Overview

Under the agreement of this take-private transaction worth C$9 billion, Boralex will continue to operate as an independent private company following closing.

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Pavan* is a Partner in our Business Law Group and also co-leads our U.S. Markets group. Pavan’s practice focuses on advising public and private companies and private equity firms on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities, corporate finance, venture capital and other corporate and commercial transactions. He represents clients in various industries, including technology, private equity, gaming and casinos, financial services, infrastructure, energy and mining, as well as in Indigenous economic development. He has been recognized nationally in Canada as a leading lawyer in his field in Chambers Canada, Lexpert’s Canadian Legal Directory, Lexpert Special Edition – Technology, Lexpert Special Edition –Global Mining, Lexpert Special Edition – Finance and M&A, Best Lawyers in Canada and Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyers as well as one of Canada’s leading lawyers under 40 in Lexpert Rising Stars: Canada’s Leading Lawyers Under 40.

Prior to joining McCarthy Tétrault, Pavan was a corporate lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, one of New York’s leading international law firms, where he was based in its New York office from 2008 to 2012 and its Hong Kong office from 2012 to 2014, while also spending considerable time working with its Silicon Valley Menlo Park office. Pavan is also a U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and was previously an auditor with KPMG LLP.

Pavan has advised on corporate transactions originating in over 25 countries across a number of continents, with a particular focus on Canada, the U.S., China, India and other parts of Asia. Landmark transactions he has previously advised on have included the largest ever public equity offering by a U.S. utility company (selected "Americas Equity Issue of the Year" by International Financing Review), the largest ever public equity offering by a U.S. oil and gas exploration and production company, the largest ever acquisition of a Canadian e-commerce company, the largest ever public-private partnership project in the U.S., one of the largest ever private equity acquisitions in India and one of the largest ever leveraged buyouts in the Philippines.

Practice Areas

• Corporate & Commercial Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2009 (NY); 2014 (BC)