Bill Gilliland Email Address

Partner Corporate, Securities, M and A, Governance, Power Industry, Sustainable Finance

Dentons is a global law firm driven to provide you with the competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected marketplace. We were formed by the March 2013 combination of international law firm Salans LLP, Canadian law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) and international law firm SNR Denton.

Bill is a member of Dentons' Corporate, Securities and M&A Practice Group. Bill advises power and energy infrastructure companies on capital markets and M&A transactions, as well as board governance generally. Bill is a leader in ESG finance, representing Dentons Canada as a member of the International Capital Markets Association Green Bond Principles since 2014 and also is a member of the CSA Group’s technical committee developing the made in Canada Transition Finance Taxonomy following the 2019 recommendations of the Federal Government’s Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance. Bill is also a member of the Advisory Council to the Green and Social Bond Principles Executive Committee. Bill's work includes ESG and sustainable finance, including in the areas of green, transition and sustainability bonds. Bill holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and recently completed the Board Oversight of Climate Change Course. Bill lived and worked in Russia and Kazakhstan for five years.