Partner, Torys LLP
Blair is co-head of Torys LLP’s Financial Services, Bank Regulatory and Insurance Regulatory Practices. He advises on corporate and regulatory issues relating to financial institutions, as well as on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance in the financial services industry. Blair has been extensively involved with the credit union system for the last 10 to 15 years, including acting for the CCUA in advising on the amendments to the Bank Act when federal credit unions were first permitted and various other projects, Libro on its merger with Kawartha, Meridian on its purchase of Roynat and its incorporation of Motus Bank, Concentra on its continuance under the Bank Act and subsequent sale by SaskCentral, Alterna on its purchase of the business of Pace and its merger with Tandia, Innovation on its federal continuance and merger with ABCU, First West (now Tru Cooperative Bank) on its federal continuance, Prospera on its federal continuance and merger with Coast and for Coast on various projects including its NVCC capital offerings.