Partner at Gowling WLG
Location: Waterloo Region, Ontario
Call to Bar: 2002 (ON)
Viona M. Duncan is a respected partner at Gowling WLG’s Waterloo Region office and serves as co-chair of the firm’s Global Tech Sector Group. With a focus on transactional law, Viona has extensive experience assisting Canadian, US, and international public and private corporations with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as well as debt and equity financings. She works closely with both traditional and technology-driven companies, ranging from innovative startups to established organizations.
Viona is known for delivering strategic, proactive, and practical advice across all stages of complex M&A transactions and for supporting her clients with ongoing commercial and technology contracting matters. Her expertise includes licensing agreements, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and distribution agreements, providing clients with comprehensive legal solutions for their business needs.
In addition to her legal practice, Viona serves on the boards of several private companies and is an active director and chair of the Governance Committee at the Accelerator Centre. Her dedication to client success and leadership in the legal sector have earned her recognition in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and the Legal 500 Canada.
Viona has received several prestigious accolades, including the “Lawyer of the Year” award for Mergers & Acquisitions Law in the Waterloo Region by Best Lawyers in both 2022 and 2024. She was also named among the Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers in 2023.
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