199 Bay St, Suite 4000, Commerce Court West, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2004
Kurt is the Co-Leader of the Firm’s Private Equity Group and the co-author of the Firm’s Canadian Private Equity Deal Study. Kurt specializes in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint ventures. He advises buyers, sellers and targets on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; private equity investors and sponsors on buy-outs, investments and exits; and businesses across various industries on complex joint ventures and strategic corporate and commercial matters. Kurt is the relationship partner for a number of the Firm’s most significant private equity clients. He regularly leads large, multi-jurisdictional and interdisciplinary teams in executing complex, and often cross-border transactions.
On November 16, 2017, Encore Consumer Capital (Encore), a US-based private equity firm that invests exclusively in leading consumer products companies, completed the sale of Atlantic Aqua Farms (AAF) and its affiliated entities to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’). AAF is the largest grower of live mussels in North America and offers a wide selection of oysters, clams and live Maine and Canadian lobster.
