Cassels

Canadian Corporate Law Firm

University of Saskatchewan

Alex Steele

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Alex Steele serves as counsel in the Business Law Group at Cassels. Alex’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate finance, and general corporate and commercial law. He specializes in mid-market and large-scale mergers and acquisitions and venture capital transactions with particular experience advising clients in the technology, health, energy, retail, sports, and real estate sectors.

Alex brings experience and insights gained in-house as the General Counsel and Business Development Lead at a software development company to his work for clients.

Before going in-house, Alex worked as an associate in the Vancouver, BC, London, UK, and Austin, TX offices of two international firms.

Amanda Robertson

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Amanda Robertson (she/her/hers) is an associate in the Banking & Specialty Finance Group at Cassels. Amanda maintains a general practice in financial services and has experience advising both lenders and borrowers on a variety of cross-border and domestic loan transactions diversified across many industries.

Amanda offers a unique perspective to clients, having worked in-house at a Schedule I bank, as well as in the oil & gas industry.

Prior to joining Cassels, Amanda served as an associate in the Financial Services Group at another international firm, based in Calgary.

Claire Stempien

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Claire Stempien (she/her/hers) is an associate in the Intellectual Property Group at Cassels. Based in the Vancouver office, she assists clients with a variety of intellectual property matters. In her litigation practice, Claire has appeared in the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of British Columbia to assist clients in a number of complex matters in the areas of patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets/confidential information, privacy, and breach of contract.

In addition to her litigation practice, Claire is also a Trademark Agent and assists clients with trademark prosecution matters including brand protection and trademark portfolio management.

In addition to her legal practice, Claire serves on the Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Section and is a member of the Emerging Leaders and Litigation Committees of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.

Prior to joining Cassels as an associate, Claire gained experience in the Vancouver office of an international firm.

Claire received her J.D. from the University of Saskatchewan.

Tyler Fidler

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Tyler Fidler is an associate in the Business Law Group at Cassels. Tyler’s practice focuses on securities and corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private financings, and corporate reorganizations. Tyler also advises clients on corporate and regulatory compliance, stock exchange listings, disclosure obligations, and corporate governance.

Prior to joining Cassels, Tyler articled and served as an associate at another national firm.

Brock Melnyk

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Brock Melnyk (he/him/his) is an associate in the Business Law Group at Cassels. He was a member of the 2024-2025 Articling Student class and was also a summer student with the firm.

Brock received his JD from the University of Saskatchewan in 2024 with distinction. During law school, Brock helped the first-year law class, Legal Research and Writing, as a teacher’s assistant. Brock also took part in the Davis Securities Moot, where his factum placed among the top five, and sat on the Saskatchewan Law Review Board of Editors for 2023/2024.

Throughout law school Brock received the Saskatchewan Law Review Honour, the College of Law Academic Excellence Scholarship, and the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan Harry Dahlem Prize in International Law.

Prior to law school, Brock received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta and spent time living in Norway through the Rotary Youth Exchange Program learning the language and culture. Brock continues to practice his Norwegian language skills.

In his free time, Brock enjoys playing tennis, going to the theatre, and exploring the mountains near Calgary year-round.

Doug McCartney

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Doug McCartney is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels. A respected business lawyer with over 25 years of business law expertise – including as a managing partner of a law firm and a director and officer of several public companies – Doug offers invaluable insight that allows him to provide legal services in a practical and straightforward manner to his clients.

Doug handles public and private corporate finance, venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning. An innovative legal thinker, Doug is passionate about working closely with his clients – large and small – to ensure he understands their goals in order to provide them with tailored solutions for their unique needs.

Prior to joining Cassels, Doug served as the Director of Business Law at a full-service tax, law, and accounting service and, prior to that, as managing partner at one of Calgary’s premier business law boutiques.