Executive Summary
Peter advises clients in connection with a wide range of matters, including the establishment and capitalization of private investment vehicles (including venture capital funds, mortgage funds, real estate funds and tax-structured funds), venture capital and private equity financings, business acquisitions and divestitures, corporate reorganizations and corporate governance. Peter has extensive experience dealing with complex corporate, partnership (limited and general) and trust structures in connection with the above referenced matters.
Peter’s business background, including undergraduate and graduate degrees specializing in corporate finance and 8+ years of working in the financial services industry, provides him with valuable insight into the practical business decisions facing his clients.
Peter is a senior member of the firm’s Securities and Corporate Finance and Business and Corporate Commercial practice groups and he is extensively involved in the firm’s Private Equity and Ventures Capital industry group initiatives. Peter acts as counsel for prominent Canada venture capital/private equity funds, mortgage funds, real estate funds and other institutional investors and lenders.
Expertise
- Business and Corporate Commercial
- Tax and Estate Planning
- Securities and Corporate Finance
- Venture Capital and Private Equity
Articles and Presentations
- Limited Partnership Agreements – An Overview – May 2023
- Note Alternative Securities – SAFEs/KISSs – April 2017
- Structural Elements of Private M&A Transactions – OBA - February 2016
- Preparing Your Client for Corporate Due Diligence – OBA – December 2008
- Capital Pool Company Program – TSX Venture Exchange – February 2006
- Canadian Venture Capital Landscape – November 2005
- Private Placement Exemptions Available to Market Participants in Ontario to be Amended … Again – May 2005
Articles
- Evolution of Shareholder Agreements - 11/28/2017
- Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance Issues - 11/12/2015
- Asset Acquisitions in Ontario - 9/26/2011
My Blog
- Evolution of the Shareholders’ Agreement in Canada - October 23, 2017
Professional Involvement
- Law Society of Ontario
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Canadian Venture Capital Association
Beyond the Office
- Long-serving board member and Vice President of the Juno Beach Centre Association, a Canadian registered charity which owns and operates the Juno Beach Centre, a Canadian WWII museum located in Courseulles-sur-mer, Normandy, France.
- Avid sports fan, particularly of the Toronto Raptors.
- Serial traveler who is planning the next trip during the current trip.