Torys has an active practice in the area of privatizations, public-sector restructurings and public-private partnerships in Canada and the United States. We have acted for federal, provincial, state and foreign governments. We represent privatized companies, both in structuring their initial privatization and on an ongoing basis as they compete in the private sector. We have also acted for underwriters in privatizations involving public offerings and for lenders providing financing to privatized ventures. Torys' lawyers have been involved in most of the major privatizations in Canada in the past 15 years.
Our privatization work has involved a broad range of industry sectors, including energy, power, transportation, communications and natural resources. Our lawyers bring expertise to all aspects of the complex privatization process, including financing and debt restructuring, asset restructuring, development of required legislation, employment issues and the public offering process.