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Charlottetown

141 Kent St., Suite 300
McInnes Cooper Building
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 1N3

Tel: 902.368.8473
Fax: 902.368.8346

Fredericton

570 Queen St., Suite 600
Barker House
Fredericton, NB
E3B 6Z6

Tel: 506.458.8572
Fax: 506.458.9903

Halifax

1969 Upper Water St., Suite 1300
Purdy’s Wharf Tower II
Halifax, NS
B3J 3R7

Tel: 902.425.6500
Fax: 902.425.6350

Moncton

644 Main St., Suite 400
Blue Cross Building, South Tower
Moncton, NB
E1C 1E2

Tel: 506.857.8970
Fax: 506.857.4095

Saint John

1 Germain St., Suite 1700
Brunswick Square
Saint John, NB
E2L 4V1

Tel: 506.643.6500
Fax: 506.643.6505

St. John’s

10 Fort William Pl., 5th Floor
Baine Johnston Centre
St. John’s, NL
A1C 1K4

Tel: 709.722.8735
Fax: 709.722.1763

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: Email: joseph.macdonald@mcinnescooper.com; Office: Halifax

About Joseph

Joe is Counsel in our Halifax office with a diverse corporate finance and business practice that includes specialized areas such as international transactions, Euro-currency borrowing and lending, privatization and mergers and acquisitions. Joe is recognized on the Best Lawyers in Canada and Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory for his accomplishments in banking law and corporate law (finance). He also has a prestigious AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

As Chair of the Nova Scotia Power Corporation Board, Joe managed its privatization to form Nova Scotia Power Incorporated in 1992. He was responsible for the reorganization of a major trust company and he acted as the principal drafter of the Condominium Act of Nova Scotia. As a member of the Attorney General’s Task Force, he was involved in revising the Securities Act and Regulations and creating the Nova Scotia Securities Commission. He acted as coordinating partner as part of our firm’s long-standing capacity as regional counsel for one of the major chartered banks.

Joe is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, the International Bar Association, and a former member of the Energy Council of Canada and the Canadian Tax Foundation. Joe served on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations, including the Board of Governors of the IWK Hospital for Children and Mount Saint Vincent University and is past Chair of the Board of the IWK Grace Health Centre.

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Education

LL.M., New York University (1967)
LL.B., Dalhousie University (1966)
B.A., Dalhousie University (1963)

Bar Admissions

Nova Scotia (1967)

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Representative Work

January 4, 2013

P3 Project: New Brunswick Department of Transportation (NBDOT), Route 1 Gateway (2010 - 2012)

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August 25, 2015

McInnes Cooper Lawyers named in Best Lawyers ® and Lawyer of the Year 2016

McInnes Cooper is very pleased to have 94 of our lawyers mentioned in Best Lawyers® in Canada 2016. Best Lawyers ® is based...

Publication

August 28, 2013

General Security Agreements - Tips and Traps

A general security agreement (GSA) is the most common form of personal property security used in the Atlantic Provinces to...

News

January 8, 2015

Muskrat Falls/Maritime Link/Labrador Link Project named one of Lexpert’s Big Deals for 2014

Recently Lexpert Magazine released their list of big deals for 2014. The $5-Billion global bond financing of Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric...

News

September 4, 2012

McInnes Cooper lawyers named Best Lawyers' 2013 Lawyers of the Year

The seventh edition of Best Lawyers® in Canada has named 12 McInnes Cooper lawyers as Best Lawyers' ® 2013 Lawyers...

News

July 31, 2012

Muskrat Falls, NL Hydroelectric Project is “A game changing opportunity for the Atlantic Region”

Atlantic Canadians received more good news on the energy sector front with the finalization of 20 months of detailed contractual...

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