Overview

“Dale is efficient, commercial and practical, and he provides exceptional client service. He has the highest capacity to digest, analyze, synthesize and communicate information and issues.”

Dale has gained the trust of clients – including private equity firms and their operating companies, institutional investors, and federal and provincial government departments and agencies – who rely on his ability to explain complex concepts simply and succinctly. Clients turn to Dale for his expertise in guiding them through the development and structuring of novel commercial arrangements.

Dale has extensive experience across diverse industries, including gambling, technology, nuclear, aerospace, pulp and paper, life sciences and manufacturing.

Dale is a member of the firm's Management Committee, the co-chair of the Talent Management Committee in our Toronto office and a member of our Innovation and Legal Technology Steering Committee. Dale is also a mentor to several students, associates and junior partners.

Acted for Marcal Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of Atlas Holdings LLC, in its acquisition of a tissue mill in St. Catharines, Ontario from BiOrigin Specialty Products.

Acted for Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), a Crown agency of the Province of Ontario, on a nearly 20 year Casino Operating and Services Agreement (COSA) with Caesars Entertainment Windsor Limited for the Windsor casino, the final transaction in OLG’s Land based Gaming modernization initiative.

Acted for Crown Paper Group on the C$65.5-million bolt-on acquisition of Cascades Inc.'s corrugated packaging plant in Richmond, British Columbia.

Acted for OMERS Life Sciences in its US$400-million acquisition from Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. of an additional 25% of royalties on net sales of Crysvita® (burosumab) in Canada and the United States beginning January 1, 2028, and the right to continue to receive 30% of royalties on Crysvita® net sales in Canada and the United States following the achievement of the 2022 royalty purchase transaction’s cap.

Practice Areas

• Corporate & Commercial Law
• Securities

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2003 (ON)