Lawyer Profile
Guy Berman
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
With sophisticated deal acumen and deep industry experience, Guy advises some of Canada’s highest-profile private equity firms, pension funds and other institutional investors in all aspects of their investment activities.
Guy’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. Co-head of Torys’ Direct Investment practice, Guy regularly helps clients in executing their transactional and investment work, including management and leveraged buyouts, majority and minority equity investments, divestitures, joint ventures, co-investments, shareholders arrangements, and fund and transaction structuring. Guy also advises Canadian pension funds and financial institutions on complex and cross-border matters.
One client characterised him as ‘very responsive and detail-oriented,’ while another said he is ‘very commercial and strategic in his thinking.’’
Torys acted as counsel to TorQuest Partners in its sale of Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd. to Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Birch Hill in its acquisition of Rexall Pharmacy Group ULC, a Canadian pharmacy and drugstore chain, and Well.ca, an e-commerce retailer specializing in health and wellness products, from McKesson Corporation
TorQuest Partners in its acquisition of Bad Boy Mowers, a manufacturer of zero turn lawn mowers for commercial and residential uses, with The Sterling Group
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2002 (ON)