News & Events

Cox & Palmer is pleased to announce its Regional sponsorship of Propel ICT. Propel is a private-sector led, not for profit organization that serves as Atlantic Canada’s start-up accelerator and helps new and emerging companies bring their ideas to market. “We are excited to work with Propel as they mentor and support new businesses across […]

Cox & Palmer is pleased to announce that 15 of their lawyers have been recognized as leading litigators by Benchmark Canada. Benchmark Canada is a guide created by Benchmark Litigation, which has covered leading litigation firms and attorneys in the United States for the last nine years. Benchmark Canada results are based on a four-month research […]

Cox & Palmer welcomes our new colleague, Mohammad Ali Raza to our Halifax office.   Mohammad Ali has worked in the corporate sector, both in private practice and as in-house counsel in Asia, the Middle-east and Europe.  Prior to him joining Cox & Palmer, he was Senior Counsel/Manager Legal for one of the largest petroleum exploration […]

Innovacorp’s I-3 competition supports early stage Nova Scotia knowledge-based companies and encourages entrepreneurial activity across the province. Cox & Palmer is a proud partner of this competition and would like to congratulate the 2015-2016 winners. Sustane Technologies was founded by Peter Vinall, Javier De La Fuente and Robert Richardson.  They are a CleanTech company in the […]

Congratulations to Rob Arkin on his recent election to the Board of Governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation.  A senior tax lawyer in our Halifax office, Rob is one of only two lawyers in Atlantic Canada currently serving on the board. Rob’s practice focuses on domestic and international tax advisory services and the implementation of tax-related transactions […]

It is with great pleasure that we announce five new partners of Cox & Palmer: Robin Aitken(Charlottetown), Sean Glover (Halifax), Nicholas Mott (Halifax), Talia Profit (Moncton), and Ezra van Gelder (Halifax). “Becoming a partner is a significant milestone in a lawyer’s career and demonstrates leadership, expertise and commitment within the profession as well as the communities we serve,” says Daniel Gallivan, QC, Chief Executive […]

Cox & Palmer congratulates Athar K. Malik on his recent appointment as the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Intellectual Property Review (CIPR). Athar is an intellectual property lawyer and registered trade-mark agent based in our Saint John office. CIPR is a double-blind peer reviewed journal that has been published since 1984 to share knowledge within and outside the Canadian intellectual […]

Cox & Palmer’s Fredericton office is pleased to welcome J. William Cabel as counsel. Bill has 35 years of experience in various practices such as civil litigation, family, corporate and commercial, real property, wills, estates, trusts and contracts. During his career Bill has appeared in all levels of the Courts in New Brunswick as well […]

Cox & Palmer is pleased to announce that four partners – Anna Cook, Stephanie Hickman, Rebecca Atkinson and Katie O’Neill – have become SheEO Activators as part of SheEO’s Radical Generosity Initiative.  Through crowdfunding, the initiative calls for 1000 women across Canada to commit $1,000 each to dramatically transform how women-led ventures are supported, financed and celebrated. According to statistics, only 4% of […]