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Mergers & Acquisitions

We advise clients on the purchase and sale of both public and private businesses and work with both purchasers and vendors on matters ranging from purchase and sale agreements, to take-over bids, management buy-outs and more.

Key contacts

Mariam Al-Shikarchy Partner
416-361-4765 Email Mariam
James Brown Partner
416-361-2934 Email James
Rory Cattanach Partner
416-361-4766 Email Rory
Rebecca Cochrane Partner
416-361-6174 Email Rebecca
Perry N. Dellelce Managing Partner
416-361-3121 Email Perry
Nick Gray Partner
416-847-6920 Email Nick
Jeff Hergott Partner
416-361-4783 Email Jeff
Charlie Malone Partner
416-361-1267 Email Charlie
Sanjeev Patel Partner
416-361-4779 Email Sanjeev
Troy Pocaluyko Partner
416-361-5802 Email Troy
Michael Rennie Partner
416-361-4781 Email Michael
Rob Wortzman Partner
416-361-2930 Email Rob

Overview

In our M&A practice, we advise clients on the purchase and sale of both public and private businesses, including purchase and sale agreements, take-over bids, reverse take-overs, plans of arrangements, management buy-outs and going private transactions.

We work with both purchasers and vendors (private and public), as well as financial advisers, institutional and private equity investors, lenders and special committees of public target companies.

Some of our services include:

Advising on divestiture strategies and structuring
Planning acquisition strategies structuring
Advising on acquisition financing for purchasers, either debt or equity
Implementing all transactional aspects of a deal
Developing appropriate and tax efficient transaction structures
Assisting target companies in preparing for and defining take-overs and reverse take-overs, including negotiating support agreements in friendly bids and implementing defence mechanisms in hostile bids
Advising special committees