Lawyer Profile
John E. Emanoilidis
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions and other significant corporate matters across industries, John is co-head of the firm’s M&A Practice and is widely recognized as one of Canada’s leading corporate and securities lawyers, with deep deal acumen and strong technical skill to advance clients’ business strategies.
John has a broad range of experience in complex M&A, transactional, securities, private equity, regulatory, governance, activism and compliance matters. With an international range of clients, John represents domestic and foreign acquirors, private equity sponsors, targets, special committees, boards of directors and investment banks in all aspects of M&A (both public and private), including hostile takeover bids, strategic review processes, spinoffs, proxy contests, going-private transactions, private equity transactions and negotiated acquisitions.
John regularly advises companies, directors and shareholders on corporate governance, crisis management, activism, compliance and other critical situations. He also has extensive experience in corporate finance transactions, representing issuers, underwriters and investors in domestic and international debt and equity public offerings and private placements.
Torys acted as counsel to Canadian Western Bank in its C$5.3 billion sale to National Bank of Canada, one of the six largest banks in Canada
Torys acted as counsel to Rogers Control Trust in Rogers Communications Inc.’s C$26 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.
the special committee of Parkland Corporation in its US$9.1 billion sale to Sunoco LP
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
Mithaq Capital, as the largest shareholder of Aimia Inc., in connection with its proxy contest to nominate six directors for election at Aimia’s annual meeting of shareholders
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1999 (ON)