private equity and venture capital
As a leading Canadian business law firm, McMillan has been an active participant in the Canadian private equity and venture capital markets for many years. Our private equity group has extensive experience working with private equity funds and financial institutions in acquisitions and dispositions and related finance transactions. We regularly act for a number of fund sponsors in fund formation.
We routinely work closely with U.S. and international law firms in cross-border private equity transactions, providing legal advice and support in respect of the Canadian components of the transaction.
We distinguish ourselves with our commitment to execute transactions efficiently using lean teams of hard-working collegial corporate and tax lawyers, complemented where appropriate by expertise in infrastructure, restructuring, labour and employment, finance, pension and benefits, technology and intellectual property, competition, real estate, environmental and securities.
expertise
Our private equity group has a broad range of relevant expertise and experience including:
fund formation
- fund formation; including fund governance and general partner compensation arrangements.
acquisition and divestiture of portfolio companies
- structuring and implementing Canadian and cross-border private equity investments including acquisitions, divestitures and financings.
- structuring and implementing shareholder and other governance arrangements, including employment and incentive arrangements.
- structuring and executing exits including through public offerings, recapitalizations and workouts.
Representative Transactions/Cases
- Kilmer Capital Partners in connection with various investments including its acquisition of a majority ownership position in Coalision Inc. and its acquisition of Vansco Electronics and subsequent disposition to Parker Hannifin.
- Sun Capital in connection with a number of its Canadian investments including American Standard, Arch Aluminum, Beauty Packaging Canada and Protective Products of America.
- Veritas Capital Fund in connection with a number of investments in Canada including its US$500 million acquisition of Illumination and Detection Solutions Banner from PerkinElmer, Inc. and its pending US$525 million acquisition of CPI International, Inc.
- National Mortgage Guaranty Holdings in connection with its acquisition in conjunction with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board of AIG United Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company Canada (now Canada Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company).
- Catterton Partners in connection with its acquisition of Naya Waters from Danone and in connection with various other investments in Canada.
- ABRY Partners in its C$360 million acquisition of Q9 Networks.
- Novacap and Desjardins in connection with a private equity investment in Creaform 3D.
- Oaktree Capital in connection with its investment in Cyanco.
- Bain Capital in connection with a series of investments in Unisource Canada Inc.
- MMM Group Limited and its employee shareholders in connection with investments by OMERS Strategic Investments.
- LiquidxStream Systems in connection with a series of investments from, among others, Novacap and Desjardins.
- Blue Point Capital in connection with a number of its investments in Canada including ETI Explosives and Blackhawk Automotive Plastics.
- CVC Capital Partners in connection with its proposed C$4.4 billion acquisition of the iShares business from Barclays PLC.
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