Board of Directors

Debbie Weinstein
Partner, Labarge-Weinstein

Debbie Weinstein is a founding partner of LaBarge Weinstein, a business law firm formed in 1997. Debbie's practice encompasses the representation of emerging growth companies, established public and private technology businesses in both day to day and transactional matters, venture capital funds and investment bankers. She has represented issuers and underwriters in numerous Canadian and U.S. public offerings including JDS Fitel Inc. (now JDS Uniphase Corporation), GSI Lumonics Inc., JetForm Corporation and MOSAID Technologies Limited, has substantial experience in venture capital and other private financing transactions. Debbie is particularly focused on mergers and acquisitions. Debbie has taken the lead role in dozens of M&A’s including the sale of companies to Cisco, Microsoft, Lucent, Sun, PMC-Sierra and Alcatel.

• Member of Law Society of Upper Canada (1985)
• Past Chair of the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI)
• Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada,  (Lexpert/American Lawyer, January 2008)
• Canada’s Top Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer (Financial Post, 2007)
• Canada’s Top 25 Women Lawyers (Lexpert Magazine, September 2003)