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Grant McGlaughlin Toronto Lawyer

Grant E. McGlaughlin *

Partner | Co-Leader, Private Equity Fasken
Today’s business environment continues to be chaotic and increasingly challenging for clients to meet their strategic goals. With over 20 years of legal experience and a team built on deep expertise and global reach, we provide clarity, direction and structure to give clients the guidance and control to be successful.
Jurisdiction Ontario, 2000
Language(s) English
Office(s) Toronto
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Overview

Grant McGlaughlin is co-leader of the Private Equity Group and practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance, governance and sensitive and complex transactions. He provides superior service and legal advice to public and private issuers, underwriters and private equity funds in a broad range of industries including mining and natural resources, technology and industrial.

Grant has an extensive corporate practice providing general legal and strategic advice to corporate clients, their senior management and boards of directors with regard to many aspects of their business affairs, including regulatory compliance and governance, providing solutions to meet their business objectives and providing special committee advice. Grant has extensive experience with complex corporate transactions, including public offerings and private placements, insolvency-based transactions and reorganizations and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In 2011, Grant was appointed by the Ontario Securities Commission to the Securities Advisory Committee for a three-year term. The 12-member committee advises the Ontario Securities Commission on legislative and policy initiatives, and capital market trends.

Achievements

  • Recognized in Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law in Toronto, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 to 2026
  • Recognized in Corporate/Commercial in Ontario, Chambers Canada 2023 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as Repeatedly Recommended in Corporate Mid-Market, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2021 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as Consistently Recommended in Private Equity, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2021 to 2026
  • Recognized in Natural Resources Law in Toronto, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2020 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as Repeatedly Recommended in Corporate Finance & Securities and Mining, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2018 to 2026
  • Recognized in Mining Law in Toronto, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2018 to 2026
  • Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as Repeatedly Recommended in Mergers & Acquisitions, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2018 to 2026
  • Recognized for Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities Law in Toronto, The Best Lawyers in Canada 2015 to 2026
  • Recognized nationwide as Highly Regarded in M&A and Private Equity, IFLR 1000 2021 to 2025

Experience

  • Special Committee of independent trustees of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust review of strategic alternatives, [Deal - Special Committee of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust], Fasken advised the Special Committee of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust, with a team that included Grant McGlaughlin, Gesta Abols, George Soules and Barbara Clark (Capital Markets and M&A).
  • North American Construction Group Ltd. announces closing of private placement offering of additional $125 million senior unsecured notes, [Deal - North American Construction Group Ltd.], Private placement offering of senior unsecured notes by a premier provider of heavy civil construction and mining services in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.
  • Banyan Capital Partners’ Oakcreek Golf & Turf acquires substantially all of the assets of Pattlen Enterprises, [Deal - Oakcreek Golf & Turf GP Inc.], Private equity-backed industry leader in golf and turf equipment distribution acquires premier American distributor of turf, irrigation, and outdoor power equipment.
  • North American Construction Group Ltd. announces closing of private placement offering of $225 million senior unsecured notes, [Deal - North American Construction Group], Private placement offering of senior unsecured notes by a premier provider of heavy civil construction and mining services in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.
  • Forum’s C$1.7 billion combination with Alignvest Student Housing, [Deal - Forum Asset Management Inc. and Forum Real Estate Income and Impact Fund], Real estate and private equity focused asset manager completes significant acquisition to create leading owner/provider of purpose-built student accommodations in Canada.
  • A syndicate led by Eira Thomas completes acquisition of Clara Rough Diamond Sales Platform, [Deal - Eira Thomas], On October 4, 2024, a syndicate led by Eira Thomas and HRA Group of Companies (the “Syndicate”) completed an acquisition of Clara Rough Diamond Sales Platform, a rough diamond digital marketplace (the “Platform”) from Lucara Diamond Corp (“Lucara”).  Under the terms of the agreement, the Syndicat...
  • Altair Engineering Inc., acquires Metrics Design Automation Inc., to expand its business footprint to the electronic design automation industry, [Deal - Altair Engineering Inc.], American multinational information technology company acquires automation simulation as a service solution.
  • The Sarjeant Company Limited completes acquisition of Northern Ontario assets from Superior Propane, [Deal - The Sarjeant Company Limited], Leading Canadian construction and energy solutions provider acquires Northern Ontario assets from Canada’s largest propane distributor.
  • Star Royalties Ltd. closes strategic investment by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its subsidiary, Green Star Royalties Ltd., [Deal - Star Royalties Ltd.], Global leader in the business of gold mining invests in carbon credit royalty and streaming company.

