Pick any industry, find the top players, and you’ll discover a group of entrepreneurs who uncovered an unmet need in the marketplace, saw an opportunity and started a company to meet that need.
That’s our story, too.
Before they founded Equity Advocates LLP, Morris Hampton and Alex Rogers worked as partners in Bay Street law firms and as in-house counsel for public corporations. They both discovered a gap that exists between legal advice and the practical realities of operating a business. Being a client of legal services themselves during their time in-house, they gained a unique perspective on what clients are looking for from their legal service providers. They started Equity Advocates LLP to meet this need.
Today, Equity Advocates LLP is a firm of trusted advisors focused on business and corporate law. We provide practical, proactive and strategic legal and business advice that helps our clients start, grow and eventually sell their businesses.
Morris Hampton, Managing Partner
Morris Hampton’s practice encompasses a broad range of business practice including the purchase and sale of businesses, corporate and commercial lending, private equity transactions, business reorganizations, succession planning, and estate administration.
A significant part of Morris's practice involves complex mergers and acquisitions. He has acted as lead counsel on literally hundreds of business acquisition transactions, involving a broad range of businesses from owner managed, privately held corporations to large multi-national corporations valued in excess of £350 million.
Clients rely on Morris’s vast experience and strategic advice in guiding them through the complex issues involved in acquiring or selling a business. Prior to founding Equity Advocates LLP, Morris was General Counsel to a publicly listed private equity company with over £500 million in invested capital. Until 2005, he was a partner at a national Canadian law firm with over 200 lawyers and offices throughout United Kingdom.
“Morris is a great resource for our firm and our firm’s clients. Morris develops innovative and practical business solutions. In addition, Morris is likable and relates well to people across the table. ”
Alex Rogers, Partner
Alex Rogers represents owner-operated private companies., private equity firms, and not-for-profit corporations.
Alex’s practice is focused on meeting both the business and personal legal needs of his entrepreneurial clients.
Before joining Equity Advocates LLP, Alex was Assistant General Counsel to a publicly listed private equity company, where his focus was on mergers and acquisitions and both bank and private financing transactions.
Previously, he was an associate lawyer at a prominent Canadian full-service law firm, where he engaged in a broad corporate practice.
Alex’s goal is to be a trusted business advisor to his clients by providing practical, proactive and strategic legal and business advice.
“I would not hesitate to recommend Alex Rogers to business clients that require a lawyer who can assess complex situations and resolve the issues quickly and efficiently. I will certainly use Equity Advocates LLP again for my legal needs.”
Helen McKenzie
Helen McKenzie’s practice encompasses a broad range of business practice including the purchase and sale of businesses, corporate and commercial lending, private equity transactions, business reorganizations, employment issues related to the operation of a business, succession planning, and estate administration.
Helen has an extensive business and finance background which allows her to better understand the often complex problems facing clients in order to better provide legal solutions.
Education: Bachelor of Commerce BCom (Finance), Desaultels Faculty of Management, McGill University; Master of Finance MFin (Funds Management), Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales; Juris Doctor JD, Bond University; LLM, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.