Lawyer Profile
Kevin Rusli
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Kevin practises Canadian cross-border corporate and securities law and advises clients on market-leading transactions and regulatory developments. He has extensive experience of business issues and market practices across industries. Drawing on this knowledge, Kevin regularly acts as trusted legal adviser to numerous Canadian and U.S. investment dealers, private equity sponsors, asset managers, banks, credit unions, pension plans and corporations. He advises them on cross-border corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions matters, including leveraged buyouts, equity investments, co-investments, secondaries, restructurings and fund formation.
Kevin is regarded as a leading lawyer on the regulation, fund formation and registration of investment fund managers, portfolio advisers and dealers. He also has considerable experience in structuring fund platforms in Canada for both domestic and international sponsors.
Prior to assuming his role as Office Managing Partner of the New York office, Kevin was the Practice Group Leader of the Capital Markets group in Toronto.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company on its US$905-million sale of its off-the-road tire business to Yokohama Rubber Company
Sheridan Capital Partners on the cross-border acquisition and ultimate sale of Canadian Orthodontic Partners, including 69 locations nationally serving more than 30,000 active patients, to Pamlico Capital
CI Financial Corp. on its acquisition of Sentry Investments Inc. for C$780-million in cash and common shares of CI Financial Corp.
IMCD Group, a Netherlands-based public company, in connection with its cross-border acquisition of L.V. Lomas, a private Canadian and US specialty and ingredients distributor
Borealis Infrastructure and LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services in connection with LifeLabs' acquisition of CML Healthcare Inc., a transaction valued at C$1.22-billion
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2007 (ON)