anthony milazzo

ANTHONY MILAZZO
Associé
T 416.367.6666
F 416.361.2704
Toronto
[email protected]
Droit des affaires et droit des sociétés
Sociétés fermées
Achat et vente d'une entreprise
Capital d'investissement
Capital de risque
Financement des entreprises et valeurs mobilières
Sciences de la vie
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, Queen's University, 1995
Anthony Milazzo is a partner in our Corporate Commercial Group in Toronto, an
experienced business transactions lawyer and a trusted legal advisor to his clients,
which operate across a spectrum of industries and range from emerging companies to
market leaders. Anthony focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border private
mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, private equity and venture capital investments,
strategic alliances, corporate reorganizations and financings. He provides buy-side and
sell-side transactional as well as corporate and commercial advice to domestic and
foreign clients, and has represented clients in a wide array of industries, including
technology, manufacturing, financial services, insurance, energy, health care and retail. Anthony is thoroughly familiar with the business and legal challenges regularly faced by
emerging and established technology companies.
BA.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering,
University of Toronto, 1989
Ontario, 1997
Activités professionnelles
Adjunct Professor, Ontario Faculty of
Law, Winter 2011
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Ontario Bar Association,
Information Technology and Ecommerce Section
Member, American Bar Association;
Member, Negotiated Acquisitions
Committee; Participant, Judicial
Interpretations, Market Trends,
International M&A and Private Equity
M&A Working Groups
Activités communautaires
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Advising Tender Choice Foods Inc. in connection with its sale to Blue Goose Pure Foods Ltd of its secondary meat processing business.
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Advising Concentra Financial Services Association in connection with its joint
acquisition with Financeit Canada Inc. of TD Bank's indirect home
improvement financing business including assets having a book value of $339
million.
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Advising Co-operators Financial Services Limited in connection with its
purchase of a majority interest in The Edge Benefits Inc., a seller and
administrator of group and individual life, disability, critical illness, travel and
accident insurance.
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Advising Co-operators Life Insurance Co. with its acquisition by assumption
reinsurance of certain Canadian critical illness and disability insurance policies
underwritten by RBC Life Insurance Co.
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Advising Fluidigm Corporation in connection with its cross-border acquisition of
DVS Sciences Inc., a biotechnology company with operations in California,
Ontario and the U.K.
Participant, The Enbridge Ride to
Conquer Cancer, 2011 and 2012
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Advising Scepter Corporation in connection with its Canadian and US sale of
its portable fuel containers and moulded plastics manufacturing business to
Myers Industries, Inc.
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Advising Harbinger Capital in connection with various investments in Asian
Coast Development (Canada) Ltd.
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Advising Scepter Corp. in connection with its distressed acquisition of certain
US assets and facilities of Blitz USA.
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Advising an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. in connection with
the Canadian aspects of its purchase of the Capsugel business of Pfizer Inc.
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Advising CSRI, as principal shareholder, in connection with the merger of CSR
(parent of XM Canada) and Sirius Canada.
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Advising Richardson Electronics Canada Ltd. in connection with its sale of its
Canadian RF, wireless and power division to a Canadian subsidiary of Arrow
Electronics Inc.
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Advising Oliver & Bonacini in connection with its joint venture with Compass
Group Canada for the provision of fine dining and retail food services to
Hudson's Bay.
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Advising Bump Technologies in connection with its sale to Google
International.
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Advising Kensington Capital Partners in connection with various investments
by its managed funds in other leading private equity funds.
Corporate and Commercial
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Advising Mobilicity in connection with various corporate and commercial
matters.
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Advising Hayward Industries, Inc. and Hayward Pool Products Canada in
connection with various corporate and commercial matters and certain
financings.
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Mergers & Acquisitions (cont.)
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Advising Scotiabank in connection with outsourcing of certain ABM managed
services.
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Advising a major Canadian bank in connection with its sale of its ownership of
a mortgage origination and servicing company.
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Advising Hayward Industries in its acquisition of Les Thermopompes Summit
Inc., a Québec-based heat pump manufacturer.
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Advising Kendle International in its acquisition of Decision Line Clinical
Research Corporation, a Toronto-based Phase I clinical research organization.
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Advising vendors of Net Integration in connection with its acquisition by plan of
arrangement by IBM Canada.
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Advising Borealis Infrastructure in its acquisition of the laboratory diagnostics
businesses of MDS Inc. and Stirrat Laboratories, respectively, as well as a
controlling interest in Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories.
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Advising Arcelor in its acquisition of Dofasco.
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Advising CA Inc. in its acquisition of Cybermation.
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Advising SupportSoft in its acquisition of Core Networks.
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Advising Penhold and other vendors in their sale to EPCOR Power LP
(formerly TransCanada Power LP) of hydroelectric generating facilities.
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Advising ADM Agri Industries in its sale of Five Roses to Smucker Foods of
Canada and its sale of its Canadian edible beans business to Noble Grain.
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Advising a US manufacturer of flexible packaging and specialty films in
connection with its acquisition of several Canadian and US businesses
pursuant to a cross-border stalking-horse bid procedure.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Co-Author, "The Role of Fairness Opinions in the Approval of Plans of
Arrangement: Indicia of Transaction Fairness or Inadmissible Evidence?"
International Corporate Rescue, 2014.
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Author, Share Acquisition Documents, Practical Law's Private Acquisitions
Multi-Jurisdictional Guide – Country Commentary – Canada, Thomson Reuters
2014.
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Author, "Material Adverse Change Provisions in Acquisition Agreements,"
paper delivered to the Judicial Interpretations Working Group of the Committee
of Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
(ABA), August 2011 (with N. Guthrie and K. Galpern).
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Issue Leader and Co-Presenter, "Canadian Private Target Mergers &
Acquisitions Deal Points Study," Mergers & Acquisitions Market Trends
Subcommittee of the M&A Committee of the American Bar Association, 2012,
2010 and 2008 editions.
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Author, "PLC's 2010/2011 International Acquisitions Practice Guidelines,"
Canadian Chapter – Share Acquisitions, Practical Law Company, 2010/2011.
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Co-Presenter, "Don't Fall at the First Cross-Border Hurdle – Preliminary
Agreements in Cross-Border M&A," Annual Meeting of the Business Law
Section in , International M&A Subcommittee, August 2009.
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Author, "Commission overrules Toronto Stock Exchange in HudBay," The
Lawyers Weekly, July 2009.
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Author, "Recent M&A Developments in Light of the Current Market Turmoil,"
International Law Office, May 2009 (with N. Cartel).
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Co-Presenter, "What are Today's Trends in Hotly Negotiated Deal Points?"
Canadian Institute Securities SuperConference, January 2009.
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Author, "M&A Due Diligence," Counsel to Counsel Magazine, January 2007.
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Author, "Risk Management in Outsourcing Transactions," paper delivered at a
workshop, Legal Strategies In Outsourcing Conference, Federated Press,
February 2004 (with D. Card). Also served as Chair of this conference.

Speaker, "Down Round Financing: Legal Implications of Lower Valuations and
Tougher Deal Terms in Private Equity Finance," The Sixth Quarterly IT.Can
Roundtable, March 2003 (with B. Ludmer).
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS
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Recognized in the 2016 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
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(Corporate Commercial Law).
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Recognized in the 2014 edition of the Lexpert®//American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada® (Corporate Mid-Market).
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Recognized in the 2016 edition (and since 2011) of The Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory (Corporate Mid-Market).
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Martindale-Hubbell® BV® Distinguished™ 4.1 out of 5 Peer Review Rated.
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