Brendan Clouthier

Brendan specializes in corporate and commercial law, working primarily with private, owner-managed businesses. He draws inspiration from the business ventures of his clients and focuses on providing practical advice and solutions to help them achieve their goals.

Brendan supports businesses at various stages, ranging from start-ups to established businesses in the process of growing, maintaining, downsizing, or preparing for sale. He assists clients with incorporation, corporate structuring and reorganization, business succession, financing, and various corporate and commercial contracts. In addition, Brendan assists not-for-profit organizations with corporate structuring and governance matters. Brendan has also been developing a growing practice in private mergers and acquisitions. He aids clients buying and selling businesses (including both asset and share transactions) and has transactional experience ranging from small deals to large, sophisticated transactions.

Brendan obtained his J.D. from Western University’s Faculty of Law, where he completed the Area of Concentration in Business Law and achieved distinction for academic performance. Prior to joining Siskinds’ Business Law Group, Brendan worked for the firm as both a summer law student and articling student.

Outside of work, Brendan keeps busy with his young family of five. He also enjoys a variety of outdoor hobbies whenever he’s not supporting his children at the baseball diamond, hockey rink or dance studio.

• Fasken, Martineau, DuMoulin LLP Award – awarded to the student with the second-highest standing in first year law (2016)
• Winner of CBA Atrium Law Student Essay Contest for his paper on the use of exclusion clauses in public procurement contracts (2018)

Vanier Children’s Services – Board of Directors (2019-2022)

• New transparency requirement for Ontario corporations
• Vendor financing: Considerations for business sellers
• Keep your ‘Secret Sauce’ secret: protecting confidential information in commercial relationships and transactions
• Two corporate modernization developments taking effect today in Ontario
• Dazed and Confused: Five more contractual considerations for uncertain times
• Dazed and Confused: Five contractual considerations for uncertain times
• Support for Businesses during COVID-19: CEBA application deadline extended
• COVID-19: Ontario’s emergency orders extended
• COVID-19 in Ontario: essential places of business
• Franchise rescission no relief from loan obligations