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Beau Zahrai
Of Counsel

Intro

A practical, business-savvy lawyer with approximately 30 years’ experience, Beau resolves complex commercial and governance challenges and supports growth by balancing risk and reward.​
Location: Ontario
Called to the Bar: Alberta, Ontario

Expertise

Commercial; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Governance; Contracting Risk; Professional Services; Procurement​

Former Roles

Goodmans LLP
McMillan LLP
PwC LLP
PwC Law LLP​

Education

Year of Call: 1999 (ON), 2012 (AB)
ICD Not-for-Profit Certificate, 2011​
University of Alberta, (J.D.) 1997​
University of Toronto, (B.A.) 1993​

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Beau is a trusted advisor to boards and executive leadership teams. For approximately 30 years, he has led transformations, managed risk, and resolved legal and commercial challenges in a practical, efficient, and solution-based manner, while also supporting the building of Good Governance. Beau thinks outside the box, communicates in plain language, simplifies matters and achieves the best result for his clients.

His experience spans strategic thinking as Co-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary where he was responsible for identifying, assessing, and managing contractual risk, advising on master services agreements and statements of work, subcontracting, managed services, and teaming and alliance arrangements. He is also well versed in supporting government and public sector procurement and contracting mandates, overseeing the creation and maintenance of contract templates and playbooks in service of building a contracting center of excellence, and advises on governance and conflict matters.

Clients value Beau’s ability to cut through complexity, his responsive, practical and common-sense results-driven approach, and the plain-language clarity he brings to every conversation.

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