About Steve

Attentive & Accessible Corporate Attorney to help your cooperate legal and M&A transactions in Canada

Clients Say “A brilliant lawyer, but an even better service provider”

Steve Popoff’s longstanding corporate clients rely on him as their trusted legal advisor. Known for his prompt, pragmatic and cost-effective counsel, Steve approaches specific client challenges with a keen eye to his clients’ strategic and business concerns. His clients appreciate his attentive, accessible, and affable manner, and often comment on his ability to make them feel as if they are his only client.

Steve’s transaction-oriented practice includes experience on numerous complex transactions including acting for multi-national companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, public take-over bids, purchases and sales, related party transactions, and distribution and supply agreements. Steve also advises his clients on competition, pricing, construction and regulatory matters. As an agent for extra-provincial law firms, Steve acts in matters involving general, corporate, securities, and merger and acquisition work.

With a background in chemical engineering, business and finance, Steve has both the technical knowledge and business acumen to understand each client’s industry, goals and concerns. He provides counsel to a number of private equity, health, refinery, electronics, insurance, consumer products, manufacturing, construction, pharmaceutical and professional partnership clients. His practice also encompasses securities matters, business restructuring and insolvency, and tax planning for entrepreneurs and professionals.

Steve is the firm's Corporate Practice Group Leader and one of two partners who manage its TAGLaw relationship.

Languages

English

About Blaney McMurtry LLP

Founded and based in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, we are one of Canada's premier law firms. Our down to earth lawyers are passionate about our clients’ needs and goals. It is in our DNA to deliver efficient, practical legal services to support our clients’ businesses in a proactive way and make their problems go away.

Focus

What we do, we do exceptionally well. We are very proud to have been recognized by the legal industry and ranked for our top level expertise in litigation & advocacy, real estate and business law. We offer specialized services to financial institutions and insurance companies, public companies and governments, and professional practices and retailers. We also offer a broad range of services to privately owned businesses and individuals, including owner-managers, entrepreneurs, and executives.

Value

We work for clients with some of the highest expectations in Canada and we have risen to meet their challenges for more than 60 years. They have rewarded us with their loyalty. And, we have taken our approach, methods and the processes we have developed to serve these clients and applied them throughout our whole firm. We practice in an efficient manner which creates real value for all our clients.

Reach

Our location in Canada’s financial center positions Blaney McMurtry to handle complex matters that have scope beyond Toronto, and surrounding area. Canadian experience delivered from one office.

Culture

We are proud of the culture that we've created and maintained throughout the years. Our people enjoy working at the firm and with each other. We are committed to our city and our community. Get to know us. We think that you will be impressed with what you learn.

Contact Steve

Blaney McMurtry LLP

2 Queen Street East, Suite 1500 Ontario Toronto, , M5C 3G5

Time Zone

UTC-5