Working closely with some of the largest private equity and institutional investors in Canada, Laurie brings deep transactional experience, sophisticated negotiation skills and corporate legal acumen to advise clients across the spectrum of their complex domestic and cross-border investments and transactions.
Laurie supports a wide variety of private equity firms, pension plans and strategic investors in domestic and international investments (direct and co-investments), mergers and acquisitions and divestiture transactions. She advises clients regarding both private and public company targets in various industries, including regularly acting for one or more clients in consortium or partnership M&A transactions.
Laurie also frequently assists clients engaged in shareholder arrangements and joint ventures, as well as bankruptcy-related asset sales and corporate reorganizations. She has also advised clients on a broad range of corporate, securities, governance and Canadian pension fund regulatory matters.
With a dual call in Ontario and New York and previous experience at a prominent New York law firm and Paris law firm, Laurie has extensive experience in international and cross-border transactions.
—Chambers Canada, 2024
2019-2024 | Chambers Canada—Leading lawyer in private equity: buyouts |
2023-2024 | Chambers Global—Leading lawyer in private equity: buyouts |
2024-2025 | Best Lawyers in Canada—Leading lawyer in leveraged buyouts and private equity law, and private funds law |
2020-2021,2023 | The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Leading lawyer in private equity |
2015 | Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40—One of Canada’s leading lawyers under 40 |
Laurie is a member of the Executive Committee of Canadian Women in Private Equity, where she plays a role in mentoring, continuing education and networking with other women in the industry. She is also a member of PEWIN.