Lawyer Profile
John Leopardi
Montréal, Québec
Overview
John's practice includes all aspects of Canadian domestic and international income tax law, with a particular emphasis on Canadian corporate taxation in respect of mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, pension fund investment, corporate reorganizations and structuring Canadian inbound and outbound investments. John also advises domestic and foreign entities operating in the resource industry, including in respect of public and private financings structured to take advantage of Canadian and Quebec resource tax incentives.
John's practice also includes representing taxpayers throughout tax audits and disputes at all the stages in the Canadian federal and Quebec tax appeal process.
Canada Growth Fund Inc. in its equity investment to finance the Small Modular Reactors project to be constructed at the Darlington New Nuclear Project, majority owned and operated by Ontario Power Generation Inc., a first among G7 nations
Valsoft Corporation Inc.'s Alberta-based affiliate, in its statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) pursuant to which such affiliate acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Quorum Information Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: QIS) at a price of C$0.80 per share in cash
H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of 4Refuel, a market leader in Mobile On-Site Refueling (MOR) services, from Finning International Inc. (TSX: FTT) for a purchase price of up to C$400-million
Valsoft Corporation in respect of a US$150-million equity investment by Portage Capital Solutions, an equity arm of Power Corporation's Sagard alternative asset-management business, Viking Global Investors, a large U.S. fund-management, and Toronto-based Propelr Growth
H.I.G. Capital in its sale of Biovectra for US$925-million to U.S. listed company Agilent Technologies
Saint-Gobain in the C$880-million acquisition of The Bailey Group of Companies, a leading manufacturer of metal building solutions in Canada
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1998 (QC); 1997 (NY)