The Bidvest Group Limited

Acting for The Bidvest Group Limited, a South African publicly-traded company, in its acquisition of 100% of Citron Hygiene LP, a provider of washroom hygiene products and services in the U.S., Canada and UK, from Birch Hill Equity Partners and other investors.

A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund

Acted for A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund in its strategic combination with A&W Food Services of Canada to create a leading publicly-traded quick-service restaurant company.

Cvent, Inc.

Acted as Canadian counsel to Cvent, Inc., a portfolio company of Blackstone, in its acquisition of Splash, an event marketing technology company. 

Mannarino Systems & Software Inc.

Acted for the shareholders of Mannarino Systems & Software Inc., a global leader in avionics for electric aircraft and drones and certified systems for the aerospace sector, with the sale of all of their issued and outstanding shares to Scalian SAS.

Blackstone Inc.

Acted for Blackstone in its US$3.5-billion take-private acquisition of Tricon Residential Inc., an owner, operator and developer of a portfolio of approximately 38,000 single-family rental homes in the U.S. Sun Belt and multi-family apartments in Toronto.

Atlas Holdings, LLC

Acted for Atlas Holdings in its US$120-million acquisition of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.'s Quesnel River pulp mill in British Columbia and Slave Lake pulp mill in Alberta.

WESCO Distribution Inc.

Acted as Canadian counsel to WESCO Distribution Inc. in the US$350-million sale of its integrated supply business to Vallen Distribution, Inc., a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, LLC.

RelationShop Inc.

Acted as Canadian counsel for RelationShop Inc. in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Mercatus Technologies, a leading provider of eCommerce solutions for regional grocers and independents.

The Aaron’s Company, Inc.

Acting for The Aaron’s Company, Inc., in its proposed sale to IQVentures Holdings, LLC in an all cash transaction valuing Aaron’s at approximately US$504 million.

Allstate Insurance Company of Canada

Acting as co-counsel to Allstate Insurance Company of Canada in defence of a class action seeking statutory overtime, vacation and holiday pay on behalf of thousands of current and former Allstate employees.

Beanfield Metroconnect

Acted for Beanfield Metroconnect, a portfolio company of DigitalBridge, in securing a strategic equity investment from OMERS Infrastructure.

BMS Group

Acted for BMS Group in its acquisition of Smith & Reid Insurance Brokers and O’Neil Insurance Brokers.

Atlas Holdings LLC

Acted for Atlas Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Resolute FP Canada Inc.'s pulp, newsprint, and directory paper mill operations in Thunder Bay, Ontario. 

Sleep Country Holdings Inc.

Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of the Canadian assets of Casper Sleep Inc.

Shaw Communications Inc.

Acted for Shaw Communications Inc. in the acquisition by Rogers Communications Inc. of all of Shaw's issued and outstanding Class A and Class B shares in a transaction valued at approximately C$26 billion, including debt, representing a significant premium for Shaw's shareholders. This deal won M&A Deal of the Year at the 2024 Canadian Law Awards.

GreenV B.V.

Acted for Green V B.V. in its acquisition of JV Energy Solutions Inc., a provider of customer-specific heating, electrical engineering and insulation for the greenhouse horticulture industry.

Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.

Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc., Canada's leading omnichannel specialty sleep retailer, in its acquisition of Silk & Snow Inc., a Canadian-based direct-to-consumer sleep retailer.

Kenco Group

Acted as Canadian counsel to Kenco Group, a top-ranked third-party logistics (3PL) company, in connection with its acquisition by private equity firm Pritzker Private Capital.

Tegus

Acted for Tegus, a leading research platform for investors, with its acquisition of Canalyst, a provider of data and analytics on listed companies.

THINK, Annual Cowan Insurance Client Conference, “Hybrid Work Environment 2.0”; Milton, ON

Nov. 07, 2024

National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, NASPP Conference, “Global equity compensation developments and issues”; San Francisco, CA

Oct. 15, 2024

Doing Business in Canada 2023, contributor

Nov. 14, 2023 - Davies’ Doing Business in Canada guide provides executives, in-house counsel and foreign investors with an overview of the legal framework governing Canadian business operations and outlines key considerations for investing and conducting business in Canada…

THINK, Annual Client Conference, “The Hybrid Work Environment – Is it the New Normal?”; Milton, ON

Nov. 01, 2023

Ontario Legislation Prohibits Non-Competition Provisions and Introduces Employees’ Right to Disconnect

Dec. 06, 2021 - The Ontario government’s Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021, received royal assent on December 2, 2021. The bill contains a broad range of amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), including non-competition provisions and the “right to disconnect” from work. ...

Ontarians Told to Stay at Home

Jan. 15, 2021 - The Ontario government has issued a second Emergency Order under section 7. 01(1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act; amended O. Reg. 82/20, Rules for Areas in Stage 1 (Regulations); and published a stay-at-home order effective January 14, 2021, at 12:01 a.m....

Law Society of Ontario, The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer, “Personal Identity and Employee Privacy at Arbitration”; Toronto, ON

June 21, 2018

Twenty-Sixth Annual Police Employment Conference, Emerging Issues and Legal Developments, “Use of Force, Accommodation, and Undue Hardship”; Toronto, ON

Feb. 27, 2017

Contracting Out in Policing

June 15, 2015 - H.Q. Magazine (Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police)