Stephen advises private companies on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. He has particular expertise in:
- private mergers and acquisitions
- corporate reorganizations
- commercial arrangements and agreements
He also advises non-profit organizations on corporate, commercial and governance matters.
Stephen articled with BLG before joining the firm. He also summered in-house with an international manufacturer of consumer goods.
Experience
- Advised Trilliant Networks (Canada) Inc., a leading international provider of utility solutions for advanced metering and smart grid systems, in its acquisition of PrimeStone, a privately owned intelligent data collection and analytics company.
- Advised Captionmax, a US-based close captioning company, in its acquisition of Calgary, Alberta-based National Captioning Canada (NCC). CaptionMax is one of North America's largest closed captioning and media accessibility companies. Captionmax serves a variety of industries including: Media and Entertainment, Corporate, Education, and Government.
- Advised Rester Management in its acquisition of Elad Canada Realty Inc. for a purchase price of over C$500 M.
- Advised Fidelity Investments Canada ULC with its participation in ApplyBoard's C$100 M Series C Funding Round.
- Advised Trilliant in its acquisition of Colombian data-analytics firm PrimeStone.
- Advised a major private education provider in connection with its sale to a private equity fund for C$400 million.
- Advised Capital Power Corporation in its C$977 million acquisition of Goreway Power Station Holdings Inc., from joint owners JERA Co. Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
- Advised Nuseed Canada Inc. and its affiliate in their acquisition of carinata assets from Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.
- Advised ZYUS Life Sciences Inc. in connection with its acquisition of intellectual property and information technology assets from Ehave, Inc. for C$3.2M.
- Regularly advises an HVAC service and rental company with multiple asset and share transactions.
- Regularly advises a national lubricants manufacturer with respect to general commercial matters.
- Regularly advises Ontario public colleges with respect to commercial and governance matters.
- Advised an aerospace and defense company with a global restructuring in connection with the realignment of its business segment.
- Advised Cushman & Wakefield Inc. with its acquisition of 20 VIC Management Inc.
- Advised a purchaser in connection with its acquisition of a major food processing company.
- Advised Tender Choice Foods Inc. in connection with its sale to Blue Goose Pure Foods Ltd. of its secondary meat processing business.
- Advised Joe Johnson Equipment Inc. in connection with the sale of its Canadian and U.S. municipal equipment business to Federal Signal Corporation for USD$79M.
- Advised several Ontario public hospitals in connection with intellectual property commercialization transactions, use of excess real estate asset transactions, joint venture arrangements with for-profit businesses and other revenue-generating activities.
- Advised multiple Ontario veterinarians with respect to reorganizations and share transactions.
- Advised Anixter Canada Inc. in connection with obtaining a $325M credit facility with the Bank of Nova Scotia.
- Advised Trilliant Networks (Canada) Inc., a leading international provider of utility solutions for advanced metering and smart grid systems, in its acquisition of PrimeStone, a privately owned intelligent data collection and analytics company.
- Advised Captionmax, a US-based close captioning company, in its acquisition of Calgary, Alberta-based National Captioning Canada (NCC). CaptionMax is one of North America's largest closed captioning and media accessibility companies. Captionmax serves a variety of industries including: Media and Entertainment, Corporate, Education, and Government.
- Advised Rester Management in its acquisition of Elad Canada Realty Inc. for a purchase price of over C$500 M.
- Advised Fidelity Investments Canada ULC with its participation in ApplyBoard's C$100 M Series C Funding Round.
- Advised Trilliant in its acquisition of Colombian data-analytics firm PrimeStone.
- Advised a major private education provider in connection with its sale to a private equity fund for C$400 million.
- Advised Capital Power Corporation in its C$977 million acquisition of Goreway Power Station Holdings Inc., from joint owners JERA Co. Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
- Advised Nuseed Canada Inc. and its affiliate in their acquisition of carinata assets from Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.
- Advised ZYUS Life Sciences Inc. in connection with its acquisition of intellectual property and information technology assets from Ehave, Inc. for C$3.2M.
- Regularly advises an HVAC service and rental company with multiple asset and share transactions.
- Regularly advises a national lubricants manufacturer with respect to general commercial matters.
- Regularly advises Ontario public colleges with respect to commercial and governance matters.
- Advised an aerospace and defense company with a global restructuring in connection with the realignment of its business segment.
- Advised Cushman & Wakefield Inc. with its acquisition of 20 VIC Management Inc.
- Advised a purchaser in connection with its acquisition of a major food processing company.
- Advised Tender Choice Foods Inc. in connection with its sale to Blue Goose Pure Foods Ltd. of its secondary meat processing business.
- Advised Joe Johnson Equipment Inc. in connection with the sale of its Canadian and U.S. municipal equipment business to Federal Signal Corporation for USD$79M.
- Advised several Ontario public hospitals in connection with intellectual property commercialization transactions, use of excess real estate asset transactions, joint venture arrangements with for-profit businesses and other revenue-generating activities.
- Advised multiple Ontario veterinarians with respect to reorganizations and share transactions.
- Advised Anixter Canada Inc. in connection with obtaining a $325M credit facility with the Bank of Nova Scotia.