Sara Josselyn

Based in Gowling WLG ‘s Toronto office, Sara Josselyn is a member of the Corporate Law Group and leads Gowling’s Canadian transactional risk practice. Her practice primarily focuses on private mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and transactional risk insurance.

Sara possesses an in-depth understanding of the challenges clients face in domestic, international and cross-border transactions across a wide array of sectors. She advises sellers, private equity funds and strategic acquirers on private M&A, and has represented clients at all stages of development, from startups to international private and public companies. Sara has a particular proficiency in advising on insured deals.

In addition to her private M&A practice, Sara acts as underwriting counsel to global insurance companies in connection with the issuance of representations and warranties insurance policies. Sara is a leading advisor to insurers in the transaction risk space in Canada, having assisted insurers in underwriting hundreds of deals.

Sara is a frequent speaker at industry events and has had numerous articles published on topics related to M&A and transactional risk.

As the recipient of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Training Fellowship in Health Law & Policy, Sara took a year-long leave of absence early in her legal career to study the legal, ethical and policy challenges presented by rapidly evolving changes in health care. She was previously an instructor of health care law to master's students at the Department of Health Administration at Dalhousie University's Faculty of Graduate Studies.