On October 4, 2017, Gallagher Benefit Services (Canada) Group Inc., a subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), completed its acquisition of substantially all the assets of the DiBrina Group. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The DiBrina Group provides human resources, employee benefits, pension consulting and life insurance consulting and brokerage services to clients throughout Ontario. Headquartered in Sudbury, Ontario, the DiBrina Group also has offices in Toronto and New Liskeard, Ontario. "The DiBrina Group brings a unique mix of benefits and HR consulting capabilities to our existing Canadian operations by combining group benefits, group retirement, HR consulting and individual wealth management into one practice," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO.
AJG, an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has operations in 34 countries, and offers client service capabilities in more than 150 countries around the world through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
Fasken Martineau advised AJG in this transaction with a team led by Wojtek Baraniak (M&A/Corporate/Insurance Regulatory) that included: Tracy Hooey (Securities Regulatory); Garth Foster (Securities Regulatory); Justine Connors (M&A/Corporate, and on secondment to AJG); Jack Yu (M&A/Corporate); Markus Liik (M&A/Corporate); Alix Herber (Labour & Employment); Avneet Jaswal (Labour & Employment); and Simar Anand (Articling Student).
