Our Team

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? 2010-2012—Recommended Canadian lawyer in private equity/buyouts

Thomson/Carswell's Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2008—One of Canada's corporate lawyers to watch

Lexpert, November/December 2007—One of Canada’s top 40 lawyers under 40

• numerous debt and equity investments and exits by private equity funds, merchant banks and pension funds including
  • the leveraged buyout by a private equity fund of a renewable energy supplier
  • the purchase by a pension plan's protfolio company of a medical testing and laboratory business
  • the investment by a pension plan in a renewable energy developer
  • the leveraged buyout by a private equity fund of a Canadian and U.S. greenhouse operation
  • the sale by a private equity fund of a precision manufacturing business to a U.S. private equity fund
  • the sale by a Canadian public company of its supply chain management business to a portfolio company of a U.S. private equity fund
  • the investment by a sovereign wealth fund into an Ontario-based solar project developer
  • the investment by a consortium of private equity funds in a life reinsurance business
  • the purchase by a hedge fund of certain pharmaceutical rights, including to the drug Vancocin
  • the investment by a private equity fund in a Quebec-based clothing designer and manufacturer
  • the leveraged buyout by a private equity fund of a chain of discount retail stores
  • the initial public offering of Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund as part of the exit strategy for an investment by a private equity fund
  • the leveraged buyout by a private equity fund in a food processing business
  • the leveraged buyout by a private equity fund of a Canadian and U.S. printing business together with two follow-on acquisitions
• numerous fund investing and fund formation transactions including
  • establishing a managed account platform for a pension plan and implementing on-boarding of various trading advisors
  • acting for the sponsor in the formation of Genuity Capital Partners and Northrock Capital Partners
  • acting for limited partners in their investments in private equity funds including Oncap II, Triwest III, Novacap and Tricon X 
  • acting for a pension fund in their co-investment arrangements with an activist hedge fund
  • acting for the management team of a private equity fund in their sale of their interests to a Canadian income fund
• various private share sales and auctions, including the disposition of a hair restoration business, a retirement residences portfolio and a logistics business
• various asset sale transactions, including the acquisition by Tootsie Roll Industries of a bubble gum manufacturer and the dispositions of a number of U.S. and Canadian newspaper properties
• various shareholder agreements including those between Rogers Communications and BCE in connection with their proposed purchase of a majority of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
• numerous international reorganizations, credit facilities and general corporate matters for Fairfax Financial Holdings during the past ten years