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Year called to bar: 2008
Jeff Hershenfield is a partner and Co-Head of the Capital Markets and Public Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He has a broad practice with a focus on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity, corporate governance and securities, as well as general corporate and commercial law. Jeff has acted for issuers, sponsors and securities dealers in a wide range of corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity and debt financings (public and private). He has also acted for public and private companies, private equity funds, REITs, financial institutions, investment fund managers, capital pool companies, boards of directors and special committees in numerous public and private M&A transactions. He regularly provides advice on cross-border securities offerings (including MJDS) and M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance and securities regulatory compliance matters. In addition to his practice, Jeff is a member of the firm's Students Committee, former Co-Chair of the United Way Committee, and a past member of the Law Clerk Committee.
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).