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By JennIFer BroWn
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here's nothing like an unsolicited
takeover bid to shake up one's summer,
but when you head up the legal team at
Canada's most iconic fast-food brands
it brings with it more than the usual set of merger
and acquisition-related challenges.
"It does turn the world upside down," says Jill
Sutton, executive vice president, general counsel,
and corporate secretary with Tim Hortons from
her offi ce at the company's corporate headquarters
in Oakville. She is having her photo taken at the
company's museum but her life for the last year
has been all about the future of the coffee and
donut chain. While many general counsel may
hand off such a deal to external M&A teams
and take more of a back seat, Sutton led the deal
for Tims, drawing on her own team as well as
background and previous experience with such
transactions.
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tim hortons executive vice
president and general counsel
Jill sutton was the team
lead on the fast food deal
of the summer that could
mean double trouble in the
coffee and hamburger wars.
