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Year called to bar: 2010 (ON)
Brian is Chair of Osler’s Private Equity practice. His practice is focused primarily on complex corporate and transactional matters, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Brian has extensive experience advising on private equity and cross-border transactions, and frequently counsels clients on a variety of securities law, corporate governance and strategic matters. In addition to private equity, Brian's industry experience includes financial services, manufacturing, automotive, information technology, retail and mining.
On September 30, 2018, Datix Limited (“Datix”), a global leader in patient safety, quality, and infection prevention, completed its acquisition of RL Solutions, a leading provider of healthcare quality and patient safety software.
On July 5, 2017, Canada Goose Holdings Inc. completed its secondary offering of 12,500,000 subordinate voting shares for a price of US$20.75 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of US$259,375,000. The shares were sold by an investment fund advised by Bain Capital, DTR LLC, and certain charities and members of management.
On November 5, 2015, Hydro One Limited, the largest electricity transmission and distribution company in Ontario, announced the closing of its initial public offering by way of secondary sale pursuant to which the Province of Ontario offered 81,100,000 common shares at $20.50 per share for total gross proceeds to the Province of approximately $1.66 billion. This was the biggest Canadian IPO in the last 15 years.
