disclosure obligations, along with other regulatory and compliance matters.
Education & credentials
- JD, Western University (2017)
- MIB, Queen's University (2014)
- BComm, Queen's University (2013)
- Called to the bar of Ontario (2018)
Publications & speaking
- Canadian securities regulators launch semi-annual financial reporting pilot for eligible venture issuers (co-author), Gowling WLG (2026)
- The facts of LIFE: New guidance on the listed issuer financing exemption in Canada (with Josh Almario), Gowling WLG (2023)
- TSX provides guidance on voting agreements, Gowling WLG (2023)
Is this you?
Fix or remove this listing, or add a free listing badge
Something wrong with this listing? Tell us and we’ll hide it right away while we review your request, then correct it or take it down.
Add your free listing badge
Add the free LawOnline listing badge to your website. It tells visitors you’re listed in an independent Canadian lawyer directory and links back to this profile. Being listed isn’t a certification or an endorsement, and the badge doesn’t mean we’ve checked your credentials.
This listing was generated by AI from public sources in October 2026. It may contain errors, and we can’t guarantee it’s accurate or complete. Before you rely on anything here, verify it on their firm’s website. Confirm Andrew Avis’s licence and standing in the Law Society of Ontario directory ↗
How this data is compiled and checked · Correct or remove this listing