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB Osgoode Hall Law School at York University
  • BB.A (Hons) University of Regina

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Law Society of Alberta
  • Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

Knowledge

  • Continuation Vehicles in Private Equity: U.S. Dispute Shines a Spotlight on Process, 1/15/2026
  • It’s Not a Bug, It’s Innovation: Why Criticism of Private Equity’s Use of Continuation Vehicles Is Wrong, 12/16/2025
  • Fasken Authors the Chambers Private Equity 2025 Canada Guide, 9/23/2025
  • Fasken’s Guide to Earnouts in Private M&A, 4/1/2025
  • How the Moelis DGCL Amendments Moved Delaware and Canada (a Little) Closer Together: What U.S. Private Equity and Venture Capital Should Know, 2/26/2025
  • Fasken’s 2025 M&A Forecast, 1/7/2025
  • Private Equity Can Help Solve Canada’s Productivity Crisis, 4/10/2024
  • Can “Superstar” CEOs Actually Be Awarded “Supersized” Pay Packages? Takeaways From Tornetta v Musk, 4/4/2024
  • Antitrust Issues in Canadian Private Equity, 3/15/2024
  • Antitrust Issues in Canadian Private Equity, 1/30/2024

Events

  • Indigenous Equity Participation as a “Gold Standard” in ESG, 6/17/2021
  • Proxy Season Preview: Recent Developments in Corporate Governance and the Importance of ESG Considerations, 1/14/2021
  • Mine Financing in the Current Environment, 6/8/2020
  • Business and Legal Roundtable: Updates and Trends for the Canadian Market - COVID-19 and Beyond, 5/27/2020
  • M&A in the Context of COVID-19, 4/16/2020

News

  • Grant McGlaughlin and Kareen Zimmer discuss Ontario’s plan to expand retail investor access to PE in an op‑ed published in The Globe and Mail, 2/19/2026
  • The Globe and Mail quotes Grant McGlaughlin in an article on federal government hiking capital-gains taxes, 4/17/2024
  • Canadian M&A in 2023 – A Forecast, 12/12/2022
  • The Globe and Mail quotes Grant McGlaughlin in an article on summer share offerings, 8/10/2022
  • The Globe and Mail quotes Fasken Lawyers in an article on PIPEs, 3/7/2022
  • Reuters quotes Grant McGlaughlin in an article on real estate investments from Canadian pension funds, 1/21/2021
  • Mergermarket.com quotes Gesta Abols in an article about how Canadian companies could be the answer for pandemic wary buyers, 1/14/2021
  • Canadian Lawyer Magazine quotes Grant McGlaughlin and John Turner in an article on Firm M&A activity in second half of 2020, 12/9/2020
  • Canadian Lawyer Magazine quotes Grant McGlaughlin and Gesta Abols in an article on Private Investments in Public Equity deals, 8/4/2020
  • The M&A Lawyer quotes Grant McGlaughlin in an article about the first weeks of the Covid-19 crisis, 4/1/2020

Publications

  • What Private Equity Can Learn From Shareholder Activism - And Vice Versa?, 1/24/2023
  • Chambers Global Practice Guides - Private Equity 2022, 12/31/2022
  • (Quoted) Government Bills and Orders Second Reading – Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021, 11/23/2021
  • Legal 500 Private Equity (2nd Edition) Country Comparative Guide, 1/15/2020
  • Deal Trends in Canadian Private Equity, 12/13/2019
  • Corporate Governance Report, Poison Pills in Canada: Time to Pave a new Path Forward, 3/1/2018
  • New takeover bid rules take effect in Canada, 5/1/2016
  • Takeovers Get a Makeover – A Guide to the New Takeover Bid Regime in Canada, 3/1/2016
  • Takeovers Get a Makeover - A Guide to the New Takeover Bid Regime in Canada, 3/1/2016
  • The Fight for the Right… to Be Forgotten Online, 7/14/2014

Speaking Engagements

  • 2024 Canadian M&A Outlook, 1/17/2024
  • Mining M&A and Consolidation Trends, 4/30/2018
  • Exploration and mining financing – Part Three: Streams & royalties – outlook for alternative financing, 3/6/2018
  • Corporate Finance Update, 11/16/2017
  • Restructuring Mining Companies: A Second Chance for Success, 5/1/2017
  • YPO/NAO-Ontario Investors Event, 6/8/2016
  • New capital raising exemptions, 11/12/2015
  • Compliance Project Development and the Capital Markets, 1/29/2014
  • Shareholders and Partnership Agreements, 12/2/2013
  • Meeting the Regulatory Demands of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act for Canadian and Cross-Listed Companies, 10/24/2012