Gary Scales, KC

About Gary

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Gary is a Partner in our Charlottetown office and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. Gary’s practice is focused on business law, corporate finance, commercial real estate transactions and immigration law. He represents local, national and international clients in PEI in matters involving financings, mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investments, startups, reorganizations, commercial real estate development and business immigration law.

Gary has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for his practice in the areas of Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Finance & Securities and Property Development. He has also been listed in the 2018 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Corporate Lawyers published in The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine. Gary has also been ranked by Best Lawyers™ in Canada for his immigration law practice. Some of Gary’s recent significant transactional experience includes the following:

• Acquisition of a district energy heating and cooling facility by a publicly traded company
• Representing a publicly traded real estate investment trust in connection with its property development initiatives in PEI
• Acquisition and financing of a PEI-based bioscience company by a multinational pharmaceutical company
• Advising lenders on various international revolving credit private equity funds established under the limited partnership laws of PEI
• Secured financing transaction for a company with operations in Atlantic Canada, involving borrowers and guarantors in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

Gary has served in various other leadership positions within the firm, including Office Lead Partner for PEI. Gary is actively involved in his community and has served on a number of community and charitable organizations.