Douglas Marshall

Douglas Marshall, Partner, Corporate

Contact Information

  • tel: 416.862.4218
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Areas of Expertise

Bar Admission

Ontario, 1989

Education

  • University of Toronto, LL.B.
  • University of Western Ontario, B.A.

Office

Toronto

Language(s)

English

Biography

Doug is Co-Chair of the Corporate Practice Group consisting of approximately 130 lawyers in our offices in Canada and New York practising in a number of different disciplines including Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance. He advises public and private companies on M&A, financing and corporate/governance matters. His M&A experience includes public take-over bids, share and asset acquisitions and divestitures, privatizations and corporate restructurings. His financing experience includes domestic and cross-border public and private offerings of equity and debt, initial public offerings and other securities offerings and monetizations. These transactions have involved the financial services, telecommunications, real estate, mining, technology, pharmaceutical, newspaper and media sectors. Doug has lectured on securities law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters at universities and private conferences. Doug is a former member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission.

Notable Matters

  • Royal Bank of Canada in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian automobile finance and deposit business of Ally Financial Inc.
  • Dundee Industrial REIT in connection with its acquisition of a portfolio of industrial properties and initial public offering.
  • Gazit America Inc. in connection with its privatization by Gazit-Globe Ltd. and sale of properties to First Capital Realty Inc.
  • Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its acquisition of Whiterock Real Estate Investment Trust
  • Dundee International Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its acquisition of an approximately $1 billion portfolio of real estate assets in Germany and $447.5 million initial public offering in Canada.
  • Bank of Montreal in connection with its acquisition of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation.
  • Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its acquisition of Realex Properties Corp.
  • Canwest Global Communications Corp. in connection with its restructuring.
  • RBC Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Scotia Capital and a syndicate of underwriters on the $4 billion offering of common shares by Barrick Gold Corporation, the largest bought deal equity offering in Canadian history.
  • Royal Bank of Canada on the acquisition of Rundle Energy Partners Ltd.
  • Royal Bank of Canada on the acquisition of Richardson Barr & Co.
  • Royal Bank of Canada on the acquisition of Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd.
  • CanWest Global Communications Corp. on the acquisition and reorganization of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
  • Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust on the sale of its Eastern portfolio of assets to GE Real Estate for $2.3 billion and concurrent redemption and transfer of 33.4 million outstanding REIT units at $47.50 per unit.
  • Hf. Eimskipafelag Islands on the acquisition by take-over bid of all of the issued and outstanding units of Versacold Income Fund.
  • Canwest Global Communications Corp. on the privatization of Canwest MediaWorks Income Fund.

Affiliations

  • Canadian Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Industry Recognition

  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2013: Corporate/M&A
  • Lexpert Leading US/Canada Cross Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2012: Corporate Finance and Securities
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2012: Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance & Securities; M&A
  • Who’s Who Legal Canada 2012: Capital Markets
  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013: Corporate Law

Publications/Events/Education

Pro Bono/Community Work

  • Branksome Hall, Board of Governors
  • Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, Sick Kids Leaders

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Douglas Marshall