Michael I Gans
Canada Guide 2024
Band 2 : Corporate/Commercial
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About
Provided by Michael I Gans
Practice Areas
Michael regularly advises on many of Canada’s highest-profile merger and acquisition transactions as well as numerous middle market M&A transactions. He acts for strategic and financial buyers, targets and significant shareholders on negotiated and unsolicited domestic and cross-border acquisition transactions. Michael also has experience representing special committees in connection with M&A transactions, related party transactions and internal investigations. Michael is the former head of Blakes Toronto Capital Markets practice and one of the co-founders of Blakes New York office.
Career
Recent mandates include advising the Special Committee of the Board of Teck Resources in connection with the collapse of its dual class voting structure, BlackRock Infrastructure in connection with its acquisition of Environmental 360 Solutions, Sycamore Partners in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian business of Lowe’s Companies and ABC Technologies Holdings in connection with its take-private transaction.
Professional Memberships
Michael is a Governor and Chair of the Governance Committee of Branksome Hall, an independent girls school in Toronto.
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