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Elisabeth Preston’s Summary
Elisabeth Preston's practice includes advising public companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as companies preparing to become listed in the future or those institutions wishing to invest in these types of companies. She has taken companies public by way of reverse take-over and through the Capital Pool Corporation program and she offers her clients deep knowledge of the investment banking community and investor relations generally. Her M&A experience is extensive, including the $650,000,000 purchase of Med-Eng Systems by Allen-Vanguard Corporation in 2007.
A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, Elisabeth has had a successful business career encompassing management positions at several different companies – many focused on technology applications – in Canada and the United States. She was Vice Presdient of Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for ExelTech Aerospace Inc. and was General Counsel for IT services provider InBusiness Solutions, Inc., and was responsible for marketing and corporate relations at CML Technologies, a telecommunications company headquartered in Canada with operations in the US.
Elisabeth Preston’s Specialties:
Her specialty is corporate governance, securities law/corporate finance, M&A, and commercial transactions. Ms. Preston also provides counsel on employment issues and acts as business counsel on the executive management teams of her clients.
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Elisabeth Preston’s Experience
Chief Legal Officer
Allen-Vanguard Corporation
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; vrs; Defense & Space industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
Senior Associate Counsel
Lang Michener LLP
(Law Practice industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and VP Corporate Affairs
ExelTech Aerospace Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; xlt; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
InBusiness Solutions Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; BIZ; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
Marketing Manager
Positron
(Law Practice industry)
1988 — 2001 (13 years)
Associate
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
(Law Practice industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
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Elisabeth Preston’s Education
McGill University
LLB , Law , 1995 — 1998
University of Pittsburgh
MPA , Public Policy and Politial Theory , 1991 — 1993
University of Pennsylvania
1984 — 1988
Elmwood
1980 — 1984
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Additional Information
Elisabeth Preston’s Websites:
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Elisabeth Preston’s Honors:
Elisabeth was the recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal's "Top 40 under 40" award in 2005. She accepted the 2004 Best Financial Deal award for Allen-Vanguard from the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation for the rapid series of transactions undertaken for that company in 2004: the initial going public transaction and the succession of three major acquisitions that took the company global. |
