Our Team

Andrew J. Beck

Partner

	Direct: 212.880.6010 Office: New York Fax: 212.682.0200 Email: abeck@torys.com

	Andy is a co-head of the Corporate and Capital Markets Practice.

Practice

Andy Beck's practice focuses on corporate and securities law in the area of public and private financings, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. Experienced in domestic and international debt and equity financings, he has handled initial public offerings and Rule 144A offerings, as well as acquisitions and divestitures of both public and private businesses.

Transactions

Andy has recently represented

IESI-BFC on its $130 million U.S. initial public offering
Hindalco Industries, a member of the Aditya Birla Group, as Canadian and U.S. counsel in its US$6 billion takeover of Novelis; the related C$1.4 billion tender and change of control of Novelis’ existing high-yield notes; and a proposed offering of new high-yield notes
OccuLogix on its $100 million initial public offering
Petro-Canada on the $2.5 billion offering of common shares by the Government of Canada (the largest-ever equity offering by a Canadian company)
Paramount Resources on its $175 million public offering of senior notes
Thomson Reuters on its C$3 billion cross-border shelf debt registration and the initial $700 million takedown, and on its $1 billion IPO in the United States
Brookfield Asset Management on its $1.4 billion cross-border shelf debt registration and the $300, $350 and $450 million takedowns
SBC Corporation in its C$6.63 billion restructuring of its stake in Bell Canada Holdings
TD Capital on the purchase of a NYSE-listed manufacturer
Atipa (a marketer of Linux solutions) on its $30 million preferred stock financing and the acquisitions of other Linux companies
Webhelp (a provider of real-time, human-assisted Internet services) on a variety of financing transactions

Professional Involvement

From 1996 to 1998, Andy participated in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.

Selected Publications and Presentations

SEC Revises Policy on Confidential Submissions by Foreign Private Issuers
VC Experts | December 2011

Update on Developments in U.S. Securities Law
The Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia Branch), Vancouver | November 22, 2010

SEC Requires Companies to Use XBRL
Corporate and Capital Markets Bulletin | February 6, 2009

Basic Securities Law for the Business Practitioner
NYSBA's Continuing Legal Education Seminar, New York | June 10, 2009 and May 24, 2007

S-Ox Is Not Revolutionizing Officer and Director Liability (Yet)
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, vol. 14, no. 9 | September 1, 2006

The Public Offering Process
Osgoode's Conference on U.S. Securities Law: What Canadian Practitioners Need to Know, Toronto | April 2009, February 2008, January 2007 and February 2006

SEC Gives Smaller Companies an Extra Year to Comply with Internal Control Rules
Co-author with Joshua Goldstein, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, vol. 13, no. 11 | November 2005

The 2005 Executive Compensation Seminar: Practical Strategies and Solutions that Pass Scrutiny
The Conference Board, New York | June 21-22, 2005

Off-Balance Sheet Financing: U.S. and Canadian Securities Law Developments
CFO Canada Summit | April 11, 2005

Under Scrutiny: Governance in Canada
Directors & Boards | October 1, 2004

Disclosing Contingent Environmental Liabilities: Navigating in a New Environment
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel | April 1, 2004

NYSE Corporate Governance Requirements Finalized
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel | January 1, 2004

U.S.-Canada Deals: When the Target Is Canadian Subtle Differences
The New York Law Journal | April 18, 2001