Two University of Ottawa Common Law Alumni Among Winners of 2019 Americas M&A Awards

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Two University of Ottawa Common Law Alumni Among Winners of 2019 Americas M&A Awards
Congratulations to University of Ottawa Common Law alumni Colin Levere, LLB 2002, and Joanna Bliss, LLB 2002 and LLL 2003, who were among the recipients of the 2019 Americas M&A Awards.

In a ceremony held in New York City in June 2019, Colin Levere was presented with the M&A Advisor's 2019 Corporate Development Professional of the Year Award for leading Scotiabank’s $2.85 billion acquisition of MD Financial Management.

A few months later, in a ceremony in New York City in October 2019, both Joanna Bliss and Colin Levere were presented with the Americas M&A Atlas Award for 2019 Corporate M&A Deal Team of the Year for Scotiabank’s various M&A transactions. They also received the Americas M&A Atlas Award for 2019 Canadian Large M&A Deal of the Year for Scotiabank’s acquisition of MD Financial Management for which Colin Levere was the M&A lead and Joanna Bliss was the legal lead.

The recipient of the M&A Advisor's 2019 Corporate Development Professional of the Year Award is selected by the Advisory Committee of the M&A Advisor, which is the leading global network of M&A, turnaround and finance professionals. The recipients of the Americas M&A Atlas Award for 2019 Corporate M&A Deal Team of the Year and the Americas M&A Atlas Award for 2019 Canadian Large M&A Deal of the Year are selected by the Global M&A Network.

Congratulations to both Colin Levere and Joanna Bliss on these achievements.