JAMES SHANKS, Canadian Lawyer, Partner of BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON, specializing in the field of Administrative Law, Assessment and Expropriation, Banking and Financial Institutions, Bankruptcy, Charitable Organizations, Civil Litigation, Combines and Antitrust, Commercial Real Estate, Commodity Taxation and Trade, Computers and High Technology, Constitutional Law, Corporate and Commercial, Corporate Finance, Environmental Law, Food and Drug, Foreign Investment, Franchising, General Corporate Practice, Immigration, Insolvency and Receivership, International Transactions and Financings, Labour Relations and Employment, Leasing, Libel and Slander, Licensing, Life and Other Insurance, Marketing and Business Practices, Mining, Municipal Law, Newspapers, Oil and Gas, Pension, Patents, Trade Marks and Copyright, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Real Property, Secured Transactions, Securities, Stock and Commodity Exchanges, Taxation, Trial and Appellate Work, Wills, Trusts and Estates.
Background
SHANKS, JAMES was born on June 10, 1959 in Hamilton, Ontario.
Education
McMaster University; Osgoode Hall (Bachelor of Laws, 1983). London School of Economics and Political Science (Master of Laws, with Distinction, 1987).
Career
Working as a partner of BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Ontario.