
ABOUT
Jonathan Sherman is a partner in the Securities Group at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Chair of the Cannabis Group. Jonathan’s practice focuses on emerging and high-growth industries, including cannabis, technology, natural resources, real estate, beverage alcohol, gaming, blockchain, cryptocurrency and psychedelic medicines. With corporate clients ranging from start-ups to multibillion-dollar businesses, Jonathan’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions (public and private acquisitions, business combinations, joint ventures, go-public transactions and strategic collaborations) and corporate finance transactions (public offerings, venture capital, private equity offerings and debt financing transactions).
In his role as Chair of the firm’s Cannabis Group, Jonathan is at the forefront of many of the largest industry transactions in this evolving sector, providing strategic and legal advice to a range of leading industry players on complex and innovative transactions. Whether strategically guiding clients through M&A, or helping emerging start-ups secure investments, Jonathan has become a trusted advisor to a wide variety of domestic and international companies and investment banks.