William Braithwaite is a senior partner in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott and former head of the office’s Corporate Group.
He is also a member of the firm’s Partnership Board and Executive Committee. Mr. Braithwaite practices primarily in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He has represented a wide range of corporations, boards of directors, dealers and institutional shareholders. He has also represented various governments and regulatory authorities on policy and other initiatives.

Mr. Braithwaite currently serves on the Board of Directors of Computershare Trust Company of Canada and the Charterhouse Group of Companies. He is also a part-time lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Mr. Braithwaite received his LLM at the London School of Economics, after completing his LLB at the University of Western Ontario and his BA at the University of Windsor.