181 Bay St, Suite 1800, Brookfield Pl, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1984 (ON)
Partner and Co-Chair of the Aird & Berlis Transportation Group, as well as a member of the firm’s Corporate/Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Groups. Extensive experience representing clients in the transportation industry, including businesses engaged in truck, bus, and rail operations as well as logistics services providers. Routinely involved in advising on transactions, licensing and regulation, cross-border issues and transportation agreements. Focused on Canadian and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, reorganizations and financings. A significant portion of her practice involves the acquisition and disposition of Canadian subsidiaries by US or foreign parent entities. Also advises private equity funds on buying, selling and restructuring Canadian businesses. Represents banks, syndicated funds, and other institutional lenders as well as commercial borrowers in connection with secured and unsecured financing transactions. Former Director and past President of the Canadian Transport Lawyers Association and a member of the Transportation Lawyers Association (US) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in North America. Recognized by Best Lawyers and Lexpert.
On July 26, 2017, it was announced that Canadian private equity firm Champlain Financial Corp. (Champlain) had acquired Riverside Lobster International, Inc. (Riverside), a leading branded seafood processor and wholesale distributor from Nova Scotia, supplying the finest quality lobster and scallops to customers in the United States and Canada, and 20 other countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
