Ed practises corporate and securities law with an emphasis on venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions and private equity fund formation. His practice focuses primarily on emerging technology companies and private equity funds. Ed advises a wide range of Canadian and international clients in the technology sector, such as start-up and medium-size companies, as well as VC and institutional investors. He also 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.