Background
Newell, Peter S. was born on July 26, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario.
Newell, Peter S. was born on July 26, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario.
Trinity College School, Portuguese Hope, Ontario. Trinity College, University of Toronto (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom (Master of Arts, 1975).
University of Toronto (Bachelor of Laws, 1981).
Lecturer in Law, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Faculty of Continuing Legal Education, since 1981. Instmctor, Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Course, Corporate and Commercial Law Section, Practice Skills, since 1985.
Worked at Meighen Demers (Toronto, Ontario) specializing in Regional Munic. of Toronto. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Ontario. Author: "New Horizons in Canadian Gaming: The Impact of Current Political and Legislative Developments," presented to Twelfth Annual Indian Gaming Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1994.
"First Nations Charity Casinos," Canadian Gaming and Fundraising Magazine, October 1994.
"First Nations Gaming," Canadian Gaming and Fundraising Magazine, February 1995. "First Nations Charitable Gaming: Not Exactly Charity," presented to Ontario Charitable Gaming Summit, Niagara Falls, Ontario, February 1996.
"The Development of Permanent Charity Casinos in Ontario," presented to Canadian Gaming Expo, Orillia, Ontario, May 1996. Editor, Canadian Gaming and Fundraising Magazine.
Member: Law Society of Upper Canada.
Toronto Computer Lawyers Group. Canadian Bar Association. Canadian Environmental Law Association.
Meighen Demers represents the business community.
The firm has particular expertise and experience in the following areas of business law: Finance (including securities, banking and project finance, mortgage lending, debt restructurings and work-outs, security enforcement, bankruptcy and insolvency), Corporate and Commercial Law (including mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, intellectual property, competition, employment, environment, computers, licensing, franchising, marketing and gaming), Tax (including domestic and international income and commodity tax), Commercial Litigation (including complex and multi-jurisdictional litigation and alternative dispute resolution), Commercial Real Estate and Municipal Law, Fiduciary Relations, International Transactions, Transportation.
Canadian Bar Association. Law Society of Upper Canada. Toronto Computer Lawyers Group (Executive Committee, Business Law Subsection, Ontario Division, since 1987).