Sean S. Stevens

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 mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt and equity financings. He has assisted both public and private companies 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, manufacturing, chemicals, financial services and mining to name a few. He has also acted for lenders and borrowers in complex loan transactions and has 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 played a significant role in acting for clients in 3 of the Top 10 Corporate Deals in 2006, as reported in the January 2007 issue of Lexpert, Canada's leading legal industry publication.

Selected Experience

• Jaguar Financial agrees to support Gerber Scientific’s acquisition of Virtek
• Northland Power completes Jardin d'Eole wind project financing

News

• Quebec Court of Appeal hands major victory to Bell Canada debenture holders contesting fairness of BCE buyout

Publications

• Outsourcing Transactions: A Practical Guide
• Minister of Finance announces decision to postpone issuing advance tax rulings on income trusts pending outcome of consultations

Presentations

• Converting the Business Deal into a Legal Agreement
• Legal Opinions in Commercial Transactions

Membership/Affiliations

• Ontario Bar Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• Fasken Martineau Student Development Committee