Bio

Sheldon Plener is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels. Sheldon has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, joint ventures and other commercial transactions in Canada and elsewhere. Sheldon has been lead counsel to public and private clients in a broad range of industries including mining, transportation, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, cosmetics, toy and advertising industries and professional sports. Sheldon was the primary lawyer involved in negotiating the terms of the Toronto Raptors’ expansion agreement with the NBA and was the Founding Secretary of the Raptors. Sheldon was the Chairman, Governor and a director of the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and Canadian Tire Centre. Further, he was also Chairman, Governor and a director of the Belleville Senators, an AHL hockey club. He is currently a director of the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club. Previously he was the Governor of the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He was also the Secretary and lead outside counsel for Toronto’s bid for the 2015 Pan American Games and was a member of the Steering Committee for the 2011 Mastercard Memorial Cup. Sheldon is ranked as a leading sports law practitioner and mergers and acquisitions practitioner by the Best Lawyers in Canada.