About Daniel Scott

Companies buying, selling or investing in businesses turn to Daniel Scott, an Ottawa corporate lawyer at Gowling WLG, for mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals, banking and finance work and reorganisations. Daniel has a lot of experience with tech and knowledge-based companies. On any given deal, Daniel might be acting for a strategic buyer or seller, a portfolio company or the founders themselves, whether the deal stays in Canada or crosses the border.

American companies coming into Canada, or growing what they've already built here, are a particular focus. Daniel co-leads Gowling WLG's U.S. Initiative in the Rocky Mountain Region, drawing on lawyers throughout the firm to advise funds, investors and companies doing business both in Canada and in that region. When a transaction touches competition, employment, tax, real estate or regulatory questions, it's often Daniel who pulls those specialists into one team.

The deal list shows the range. Daniel acted on the sales of Neptec Design Group to Maxar Technologies, BTI Systems to Juniper Networks and Elliptic Technologies to Synopsys, and on a series of acquisitions for both Calian Group and Canopy Growth. In 2019 Daniel was part of the Gowling WLG team for Copenhagen's Zealand Pharma on its cross-border purchase of Toronto's Encycle Therapeutics. Then came EBlock's 2021 acquisitions of TradeHelper and ESP Auctions in Montréal, Feenics's sale to ACRE later that year, and Sudbury engineering firm BESTECH's 2023 purchase of W.G. Spencer Engineering.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law

Mergers and acquisitions

On M&A files, Daniel draws on significant experience with technology and knowledge-based businesses, and frequently coordinates colleagues on the competition, employment, tax, real estate and regulatory questions a deal raises.

Ongoing counsel for growing companies

Growth-stage and mid-market companies rely on Daniel as outside counsel for governance, shareholder arrangements, commercial contracts and compliance. Daniel also works with emerging companies and their investors on venture financings and strategic alliances.

Banking, finance and private equity

Daniel's corporate practice also takes in banking and finance, private equity investments and corporate reorganisations.

Education & credentials

  • BA, Acadia University (1997)
  • LLB, University of New Brunswick (2000)
  • Called to the bar of Ontario (2002)
  • Called to the bar of Bermuda (2007)
  • Admitted in New York (2008)
  • Called to the bar of Nova Scotia (2013)

In the community

  • Daniel has volunteered as a soccer coach with the West Ottawa Soccer Club (2019).
  • Daniel has volunteered with Matthew House Ottawa (2018).
  • Daniel has sat on the Kanata North Business Association's board of directors (2015).
  • Daniel was chairman of the board and vice president of the Association of Canadians in Bermuda (2006).

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