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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With keen business instincts, Shevaun is invested in clients’ success. A skilled negotiator with energy to spare, she gets the deal done.

Shevaun McGrath is a partner in the firm’s Toronto office and Co-Head of McCarthy Tétrault’s National Private Equity Group. She is also part of the firm’s Senior Leadership Team, as National Leader of Strategic Initiatives, focusing on delivering business solutions and enhancing our approach to evolving client needs.

An accomplished dealmaker, Shevaun was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada (2024) for her expertise in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. With a proven ability to assist clients with investment opportunities, and an instinct for negotiating the best outcomes, Shevaun takes a practical and business-driven approach to clients’ transactions. She advises domestic and foreign companies, both public and private, on their M&A, divesture and capital raising activities. In her private equity practice, Shevaun represents institutional investors in their primary, secondary and co-investments in alternative investment funds as well as sponsors in their fund formation matters.

Practice Areas

• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Securities

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2000 (ON); 2001 (NY)