Ed is a partner in the Emerging and High Growth Companies Group of our Ottawa office. He practices primarily private equity funds and emerging technology companies. Ed also practices corporate and securities law with an emphasis on private equity fund formation as well as venture capital financing and mergers and acquisitions. Ed advises a wide range of Canadian and international clients in the private equity sector. He advises clients in structuring private equity funds and has acted for fund managers as well as investors. Prior to entering the legal profession, Ed worked for fifteen years in the food industry, seven years of which he served as president of a meat processing company.