Sarb is Managing Partner of Davies in Toronto. His practice is focused on private mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment transactions, fund formation, and debt and equity corporate finance. He has more than two decades of experience advising leading private equity firms and institutions on private fund formation, the creation of pooled investment vehicles and investment transactions – both in Canada and internationally. Sarb has extensive experience in fund formation and has advised on the formation of many of Canada’s leading private funds. Select Recognition: Chambers Canada; The Best Lawyers in Canada (Toronto Venture Capital Law Lawyer of the Year 2025 and Toronto Private Funds Law Lawyer of the Year 2023); Lexology Index; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance, M&A; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; IFLR100; Expert Guides —Private Equity.
On October 31, 2017, Neuberger Berman Group LLC (Neuberger), a global, independent, employee-owned investment manager, completed its acquisition of Breton Hill Capital Ltd. (Breton Hill), a Canadian investment firm managing approximately US$2 billion in client assets.
Western Forest Products Inc. (Western) and Brookfield Special Situations Management Limited (Brookfield), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, closed a $230 million bought deal secondary offering. The common shares were offered by way of a short form prospectus filed in all of the provinces of Canada pursuant to National Instrument 44-101 - Short Form Prospectus Distributions and in the United States pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act).
