Stephen John Suarez is a lawyer practicing corporate tax, tax litigation and dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions and 10 other areas of law. Stephen received a M.B.A. degree from Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario in 1994, and has been licensed for 36 years. Stephen practices at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto, ON.
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Practice Details
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Firm InformationPositionPartnerFirm NameBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesRepresentative Work: Atlas Copco AB on its divisive reorganization
spin-out of Epiroc AB
HollyFrontier Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc. from Suncor Energy
Health Care REIT in connection with its $1-billion acquisition of HealthLease Properties REIT
Ridley Inc. in its acquisition by way of plan of arrangement by Alltech, Inc.
Cynapsus Therapeutics Inc. in connection with its going private transaction by way of plan of arrangement involving Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
The DOW Chemical Company in connection with the sale of its ownership interest in MEGlobal to EQUATE Petrochemical Company K.S.C. (EQUATE).
JLL Partners in connection with its acquisition of Patheon Inc.
concurrent combination with Royal DSM
Agents (co-led by RBC Capital Markets
TD Securities Inc.) in the offering of senior unsecured debentures, Series G of Cameco Corporation
George Weston Limited in connection with its issuance of senior unsecured notes
Dominion Diamond Corporation (formerly Harry Winston Diamond Corporation) in connection with its acquisition of the Ekati diamond mine from BHP Billiton Canada Inc.
Parrish & Heimbecker Limited in its acquisitions of Weyburn Inl
Terminal Ltd., Thirdcoast Limited
Dover Industries Limited
Softchoice Corporation in connection with its going private transaction by way of plan of arrangement involving Birch Hill Equity Partners
North American Energy Partners Inc. in connection with the sale of its piling division to Keller Group Plc
Eldorado Gold Corporation in its acquisition of European Goldfields Limited
London Stock Exchange Group PLC in its proposed merger of equals with TMX Group Inc.
Inco Limited on its proposed merger with Phelps Dodge Corporation
subsequent acquisition by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
Placer Dome Inc. in the unsolicited offer by Barrick Gold Corporation
resulting negotiated merger
BCE Inc. in the formation of Bell Globemedia with The Thomson Corporation
The Woodbridge Company Limited
Adolph Coors Company on its merger with Molson Inc.
Walter Energy, Inc. in its acquisition of Western Coal Corp.
The Seagram Company Ltd. in its acquisition by Vivendi
Magna International in the going private transactions of its publicly traded subsidiaries, Tesma, Decoma
Intier Automotive,
in its spin-out of MI Developments Ltd.
CanWest Global Communications Corp. in its acquisition of Alliance Atlantis Inc.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1990, Ontario
1993, New York
1994, Solicitor, England and Wales
MembershipsProfessional Involvement
•Councillor, Canadian Branch of International Fiscal Association
•Co-Chair, Toronto Centre Canada Revenue Agency & Tax Professionals Consultation Group
•Special Advisor, Mining Association of Canada, Taxation Committee
•Member, Executive Committee, Management & Economics Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
•Chair, Tax Section, Ontario Bar Association, 1999-2000
•Member, Canadian Bar Association-Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Joint Committee on Taxation, 2000-04 -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Toronto
Class of 1988
J.D.
Other EducationIvey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
Class of 1994
M.B.A.
Stephen John Suarez
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower22 Adelaide Street West, Suite 3400Toronto, ON M5H 4E3Canada