Blue HF Legal
Leon Garfinkle is an experienced legal professional with a diverse background in law and business. Currently serving as Of Counsel at Blue HF Legal since January 2022, Garfinkle previously held significant roles at GWBR, L.L.P. as both Senior Lawyer and Partner from June 2012 to June 2021. Prior to that, Garfinkle was Executive Vice-President at WowWee Canada Inc. and served as Senior Vice-President and General Counsel at Optimal Group Inc. from July 2000 to July 2010. Additionally, Garfinkle was a Partner at Phillips & Vineberg from 1995 to 2000. Academically, Garfinkle holds an LLB in Law from the University of Toronto, an LLB in Civil Law from Université de Montréal, and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from McGill University.
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Blue HF Legal
Blue HF Legal LLP specializes in business law with particular expertise in the technology sector, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which offers legal services in the corporate, transactional and commercial fields. Each of our lawyers has acquired their know-how in large international firms, in Canada and abroad. We advise companies in to their day-to-day corporate and business legal needs, and also counsel both investors and companies in financing transactions of all types, including early-stage, venture capital, growth capital or debt financing, as well as other commercial and restructuring transactions. In addition, our firm represents both buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions. Having identified a need for a focused alternative to large firms, we offer our clients direct access to experienced and dynamic professionals, at competitive rates. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we are in a good position to understand the challenges and concerns of our clients. Our goal is to provide our clients with both concrete and value-added legal advice and services. Our business model provides our clients with added value in several ways: experienced point of contact lawyers with knowledge of all of a client’s matters who, depending on the client’s needs, can call on the expertise of other professionals in the firm; rigorous and professional service; competitive hourly rates based on the experience of each lawyer and paralegal; and access to a network of competent professionals with whom we have worked in close collaboration for many years, notably tax specialists (general, specialized in international taxation or in R&D), accountants, litigation lawyers and intellectual property advisers.