John Beardwood
Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP; Toronto

John Beardwood is engaged in a corporate/commercial practice, with an emphasis on information technology and privacy law-related matters.  He is listed among the world's pre-eminent Internet and e-commerce lawyers in Who's Who Legal -- The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in information technology law and recommended as a leading outsourcing practitioner in the PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2008 and PLC Outsourcing Handbook.  

Mr. Beardwood works closely with clients in preparing and negotiating various technology-related transactions, including outsourcing, licensing, implementation, distribution, technology transfer, strategic alliance and e-commerce related transactions, including in the health care, financial/insurance institution and airline contexts.  He often advises clients on privacy law and access to information matters, and has managed numerous privacy compliance programs.

Mr. Beardwood is a frequent speaker and writer on various IT law and privacy law-related topics, and is co-editor and contributing author of the text Outsourcing Transactions: A Practical Guide.  

Mr. Beardwood is Co-Chair of the firm’s National Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group, Vice-Director of the Privacy and Information Protection Practice Group (Toronto) and Co-Chair of the Outsourcing Practice Group.