M. Craig G. Brown

Craig Brown is a partner and Chairman of the firm's Private Equity Group and an active member of several other practice groups including Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions and Investment Funds.

Craig carries on an active transaction-oriented practice with a special focus on advising high-growth Canadian mid market companies with a global outlook, as well as several of the leading investment dealers, merchant banks and private equity funds that provide financing to them. His expertise is in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance in both the public and private market contexts. In addition to having extensive experience representing both issuers and agents/underwriters active in the Canadian financial markets, Craig also has experience acting for such clients active in the U.K. financial markets, particularly in connection with private and public financings and both primary and secondary listings on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Craig also works extensively with investment fund managers in the structuring and launching of new investment fund products, negotiating with third party service providers, and regularly advising with respect to unit holder communications, governance issues and regulatory compliance.

Prior to joining the firm in April, 2002, Craig was co chair of the technology group of another major Toronto law firm.

In 1994, Craig joined a leading Bermuda law firm where he practised as a corporate finance and hedge fund lawyer for two years before joining a Bermuda based investment fund management and administration company where he was President until 1998 when he returned to practise law in Toronto.

Craig is a director of several private and public companies and not for profit charitable organizations including Invest Toronto Corporation which was created by Toronto City Council in 2009 to engage the private sector in promoting the city internationally as an investment opportunity.

Selected Experience

• Starfield Resources closes over-subscribed $5.1 million private placement
• Centric Health Corporation establishes pharmacy division through $7 million acquisition of two Ontario pharmacies

News

• The Ottawa Citizen quotes Craig Brown about the potential for Indian businesses entering Canada
• Craig Brown is quoted in Business Standard about business opportunities for Indian investors and entrepreneurs in Canada

Publications

• Investing in Canada: Implications of recent amendments to the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act
• Canada's Foriegn Investors Face New Scrutiny

Presentations

• Succession Planning from a Legal Perspective
• Preparing a Company for the Private Equity Investor

Membership/Affiliations

• Secretary, Board of Directors of The Indus Entrepreneurs Toronto association (TiE Toronto)
• Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member, Bermuda Bar Association
• Member, Canadian Bar Association