Overview

“He’s been a great partner in terms of understanding our business. He stays very much in tune with us. He’s not so overprotective that I can’t manoeuvre, though – he’s fantastic.”

Canadian and international companies, both public and private, choose Cam to lead their mergers, acquisitions, private equity and venture capital deals, financings, joint ventures and information technology transactions. He is a trusted advisor to several Canadian and U.S. private equity firms, who regularly call him to guide their cross-border and international investments. Cam advises clients in a number of industries – including digital infrastructure, pharmaceutical, retail, healthcare and technology. He works closely with legal and business teams to offer advice tailored to clients’ unique needs and goals.

Cam chairs our Lawyer Evaluation Committee and is a mentor to many younger lawyers. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a frequent presenter to the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee.

Acted for Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLC on the acquisition by funds advised by Basalt of Go Lime Group Inc. and the concurrent acquisition of substantially all the assets of the Crown Crest Group of Companies (Simply Green), the latter completed via a court supervised sale process under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

Acted for CVC DIF in its acquisition of CARMA Corp., a Canadian submetering and essential building services platform, from TerraNova Partners.

Acted for Beanfield Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with the securitization of certain fibre network asset and related customer contracts through the private placement of C$565-million of secured fibre network funding notes.

Acted as Canadian counsel to Flex Ltd. in its US$325-million acquisition of Crown Technical Systems, a provider of integrated power distribution and protection systems.

Acted as Canadian counsel to WESCO Distribution Inc. in the US$350-million sale of its integrated supply business to Vallen Distribution, Inc., a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, LLC.

Practice Areas

• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Information Technology Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1990 (ON)