Lawyer Profile
Andrew Spiro
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Andrew advises clients on a wide range of tax matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, capital markets transactions and investment funds. He regularly advises on complex transformational transactions for public and private companies as well as innovative investment products.
Andrew is recognized as an expert in tax issues involving REITs and other real estate investment vehicles, structured notes, mandatory disclosure and tax insurance, and is the Regional Vice-Chair, North America, for the Lex Mundi Tax Practice Group.
H&R REIT on its spin-off of its Primaris properties, including all of H&R's enclosed malls, to a new stand-alone, publicly traded REIT
Pet Valu, a portfolio company of Roark Capital, in connection with its initial public offering
WPT Industrial REIT in connection with its US$3.1-billion acquisition by Blackstone REIT
Starlight Investments in connection with the proposed going private transaction with Northview Properties REIT by way of unitholder- and court-approved arrangement valued at C$4.8-billion announced in February 2020
UnitedHealth Group on its subsidiary OptumRx's US$12.8-billion combination with Catamaran Corporation
Hudson's Bay Company in connection with its C$2-billion privatization transaction with a shareholder group led by the Company's Executive Chairman
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2005 (ON)