Bio

Brian Temins is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels, where he provides strategic and practical legal advice to clients on all elements of mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and corporate and commercial matters. His practice focuses primarily on a wide range of domestic and cross-border private M&A transactions — including share and asset purchases and sales, as well as business combinations through mergers and reorganizations — and all areas of corporate law from shareholder, partnership, and joint venture agreements to corporate governance. Brian also acts on a range of transactions throughout the private equity industry, from fund formation and fund raising, through acquisitions and recapitalizations to dispositions and exits, with an emphasis on growth-oriented businesses. Brian concentrates on acquiring a clear understanding of the client’s business objectives, and then creates solutions to achieve those objectives. This allows him to provide a thorough legal solution in all phases of a transaction, as well as advise on day-to-day business matters and long-term strategic goals. Brian has deep experience advising private companies on corporate governance issues and a range of commercial matters including acquisitions and divestitures, business structuring, supply, licensing and distribution agreements, outsourcing services agreements, regulatory compliance, and private equity investments including venture capital and financing arrangements. Brian regularly advises private equity funds such as Lynx Equity Ltd., The Shotgun Fund, FirePower Equity, and Area One Farms’ family of funds, as well as large Canadian, US & international companies and emerging companies, including numerous technology clients. He brings an owner’s mindset to some of the largest transactions to promote flexibility in deal structuring and provides in-depth buy-side legal support and flexible, adaptable, and practical solutions on a deal-to-deal basis to address the legal needs of both traditional and non-traditional private equity transactions. For example, as lead counsel to Lynx Equity Ltd. in connection with more than 25 acquisitions as well as various financing rounds, Brian’s counsel was instrumental. Brian’s extensive experience in assisting high growth and emerging businesses to protect and successfully grow their portfolio of companies has provided him with a deep, nuanced understanding of the legal obligations of private equity funds, investment dealers and strategic investors, search funds and independent sponsors. Recognized as a leader in his field by Best Lawyers, Brian has presented at national conferences and has been interviewed by a variety of leading legal publications including Law Times and Canadian Lawyer. His detailed knowledge of M&A and corporate/commercial matters ensures insightful, cost-effective legal solutions for his clients.