Lawyer Profile
Richard Turner
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Richard's practice primarily focuses on acting for clients in public and private merger and acquisition transactions and in public offerings of debt and equity.
He has acted on both the buyside and sellside of M&A matters, as well as for special committees, significant securityholders and investment banks in the M&A context. His experience includes advising private equity funds and pension funds on M&A matters and both issuers and underwriters on public offerings. Richard has also advised on contested proxy battles, as well as continuous disclosure and corporate governance related matters.
Richard has a deep understanding of the Canadian public M&A market for both friendly and unsolicited transactions. He is one of the driving forces behind the Blakes Public M&A Deal Study, which is produced by the firm each year and is a go-to resource for buyers, sellers and investment banks involved in Canadian public merger & acquisition transactions. His transactional experience and work with the study gives him both practical and data-driven insight into the Canadian M&A market.
Richard has experience working on files in a wide range of industries, including mining, aviation/aerospace, power generation, technology, hospitality, financial services and cannabis, among others.
Rupert Resources Ltd. on its C$2.9-billion acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Mubadala Capital, the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, on its C$4.7-billion acquisition of CI Financial Corp.
Turquoise Hill Resources Limited, owner of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, on its C$4.3-billion going private acquisition by its controlling shareholder Rio Tinto plc
The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of GCM Mining Corp. on its related party privatization of Aris Gold Corporation
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2007 (ON)