John Ball is an experienced business lawyer. His practice focuses on advising and guiding companies in growth, as well as with refocus and restructuring in times of difficulty. John advises owners and executives through the transitions of both cycles.

Although his clients are principally privately held companies, John advises and is involved in transactions on behalf of a number of public companies, utilities and Canadian subsidiaries of foreign corporations.

Through the years John's clients have involved him in many and wide-ranging business law activities such as business succession; acquisitions; dispositions; corporate restructurings; financings; licensing; franchising; financial restructurings and cross-border (U.S./U.K. Europe) transactions.

Because of long standing relationships with many successful wealth creators across the country, John is able to bring a practical, no nonsense business sense to the table. He has the depth of experience to provide sound legal and business strategies for all manner of businesses, partnerships and associations and assist, as appropriate with their implementation. His common sense approach and knowledge allows him to cut through the complexities and apparent legal obscurities to distil matters down to clear understandable concepts. For a number of clients John functions effectively as their legal management resource working as part of the organizations' management and decision-making process in planning and day to day operations. For others he acts as a business sounding board as clients seek his guidance through their developing business needs.

John is well recognized in the business community and well connected to all manner of successful business and other leaders. He is respected by other lawyers and professionals, and enjoys an excellent reputation.

Admissions and Affiliations

• Called to the Bar of Ontario 1971
• Called to the Bar of Nova Scotia 1970
• Law Society of Upper Canada - Instructor, Business Law, the Bar Admissions Course
• The Trillium Health Centre - Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Directors

Education

• B.A. - Mount Allison University
• B.Ed. - Mount Allison University
• LL.B. - Dalhousie University
• Member - Institute of Corporate Directors

Contact Information

• Phone: 905.276.0400
• E-mail: johnball@kmblaw.com