Canopy Growth Elevates Ex-Dentons Partner as Legal Chief Leaves

Sept. 20, 2021, 10:21 PM UTC

Medical marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp. named former Dentons partner James Wishart to replace the company’s chief legal officer on an interim basis pending an Oct. 1 resignation.

The Smith Falls, Ontario-based company, which also produces cannabis for recreational use, disclosed in a securities filing Monday that Phillip Shaer will resign. The chief legal officer and corporate secretary told the company of his plans Sept. 14, and Canopy didn’t give a reason for Shaer’s departure.

Wishart joined Canopy in 2019 as a senior director for international trade and regulatory law. The company promoted him last year to vice president and ...

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