Neil McCormick
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Partner at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2008
- Languages
- English
Business & Corporate LawBusiness & Corporate LawAbout Neil McCormick
An Ottawa partner with Gowling WLG's Business Law Group, Neil McCormick handles corporate, commercial and governance work for a wide spread of organizations. The client list runs from charities and museums to aviation and special Act corporations.
Several representative files involve not-for-profits. McCormick has served as general counsel to the educational arm of a Canadian professional liability organization, advising its board on governance, and has helped a large association with national reach develop inclusive rules for its meetings. Another file involved turning an unincorporated joint venture of universities into a corporation. It's a subject McCormick writes about too, with articles explaining Ontario's Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 and a remedy under the federal Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.
Called to the Ontario bar in 2008, McCormick has also spent time on secondment inside the legal departments of Bell Canada, NAV CANADA and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and credits those stints with a pragmatic way of working that's focused on solutions. Earlier writing leaned toward energy policy, including a 2010 journal article on solar hot water heating initiatives and a contribution to The Electricity Industry in Canada, published by Carswell in 2009.
Practice areas
Not-for-profit governance
Advises boards and associations on governance, from drafting inclusive rules for a large national body's meetings to board advice for the educational subsidiary of a professional liability organization. Work has also included moving an unincorporated joint venture of universities into corporate form.
Corporate and commercial advice
Handles a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. For a Canadian trade association of food producers, that's meant advice on advertising and marketing, product regulation and government relations.
Charity law
Acts for a Canadian community fundraising charity on questions of charity law and tax law.
Education & credentials
- LLB, with Certificates of Specialization in Business Law and Environmental Law, Dalhousie University (2007)
- M.Sc. (Global History), London School of Economics (2003)
- BA (Hons.), Queen's University (2002)
- Called to the bar of Ontario (2008)
Publications & speaking
- Novel remedy under s. 288(4) of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, Gowling WLG (2025)
- ONCA v. OCA: What's the difference?, Gowling WLG (2021)
- Launch of the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010, Gowling WLG (2021)
- A Survey of Solar Hot Water Heating Initiatives: Lessons for Policy-Makers, Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2010)
Memberships & affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association: Member.
- Ontario Bar Association, Charity and Not-for-Profit Section: Member of the section.
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