Michael I Gans
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Michael I Gans
Practice Areas
Michael regularly advises on many of Canada’s highest-profile merger and acquisition transactions as well as middle market M&A transactions. He acts for strategic and financial buyers, targets and significant shareholders on negotiated and unsolicited domestic and cross-border acquisition transactions. Michael also has experience representing special committees in connection with M&A transactions, related party transactions and internal investigations. Michael is the former head of Blakes Toronto Capital Markets practice and one of the co-founders of Blakes New York office.
Professional Memberships
Michael is a Governor and Chair of the Governance Committee of Branksome Hall, an independent girls school in Toronto.
Career
Recent mandates include advising Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with the privatization of Logistec Corporation, the Special Committee of the Board of Teck Resources in connection with the collapse of its dual class voting structure and sale of its coal business, Sycamore Partners in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian business of Lowe’s Companies and ABC Technologies Holdings in connection with its take-private transaction.
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Michael Gans is based in Toronto and has experience handling domestic M&A transactions, as well as transactions with international components.
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