Biography: Capital Markets

Martin E Kovnats is a member of the Aird & Berlis LLP corporate finance group and private equity and venture capital team. Martin is chair of the firm's mergers and acquisitions team and co-chair of the international team. He practises primarily in the areas of merger and acquisition activities, takeover bids, public and private debt and equity financings, and other corporate commercial matters. Martin has extensive experience in cross-border and multinational matters abroad (principally in the US and the UK), advising clients (buyers, sellers, financiers and advisers) on various roles in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance matters.

Martin has lectured at a number of professional seminars and is frequently interviewed by leading industry publications on mergers, acquisitions, securities, corporate commercial law and cross-border issues. He has also written articles on acquisitions, equity investments and securities laws. Martin is a past member of the Securities Advisory Committee, a committee appointed by the Ontario Securities Commission to advise on policy and regulation.

Martin received his LLB in 1975 from the University of Manitoba. He was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1976 and the Ontario Bar in 1979.