Meet David M. Woodward

• Practice Group Leader, Municipal Real Estate and Land Development Group, Lerners LLP (2017 to 2021)
• Practice Group Leader, Business Law Group, Lerners LLP (2002-2004)
• Partner, Lerners LLP (1998 to present)
• Associate lawyer, Lerners LLP (1991 to 1997)

• Commercial Lending
• Commercial Agreements
• Corporate Organization and Reorganization
• Purchase and Sale of Businesses
• Shareholder Disputes
• Professional Corporations
• Aviation Law
• Trademarks
• Succession Planning

• Acted for a local municipality in connection with renewable energy products.
• Acted for a local municipality in connection with a proposed $25,000,000.00 Sewage Plant.
• Ongoing retainers with institutional lenders for commercial lending transactions.
• Acted for a local municipality in connection with a Joint Venture with other municipalities for both a large community centre and a medical centre.
• Acted for aviation clients in the purchase and sale of aircraft, the granting of security that involves aircraft and for general aviation law services.
• Acted for a local municipality in connection with the approval and development of an Ethanol Plant.
• Acted for municipal shareholders in the sale of municipal electric utilities.
• Shareholder disputes including Director and Shareholder Meetings during such disputes and the buyout of shareholders to resolve shareholder disputes.
• Negotiation and enforcement of commercial leases.
• Private Lending Transactions

• Certified as a Specialist in Corporate and Commercial Law and Municipal Law: Local Government by the Law Society of Ontario
• Selected by peers to be included in Best Lawyers in Canada for Corporate Law

• “Demand Requirements and Limitation Issues for Guarantees”, Middlesex Law Association Continuing Legal Education Paper and Presentation (2010)
• “Fundamental Breach and Exclusion of Liability Clauses in Procurement Situations”, Middlesex Law Association Continuing Legal Education Paper and Presentation (2010)
• “The New Consumer Protection Act”, Middlesex Law Association Continuing Legal Education Presentation (2005)
• “The Importance of Written Legal Advice”, Lawyers Weekly (Summer 2003)
• “What’s In A Name”, Lerners’ Update
• “Lender Liability”, London Business Magazine

Professional

• Canadian Bar Association
• Middlesex Law Association

Community

• Honorary Director, Children’s Health Foundation
• Past Chair, Children's Health Foundation (June 2017-2018)
• Chair, Children’s Health Foundation (2015 – June 2017)
• Past Vice-Chair, Children's Health Foundation (2013-2015)
• Executive Committee, Children's Health Foundation (2011-2018)
• Director, Children’s Health Foundation (2009 - 2018)
• Investment Committee, Children's Health Foundation (2012-2015)
• London Squash and Fitness Club
• Divisional Champion, 2014 London Squash and Fitness Club Championship
• Divisional Champion, 2007 London Squash and Fitness Club Championship
• Coach, Southwest London Optimist Minor Sports
• Coach, London Ramblers Basketball
• Past Director and Treasurer, Big Brothers of London and Middlesex (1998-2002)
• Past President and Director, Arthritis Society (London Branch) (1997-2001)
• Former Big Brother, Big Brothers of London and Middlesex (1991-1997)
• Past Chair, Outstanding Business Achievement Awards, London Chamber of Commerce
• Former Chair, Small Business Committee, London Chamber of Commerce
• Past Instructor, Fanshawe College Real Estate Law

• Admitted to the Ontario Bar (1991)
• Bachelor of Laws, Queens University (1988)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours Business), The University of Western Ontario (1989)

• Contributing writer, www.habsworld.net
• Squash, cycling, reading, travel, hockey, Bayfield Ontario