Lawyer Profile
Brett Stewart
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Brett Stewart is a highly experienced business law practitioner, known for her expertise in mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. She assists domestic and foreign clients with negotiated transactions, including acquisitions, private equity financings, asset and share sales, complex corporate reorganizations, private placements, venture capital financings and management buyouts.
Advising clients on corporate governance issues, Brett also assists with day-to-day corporate and commercial matters, including the review and preparation of complex agreements. She represents clients in a number of sectors, including food, beverage and agribusiness, venture capital, and aerospace and defence.
Brett is the chair of the American Bar Association’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee. She is a leader of McMillan’s Cross-Border Transactions group and the firm’s Private Equity & Venture Capital practice.
Brett was recognized by Lexpert Magazine as a rising star / leading lawyer in Canada under 40 years of age, and as a corporate lawyer to watch in the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. As an adjunct professor for Osgoode Hall Law School, she taught a course on business associations.
A wide range of private equity transactions is common in Canada, including going-private transactions, private investments in public companies and private company buyouts.
On July 1, 2025, Pritzker Private Capital completed its previously announced acquisition of Buckman Laboratories.
On June 30, 2025, Industry Ventures LLC completed its US$75 million preferred equity investment in Kensington Indigo SPV L.P., a continuation fund, created with Kensington Capital Partners Limited. The SPV holds investments in venture capital funds in Canada and the US.
On May 1, 2025, Kenco Canada Inc. completed its acquisition Drexel Industries’ third-party logistics business. The acquisition will expand Kenco’s Canadian presence.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2005 (ON)