About Thomas K. Hunter

Entrepreneurs and owner operators building startups and growth companies work with Tom Hunter, a Gowling WLG partner based in Waterloo Region whose practice spans corporate, commercial and technology law. The work runs from mergers and acquisitions and financing to every stage of bringing a technology to market, with private equity among the areas of focus.

Called to the Ontario bar in 1988, Hunter has held leadership roles inside the firm, too: co-chair of the national Technology Law Group and head of the Waterloo Region Business Law Group, both in the past. One early mandate shows the long view. Hunter was lead counsel when PixStream Incorporated was set up in 1996, then led the company's sale to Cisco in 2000. Today Hunter also sits on the boards of numerous tech companies in the Waterloo Region cluster and along the Toronto-Waterloo corridor, chairing some of them.

Best Lawyers in Canada has recognized Hunter since 2014. It's named Hunter its Hamilton "Lawyer of the Year" for corporate law in the 2021, 2024 and 2026 editions, and for mergers and acquisitions law in 2027.

Away from deals, community service takes up a lot of Hunter's time. Hunter's a director of the Waterloo Regional Health Network and the Keep Your Head Up Foundation, and has chaired the boards of Parents for Community Living and St. Mary's General Hospital. For Hunter, PCL's support for people with exceptional needs and their families is a key pillar of a healthy, inclusive Region of Waterloo.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law

Startups and growth companies

Hunter helps entrepreneurs and owner operators set up and grow their companies, including financing. Hunter also serves as a board member, and in some cases board chair, of early and mid-stage tech companies.

Mergers, acquisitions and exits

Hunter acts on mergers and acquisitions. A notable example: lead counsel at PixStream Incorporated's creation in 1996, and on its sale to Cisco in 2000.

Technology commercialization

Hunter advises on all aspects of commercializing technology.

Education & credentials

  • LLB, University of Western Ontario (1986)
  • BBA, Wilfrid Laurier University (1983)
  • Called to the Ontario bar (1988)

Awards & recognition

Memberships & affiliations

In the community

  • Past chair of the boards of Parents for Community Living (which Hunter joined in September 2017) and of St. Mary's General Hospital's Board of Trustees.
  • Past chair of the Waterloo Region Catholic Schools Foundation and of the Resurrection Catholic Secondary School Parent Council.
  • Board, volunteer or pro bono work with many local groups, among them Waterloo Minor Hockey and Soccer, Kidslink, the K-W Symphony and the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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