Career
In April, 2007, Sean entered into partnership with John Walker to form Walker Sorensen LLP. Prior to that Sean was a partner in the Business Law Group of McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Sean articled with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, and continued with that firm until leaving in 2007 to form Walker Sorensen. Before he began to practice law, Sean worked for one of Canada’s large national railways where he gained valuable insight into the management and operation of a large, complex organization. Sean’s practice focuses on financial services, regulatory advice and general corporate commercial law, including corporate finance and private mergers and acquistions.
Recent Experience
- Advising insurers and insurance agents/brokers concerning insurance regulatory matters
- Acting for purchasers and vendors in connection with the purchase and sale of businesses
- Advising a foreign bank in connection with the establishment of a new Canadian bank subsidiary
- Advising corporate borrowers on private placements involving lenders across Canada
- Advising on various forms of commercial agreements, including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, supply agreements, and transition services agreements
- Advising on the incorporation and establishment of a securities broker dealer and the registration of the firm’s investment representatives and registered representatives
- Advising foreign corporations in connection with the establishment of new business or branch operations in Canada
- Member of the Board of Directors of a number of closely held corporations
Education & Professional Associations
- B. Comm, MBA and LLB from the University of Windsor
- Called to the bar in Ontario in 1999
- Member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association
- Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors
Professional Recognition
- Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended Practitioner – Financial Institutions Regulation – Ontario
- Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2024, recommended in Insurance & Reinsurance
- Chambers Canada 2025, recognized as a Band 3 ranked lawyer in Insurance: Transaction & Regulatory – Nationwide – Canada
Outside Interests
- Avid novice sailor and member of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club
