40 King St W, Suite 6600, Scotia Plaza, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1987 (ON)
Lawrence Wilder is an experienced corporate and securities counsel who advises entrepreneurs and assists them in achieving their business objectives. His advice focuses upon successfully navigating all stages of business development, from the initial equity funding to initial public offerings, merger and acquisition transactions and other liquidity events. Lawrence’s securities practice encompasses all aspects of corporate finance as well as providing sound counsel to public company special committees on corporate governance and securities law compliance in the context of complex transactions. In addition, Lawrence has advised on a number of special situation mandates including proxy contests where he has represented shareholder groups effecting change at the Board level as well as target Boards managing such challenges. Lawrence has a busy and expanding private equity practice, acting for global private equity funds, as well as institutional investors and their investee companies in a wide variety of industries. Lawrence has showcased his knowledge and experience in speaking engagements at various venues both in Canada and internationally.
Digital Colony, a global investment firm dedicated to strategic opportunities in digital infrastructure, announced the completion of their purchase of Cogeco Peer 1, a leading provider of colocation, network connectivity and managed services, from Cogeco Communications Inc. (TSX: CCA) for $720 million to create a standalone business under a new brand.
Canaccord Genuity Acquisition Corp. (TSX: CGAC.UN, CGAC.WT) (CGAC), a special purpose acquisition corporation, completed its qualifying acquisition and merged with Spark Power Corp. (Spark Power). CGAC was renamed Spark Power Group Inc. (the Company). The qualifying acquisition had no redemptions.
On January 3, 2017, Acasta Enterprises Inc. (“Acasta”) completed its $1.2-billion qualifying acquisition of Apollo Health & Beauty Care Partnership (“Apollo”) and JemPak Corporation (“JemPak”), two of North America’s leading private-label consumer staples businesses, and Stellwagen Group (“Stellwagen”), a best-in-class commercial aviation finance advisory and asset management business, based in Ireland and the United States. Concurrent with closing, Acasta completed ...
In Canada’s largest M&A transaction of 2014, US-based Burger King Worldwide Inc. acquired Tim Hortons Inc. in a $12.5-billion deal that created a global powerhouse quick service restaurant company based in Canada. Combined, the company now has more than 18,000 restaurants in 100 countries.
