Bennett Jones LLP draws on the deep bench strength of offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and New York to advise domestic and multinational corporates and financial institutions on high-value, multi-jurisdictional M&A, corporate financings, restructurings, divestitures, take-over bids and leveraged buyouts. The practice is led in Toronto by M&A practice vice chair Curtis Cusinato, who brings over 25 years of experience assisting public and private companies and private equity groups; corporate finance and securities expert Linda Misetich Dann and Kristopher Hanc, who specializes in public offerings, proxy contests and special committee processes; and in Calgary by private equity practice head John Mercury, who brings expertise to advising clients in the energy, financial services, consumer products and manufacturing spaces; and Brent Kraus, who handles M&A and corporate governance matters across the oil and gas, natural resources and transport industries; and Jonathan McCullough in Vancouver. Other key figures include co-energy head Harinder Basra in Calgary; and co=private equity head Matthew Hunt in Toronto.

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Key clients

  • EQT Partners
  • Kensington Capital Partners
  • Capvest Partners
  • Riverstone Holdings
  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV
  • TriWest Capital Partners
  • Medline Industries, a company majority held by Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman
  • Investissement Québec and Fonds de solidarité FTQ
  • MPE Partners
  • Kinterra Capital Corp.
  • Nippon Steel Corporation
  • Medline Industries
  • Hut 8 Mining Corp.
  • Cedar Fair
  • Variperm Energy Services

Work highlights

  • Advised EQT Partners, as Canadian M&A and regulatory counsel, in the sale of First Transit, a private-sector operator of mobility solutions in North America, to Transdev North America, the North American subsidiary of Transdev Group.
  • Represented CapVest Partners LLP, as Canadian counsel, in the acquisition of Recochem, a global manufacturer, marketer and distributor of aftermarket transportation and household fluids headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, from H.I.G. Capital.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Curtis Cusinato, Linda Misetich-Dann, Kris Hanc, John Mercury, Brent Kraus, Jonathan McCullough

Other key lawyers

Harinder Basra, Matthew Hunt