Lawyer Profile
Jake J. Gilbert
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Jake advises domestic and international clients, both public and private, on a full range of business matters, including cross-border and Canadian mergers and acquisitions.
Jake's primary areas of focus are financial services (including banking, credit cards, loyalty, brokerages, insurance, mutual funds and wealth management) and software companies. He also advises clients on deals and commercial arrangements in the consumer goods, pharma and manufacturing sectors.
Scotiabank on the establishment of its joint venture with Cineplex, Canada's largest movie theatre chain, and Empire, one of Canada's largest grocery retailers, and the launch and expansion of the Scene+ national loyalty program
HUB International Limited on various acquisitions in the insurance brokerage and benefits consulting space, including the acquisition of Integro (Canada) Ltd., Cypher Systems Group Inc., Proteus Performance Management Inc., the Canadian benefits consulting business of Morneau Shepell Ltd., H.W. Hollinger and Seymour Alper
Industrial Alliance Financial Services Inc. on the sale of its subsidiary, iA Investment Counsel Inc. (operating under the brands T.E. Wealth and Leon Frazer & Associate), to Canadian Western Bank and the sale of its interest in Forstrong Global Asset Management Inc.
A shareholder of Canada Protection Plan on the sale of its life insurance distribution business to Foresters Financial
FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. on the acquisition of Associated Foreign Exchange, Inc. (AFEX), a cross-border payment solutions provider, and Cambridge Mercantile Corp., a business-to-business payments company, for approximately US$650-million
Global Payments Inc. on its acquisition of the merchant acquiring business and portfolio of 40,000 merchants of Desjardins Group
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2002 (ON)