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nchummar@casselsbrock.com

Telephone: 416 869 5454
Fax: 416 640 3201

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2100 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
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Noble Chummar is a partner in our firm's Business and Government Relations Law Group. He was recently honoured by the Government of France and named "2008 Person of the Future" where he was a guest of the President of France for a week long nation-wide official visit hosted by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  He has worked as a political aide to the former Mayor of Toronto and a municipal councillor. Noble worked for The Hon. Dalton McGuinty and traveled the province with the Premier and his provincial campaign tour team on two provincial elections. Nationally, Mr. Chummar served as a legal advisor to The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin's leadership convention planning committee. Noble also had the opportunity to travel with the Prime Minister of Canada and his campaign team during the 2004 and 2006 federal elections. He also served as a senior team member and as a legal counsel to Toronto's successful bid to host the 2015 Pan American Games.

In March 2008, The National Post Newspaper identified Noble Chummar as one of Toronto's 'rising power players" from the Indo-Canadian community where he was listed as "the Powerhouse." He has been instrumental in assisting Canadian and international clients in developing relationships on several public-private partnership transactions with various levels of government. Noble has participated on government-led international trade missions, and has traveled on official business to Europe, Asia, the United States, South America and the Caribbean. Noble was a member of the Canadian delegation on the Government of Canada's diplomatic mission to monitor the national election in Ukraine in 2004.

Clients from a wide range of industry sectors have retained Noble Chummar to represent them. These sectors include energy, government, education, pharmaceutical, hospitals, insurance, mining, transportation, banking, retail and real estate development.  As a federal negotiator for the devolution of the management of land and resources of the Northwest Territories, Noble traveled to some of the most remote parts of Canada's Arctic regions. Representing the Government of Canada, Noble worked closely with the Chairman of the firm, The Hon. David Peterson on the constitutionally significant negotiations. The Premier of Ontario also appointed Noble as a negotiator during the tense Six Nations land dispute standoff in Caledonia.

Appointed by the Premier of Ontario, Noble Chummar served five years on the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the regulatory body that governs doctors in the Province of Ontario; in addition, Noble has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Providence Hospital and is Chairman of the Cinefranco International French Film Festival. He also served on the Board of the Molson Grand Prix, Driver’s Fundraiser and was appointed to the Board of Directors for the CFL Grey Cup and served on the Board of the ReelWorld International Film Festival.

Noble graduated from law school at the London School of Economics (LSE) in the United Kingdom, and also received his Masters of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School. His passions include international cuisine, film, SCUBA diving, travel and he intends on traveling to Space one day.

Practice Areas

Business

Energy & Utilities

Government Relations

Hospitality and Tourism

Infrastructure

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Ontario's $250M Investment In Early-Stage Ventures

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Managing relationships: the most important component of successful business development