James Desjardins

James Desjardins is an accomplished legal professional currently serving as Associate General Counsel & Managing Director - Canadian Commercial at BMO, where responsibilities include managing a Canadian commercial portfolio with transaction sizes ranging from $5 million to $500 million across various sectors. Prior experience includes serving as Legal Counsel at Fengate Asset Management, focusing on P3, infrastructure, and M&A transactions, and as a Financial Services Lawyer at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, where complex corporate transactions up to C$10 billion were structured, negotiated, and drafted. Early experience includes positions at Aird & Berlis LLP as an Insolvency and Lending Lawyer and at Canada Post as a Credit & Risk Management Analyst. James Desjardins holds a Juris Doctor and an MBA from Western University, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of Ottawa.