Wesley R. Ng

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2000

Areas of Practice
Mergers & Acquisitions

Description
Wesley Ng is Head of the Technology Group and Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee in the Toronto office. His practice focuses on information technology, e-commerce, and biotechnology transactions, as well as privacy related matters including compliance with Canada’s new anti-spam legislation (CASL).

Wesley regularly advises on business process outsourcings, service arrangements, technology exploitation (including development, commercialization and licensing), transformational procurements, and domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures involving technology companies, businesses or assets. He has significant experience assisting with technology issues across a broad range of industries, including financial services, insurance, mining, telecommunications, postal services, manufacturing, oil and gas, retail and healthcare.

In addition, Wesley advises clients on privacy and social media issues, including privacy complaints, privacy breaches, notifications and working with the relevant regulators in connection with privacy investigations. He provides guidance on all aspects of CASL compliance, including interpretation of the law, review and analysis of e-marketing practices, providing relevant training, and advice with respect to consent outreach campaigns. In addition, Wesley regularly assists clients with licensing, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, financing, online trading and technology development.

Professional Activities
Wesley is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw, formerly the Computer Law Association), the Canadian Information Technology Law Association, the American Bar Association and the ABA Committee on Cyberspace Law.