Andrew Grossman

Biography

Andrew Grossman practises corporate and securities law, focusing on mergers and acquisitions (public and private), corporate finance (including debt, equity and structured financial products), public companies, mining, energy/cleantech, corporate governance and private equity. He frequently acts as strategic counsel to corporations, financial institutions, investment dealers and private equity firms in Canada and abroad and has advised on numerous significant multiparty transactions (see Selected Client Work).

Mr. Grossman also has considerable experience in providing day-to-day advice to clients on all types of business and commercial matters and in assisting clients in major decisions affecting their businesses. He has a reputation for providing practical and well-reasoned advice, coupled with strong business knowledge and exceptional accessibility and responsiveness.

Year of Call

• Ontario Bar 2001

Law School

• LL.B./B.C.L., McGill University, 1999

EDUCATION

• B.A.(Hons.), International Political Science, Concordia University, 1994

Selected Client Work

Mr. Grossman's mandates have included representing:

• a major Canadian telecommunications company in a series of complex and significant multijurisdictional asset sale transactions
• a controlling unitholder of a Canadian transportation income fund in its successful $85 million takeover and going-private transaction
• a large consortium of Canadian utilities in their multimillion dollar purchase of "smart" meters and services from a multinational metering industry firm
• a consortium of leading private equity firms in their purchase, with management, of a multibillion dollar oil and gas income fund. Mr. Grossman has repeatedly acted for top private equity firms in their strategic M&A transactions and related financings
• a prominent mining company in its multimillion dollar cross-border public offering of units, including establishment of its universal base shelf prospectus program
• Canada's newest stock exchange in its corporate structuring and financing transactions
• a major international industrial company in the establishment and renewal of its multibillion dollar Canadian debt securities programs
• a leading Canadian retailer in its acquisitions of competing retail chains and an e-commerce business
• a major international renewable energy corporation in its acquisition of Canadian assets
• banks, financial institutions and underwriters in developing their structured financial products and related transactions, including a substantial income trust portfolio fund and various linked note products
• underwriters in a multimillion dollar public debt offering of a leading Canadian insurance company, and in numerous global debt offerings of Canadian provincial government bonds (representing in total more than $15 billion)
• a Canadian restaurant chain in its initial public offering through a royalty income fund structure
• a major Canadian airline in its corporate and financial restructuring and in the airline's successful defence of a proposed takeover
• a major aerospace corporation in its multimillion dollar public equity offering and other financing transactions, including foreign stock exchange listing
• an energy services corporation in its acquisition of complementary businesses and related financing transactions
• a leading international construction and engineering firm in its multibillion dollar acquisition of a Canadian-based competitor
• a Canadian mutual fund corporation in the strategic reorganization of its investment management business
• international telecommunications firms in their multibillion dollar acquisitions of Canadian-based competitors

Publications

• Corporate Governance Report (Co-Editor-in-Chief), quarterly, LexisNexis® Butterworths.

Mr. Grossman is the author (or co-author) of several published articles on corporate and securities law matters, including:

• "So you want to get listed on CNSX," GoPublicInCanada.com, April 2009.
• "Conflicts of Interest, Independence and Disclosure Obligations Affecting Directors," Corporate Governance Report, October 2006.
• "Corporate Governance Initiatives of the CSA: What do Public Company Directors and Officers Need to Know?" Corporate Governance Report, June 2006.
• "Corporate Governance Disclosure, Bill 198 Compliance: A Few Things You Should Know," Inside Counsel, April 2006.
• "Corporate Governance," Canadian Securities Regulation (Chapter 21), 4th Edition, 2006.
• "CSA's Initiative on Regulation of Corporate Governance Marks a National Approach," The Lawyers Weekly, April 2005.
• "Corporate Governance in Canada: Recent Developments and Issues," The M&A Lawyer, 2005.
• "Corporate Governance Disclosure: A National Approach - Finally," Wall Street Lawyer, 2004.
• "Be Careful What You Say and to Whom You Say It: Proposal to Clarify Selective Disclosure Rules," Corporate Governance, 2002.
• "Alternative Trading Systems in Canada: Rules Set for Electronic Trading," Journal of International Financial Markets, 2002, 12th Annual Securities Super-Conference, 2002, and Wall Street Lawyer, 2001.

He was also the Executive Editor of the McGill Law Journal (1998-1999) and the Senior Editor of the Valuation Law Review (2001-2006).

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker on Corporate Governance Developments, Insight conferences, January 2006-2008.

Memberships and Activities

• Law Society of Upper Canada
• Canadian Bar Association
• American Bar Association