Education

University of Alberta, BA, 1993 University of Alberta, LLB, 1997 Osgoode Hall Law School, LLM, 2003 

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 1998

Jon C. Truswell

Partner

T: 403.298.3097 / E: truswellj@bennettjones.com

Calgary

Jon Truswell's practice focuses primarily on domestic, cross-border and international mergers and acquisitions, public & private equity and debt financings, reporting issuer compliance, shareholder activism and critical situations, and restructurings and corporate governance.

Jon's principal area of practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, including going private transactions, acting for the acquirer, target and special committees. Jon also has significant corporate finance experience in public and private debt and equity financings in Canada and the U.S. In addition, Jon has experience in corporate reorganizations, restructuring and spin-outs; corporate governance; continuous disclosure; incentive compensation and general commercial transactions.

Jon has been recognized by Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada as a Canadian corporate lawyer to watch, by Lexpert Report on Business Special Edition as a leading Canadian energy lawyer, and by Lexperts Rising Stars Leading Lawyers under 40.

Recently, Jon spent five years as the Chair and 10 years in total as a  member of the Board of Directors of Calgary's Prostate Cancer Centre. Jon is also a former Chair and a member of the Board of Governors of the Lindsay Park Sports Society, a not-for-profit society that manages and operates the MNP Community & Sports Centre (formerly the Repsol Sports Centre) in Calgary, Alberta.