Lawyer Profile
Brett Saulnier
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Brett’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. He advises public companies, boards, special committees and senior management on strategic transactions, governance matters and other critical situations, including activism defense.
Brett has experience advising acquirors, sponsors, major shareholders and financial advisors on acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic matters. He also represents both issuers and investment banks in a variety of public offerings and private placements of debt and equity and regularly advises public company clients on ongoing corporate governance, stock exchange and securities law matters.
the special committee of Guardian Capital Group Limited in its C$1.67 billion sale to Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc., an affiliate of Desjardins Group
Crestpoint and the Minto Group in the proposed C$2.3 billion transaction to acquire all issued and outstanding trust units of Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust
Anglo American in its proposed merger of equals with Teck Resources to create a US$57 billion global critical minerals champion and the fifth largest copper producer in the world
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2015 (ON)