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Ryan Filson
Partner
Dara W. Azari
Associate
Carleigh Bassett
Partner
David Brown
Partner
William Chang
Associate
Michael Ding
Associate
Stephen Doak
Partner
Michael Dolphin
Partner
Rob Eberschlag
Partner
Wayne Egan
Co-Managing Partner
Daniel Ferguson
Partner
Susan Han
Partner
Ralph Kroman
Partner
Baldon Mitchell
Associate
Ryan Morris
Partner
N. William C. Ross
Senior Counsel
Steven Rukavina
Partner
Dan Thomson
Partner
Shawn Tian
Associate
John Wilkinson
Partner
Areas of Expertise
- Acquisitions
- Buyouts
- Compliance
- Cross-border
- Divestitures
- Due diligence
- Exit rights
- Fund investments
- Governance structure
- Institutional investors
- Investor rights
- Joint ventures
- Management compensation
- Passive and active investments
- Shareholder and partnership disputes
- Tax
Representative Experience
Representative engagements of our investor representation practice include:
- acting for various investment funds in connection with growth-oriented private equity and venture investments in companies in industries as diverse as wireless IT, film distribution, and software and knowledge management applications.
- acting as Canadian counsel to various US-based private equity funds on leveraged acquisitions of Canadian-based businesses in the medical device, transportation, industrial products and consumer products businesses and related leveraged financings.
Representative engagements of our company-side venture investment representation practice include:
- acting for a worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software in connection with the securing of venture capital investment and related pre-closing tax planning transactions.
- acting for a wireless original equipment manufacturer in connection with the securing of venture capital investment.
- acting for an alternative energy growth company on start-up and follow-on rounds of equity and convertible debenture financing.
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