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John Sandrelli's practice focuses on restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy matters.
He acts for companies in need of restructuring and for trustees, receivers, fi nancial
institutions, commercial lenders, noteholders and other creditors. He has extensive
experience with restructurings under both the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
and the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and has been involved in many real
estate and mining industry matters. He has an in-depth understanding of the United
States Bankruptcy Code in the context of cross-border cases. He regularly advises inter-
nationally based companies on lending and remedy issues in Canada and is o en retained
by other international law fi rms on Canadian bankruptcy issues. He has expertise in the
area of fraudulent transactions in the context of multi-jurisdictional insolvency cases
involving the coordination of foreign legal proceedings to eff ect recovery, and has been a
driving force in Canada with respect to developing joint insolvency protocols to harmo-
nize legal proceedings in the context of cross-border insolvencies.
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Senior partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Energy and Mining
practices. Practicing corporate and securities law with emphasis on M&A, corporate
fi nance, corporate governance and private equity. Lead counsel to both bidders and
target boards in many solicited and unsolicited public take-overs, cross-border mergers
and acquisitions and private-equity leveraged acquisitions, including some of Canada's
largest hostile acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. Also lead counsel in cross-border
public fi nancings and strategic investments. Recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers
Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business; ! e Legal 500: Canada; Who's Who
Legal: Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions; IFLR1000;
Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, M&A Lawyers and
Capital Markets Lawyers; Best Lawyers in Canada and as Best Lawyers' Toronto Mergers
& Acquisitions Law "Lawyer of the Year" 2013; ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
BA, LLB, MA, Cambridge University; BCL, LLB, McGill University. Called to Ontario
Bar in 1981.
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Practices corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&A. Represented TMX
Group, operator of the TSX, in its acquisition by Maple Group and its proposed merger
with LSE Group; Bank of Nova Scotia in its acquisition of Dundee Wealth; omson in
its acquisition of Reuters (Canada's fi rst dual-listed company structure); Sun Life in the
sale of its interest in CI; CTVglobemedia in its acquisition of CHUM; TSX Group in
its demutualization IPO; Sun Life in its acquisition of Clarica Life; and Sun Life in its
demutualization. Extensive experience acting for governments and government entities,
including in privatizations. Advised Minister of Finance (Canada) on national securi-
ties regulation (2009‒2014), Daniels Task Force and Government of Ontario on OSC
rule-making (1994) and OSC on regulations opening the Canadian securities industry
(1986–1987). Chair of the Board of e Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy omson
Hall, 2010–2013. AB, 1971, Princeton University; BLitt, 1974, Oxford University
(Rhodes Scholar); JD, 1978, Harvard University. Ontario Bar, 1980.
John R.
Sandrelli
Dentons
Canada LLP
Tel: (604) 443-7132
Fax: (604) 683-5214
Vancouver
William M.
Ainley
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 863-5509
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
Richard J.
Balfour
Torys LLP
Tel: (416) 865-7339
Fax: (416) 865-7380
Toronto
john.sandrelli@dentons.com
wainley@dwpv.com
rbalfour@torys.com
MERGERS
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