Profile: Stephen H Halperin
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Law Firm: | Goodmans LLP |
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| Office: |
Goodmans LLP 250 Yonge Street Suite 2400 M5B 2M6 |
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| City: | Toronto | |
| State: | Ontario | |
| Country: | Canada | |
| Tel: | +1 416 597 4115 | |
| Fax: | +1 416 979 1234 | |
| Email: | shalperin@goodmans.ca |
Capital Markets
Biography: Capital Markets
Stephen Halperin is a partner, member of Goodmans' executive committee and co-chair of its corporate and securities practice group. Representative clients and transactions include: Abitibi-Consolidated in its C$7.1 billion acquisition of Donohue; Mackenzie Financial in the successful defence of CI Fund Management's hostile takeover bid and subsequent C$4.2 billion friendly bid for Mackenzie by Investors Group; Barclay Brothers in its bid for Hollinger; Coeur d'Alene Mines in its unsolicited bid for Wheaton River; Royal Group Technologies in response to Cerberus' unsolicited proposal and C$1.7 billion sale to Georgia Gulf; Fortress in its US$2.8 billion acquisition of Intrawest; Hummingbird in its C$500 million acquisition by Open Text; Avion Group in its successful, unsolicited C$600 million acquisition of Atlas Cold Storage; KCP Income Fund in its C$800 million acquisition by Caxton-Iseman and Norilsk Nickel in its successful, unsolicited C$6.8 billion acquisition of LionOre Mining.He is a past member of the securities advisory committee of the Ontario Securities Commission, and a member of the Commission's senior securities lawyers advisory group. He taught Advanced Corporate and Securities Law at the University of Toronto Law School from 1992 to 1999.
Chambers Global ranks Steve as one of four Canadians with the "star performer" (highest) rating for corporate and M&A, and he was named one of the top 25 capital markets lawyers in the world in Euromoney's 'Best of the Best'. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada and is also consistently ranked as a leading corporate finance, corporate governance and M&A practitioner in survey-based publications worldwide.
Steve is a member of the bars of, and has practised in, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions
Steve Halperin is a partner, an executive committee member and co-chair of Goodmans' corporate and securities practice group. He has extensive experience in transactional corporate and securities law, with an expertise in domestic and international corporate finance, M&A and corporate governance.Steve has represented Diamond Fields Resources in a contest for control between Inco and Falconbridge; Schneider Corp, in a hostile bid by Maple Leaf Foods and sale to Smithfield; Abitibi-Consolidated in a bid for Avenor and negotiated acquisition of Donohue; Mackenzie Financial, in response to CI Fund Management's hostile bid and subsequent negotiated sale to Investors Group; Barclay Brothers in a bid for Hollinger; Coeur d'Alene Mines' in its unsolicited bid for Wheaton River; Royal Group Technologies in response to Cerberus' unsolicited proposal and sale to Georgia Gulf; Fortress in its acquisition of Intrawest; Hummingbird Ltd in its acquisition by Open Text; and Avion Group in its acquisition of Atlas Cold Storage.
Steve is one of four Canadians designated as a 'star individual' (highest rating) in Corporate/M&A in the 2006 Chambers Global and he was named one of the top 25 capital markets lawyers in the world in Euromoney's 'The Best of the Best'. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada and also consistently ranked as a leading corporate finance, corporate governance and M&A practitioner in survey-based publications worldwide.
Steve is a member of the Bars of Quebec, Alberta and Ontario. He is a past member of the securities advisory committee at the Ontario Securities Commission. He was an adjunct professor of law at the University of Toronto Law School (Advanced Corporate and Securities Law) from 1993 to 1999.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.
Other Practice Areas
Additional Practice Areas
Stephen H Halperin is recommended in the following additional areas: