Sean Stevens is a partner in the Business Law section in the firm's Toronto office. He is engaged in a broad corporate/commercial practice with an emphasis on domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity transactions. Sean's clients include both public and private companies, merchant banks, private equity funds and boards of directors. Among other clients, Sean is the relationship partner for ArcelorMittal Dofasco, managing the firm's relationship with Canada's largest steel maker.
Sean has assisted clients in structuring, negotiating and completing acquisition and financing transactions and has been involved in the formation of private equity funds and investments by those funds. Sean has acted for both vendors and purchasers in asset and share purchases in a wide range of industries including communications, energy, manufacturing, chemicals, financial services and mining, to name a few. He has also acted for issuers and underwriters in a variety of securities transactions including public offerings, private placements and take-over bids, both solicited and unsolicited.
Sean has played a significant role in numerous significant M&A transactions including the US $7.4 billion sale of Chrysler by Daimler A.G., the $5.6 billion acquisition of Dofasco by ArcelorMittal, the $1.7 billion acquisition of CHUM Limited by CTVglobemedia, the $375 million purchase of CityTV by Rogers and the merger of Northland Power Income Fund and Northland Power Inc., to name a few.
Sean is currently a Vice Chair for the Ontario region Business Law section and Chair of the Toronto office's Student Committee.
Membership/Affiliations
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Chair, Fasken Martineau Student Development Committee