333 Bay St, Suite 3400, Bay Adelaide Ctr, W Twr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1984 (ON)
Chairman of Goodmans LLP. Practices corporate/commercial and securities law. Counsel in public offerings, M&A and business restructurings. Director of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. and an Alternate Governor for the NHL and NBA. From 2019-2022, served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the CFL and currently serves as the Governor of the Toronto Argonauts. Director and former Chair of Baycrest Health Sciences and an Honorary Trustee of the Hospital for Sick Children. Extensive experience on corporate boards, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of RioCan REIT and Roots Corporation. Member of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario and an Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Navy. Awarded the rank of an Honorary Detective by the Toronto Police Service and an Honorary Big by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto. Recognized among "Toronto’s 50 Most Influential People" by Toronto Life. Honoured as one of the ICRF’s “Men of Distinction” for his philanthropic efforts and recipient of ICRF’s Chairman’s Award. Recognized as a leading lawyer by numerous publications globally including Chambers, Legal 500, Lexpert and Euromoney. Named 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in Sports Law by Best Lawyers in Canada. Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from York University in 2024.
On October 5, 2016, Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (PNCC) (TSX:PNC.A, PNC.B) and Postmedia Network Inc.’s (“PNI” and together with PNCC, the “Company” or “Postmedia”) completed a recapitalization transaction.
The Kilmer Group jointly with Bell Canada acquired the Toronto Argonauts Football Club of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from sports entrepreneur David Braley. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Roots Canada Ltd. (Roots) completed the sale of a majority stake in Roots to Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. (Searchlight), with the co-founders Michael Budman and Don Green retaining a significant equity ownership. This investment will support the brand’s next phase of growth. The terms of the agreement were undisclosed.
Postmedia Network Inc. (Postmedia) completed the acquisition of Sun Media Corporation’s (Sun Media) English language newspapers and speciality publications, as well as digital properties including the Sun chain of dailies, consisting of The Toronto Sun, The Ottawa Sun, The Winnipeg Sun, The Calgary Sun and The Edmonton Sun, as well as The London Free Press and the free 24 Hours dailies in Toronto and Vancouver, from Quebecor Media Inc. (the Sun Media Acquisition).
BCE Inc. completed its privatization of Bell Aliant Inc. and the integration of its Atlantic Canada affiliate into BCE’s national operations, following its successful offer to purchase all of the outstanding publicly-held Bell Aliant common shares for a combination of cash and BCE common shares valued at approximately $3.95 billion.
