Ed Hannah is a partner practising in the corporate group.  His focus is on mergers and acquisitions, structured finance, corporate governance, venture capital and gaming.

Ed was a partner in the firm from 1985-2000.  He was active in private merger and acquisition transactions, venture capital transactions, securities transactions and the structuring of unique financial instruments.  He also provided extensive regulatory advice to trust companies, federal insurance companies, securities firms and banks.  Since rejoining Davies in January 2005, Ed has advised both targets and acquirers in public and private  acquisitions.  He has also provided corporate governance advice to public companies listed on both Canadian and U.S. stock exchanges.

Ed left Davies in April 2000 to consult for Web Capital Partners, a venture capital investor, and The Score Television Network. Following the financial re-engineering of The Score and its listing on The Toronto Stock Exchange, he became Senior Vice-President of Headline Media Group Inc. where, as a member of the three-person executive team, he managed The Score as well as a related sports and entertainment company.

In 2001, Ed joined Magna Entertainment Corp. as Vice-President and General Counsel and in 2002 became Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and General Counsel. In addition to coordinating the eight-member legal department, he headed MEC’s corporate development group, which focused on acquisitions and industry initiatives. In 2003, when MI Developments Inc. was spun out of Magna International Inc. as a TSX and NYSE listed company that was also the parent of Magna Entertainment Corp., Ed became Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and General Counsel of MI Developments where he was an integral member of the management team.

Ed has taught and lectured at the University of Toronto Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School and has been active in his community as a Board Member of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada (Hamilton Chapter); volunteer legal counsel to the national office of Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada; and Vice-Chair, Operations for the 1996 Grey Cup.

Ed has a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Yale University, graduating Summa Cum Laude; an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School (Gold Medallist); an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, specializing in corporate finance, securities law and anti-trust law; and an M.B.A. from York University with a specialty in finance, graduating first in his class.

 

 

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