Sheldon Plener

Sheldon Plener* is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels. Sheldon has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, joint ventures and other commercial transactions in Canada and elsewhere. Sheldon has been lead counsel to public and private clients in a broad range of industries including mining, transportation, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, cosmetics, toy and advertising industries and professional sports. Sheldon was also the primary lawyer involved in negotiating the terms of the Toronto Raptors’ expansion agreement with the NBA and was the Founding Secretary of the Raptors. Sheldon is a Director and Secretary of the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and Canadian Tire Centre, and is an Alternate NHL Governor; further, he is also an Alternate Governor and director of the Belleville Senators, an AHL hockey club.