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McCarthy Tétrault
66 Wellington Street West
Suite 5300, TD Bank Tower Box 48
Toronto ON M5K 1E6
Canada

Work Department

Corporate and M&A; Private Equity: Buyouts; Private Equity: Fund Formation

Position

Partner. Co-head of the firm’s national Private Equity Group. Focuses on M&A, private equity and investment funds. Advises on domestic and cross-border public/private M&A and other securities matters. Represents institutional investors in their investment activities, including acquisitions and divestitures of portfolio companies and investments in private equity, other alternative investment funds and fund formation. Acted for Vista Equity Partners in its C$4.8 billion acquisition of DH Corporation and the combination of D+H with Vista portfolio company Misys, creating “Finastra”, a new global fintech leader. Presents at various conferences on corporate/securities law.

Career

New York, USA, 2001

Ontario, 2000

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Corporate and M&A

(Leading partners)

Shevaun McGrathMcCarthy Tétrault

McCarthy Tétrault leverages the combined strength of a nationwide presence and offices abroad in London and New York, to provide a first port of call for major public and private companies (including Blackstone and Rio Tinto), banks and private equity firms involved in high-value domestic and multi-jurisdictional transactions. Displaying particular strength in the mining segment, the practice’s active client roster spans such sectors as mining, energy, aviation, tech, engineering and manufacturing. The group’s comprehensive offering covers M&A, corporate finance and capital markets matters. The practice is led by M&A and private equity experts Cameron Belsher KC, who works in Vancouver and Toronto; and Jonathan See (also Toronto); and by Shea Small in Toronto and London, who provides extensive experience in joint ventures, strategic investments and capital markets. Also of note are Clemens Mayr in Montreal, who acts for issuers and underwriters in Canadian and cross-border public financings; and Shevaun McGrath, who handles restructuring, leveraged buyouts and minority investment transactions in Toronto, where David Woollcombe advises on M&A, securities offerings and corporate governance matters.