Bio

Darrell Peterson is a highly respected M&A and corporate finance lawyer and has been recognized as “a dynamic, accessible, tactful and productive” lawyer and as having “a great head for business” (Chambers Global). Darrell has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; equity and debt financings; and private equity investments. He has represented: public companies and special board committees in negotiated and unsolicited M&A transactions; independent industrial and energy companies, service providers and downstream entities in M&A, A&D, joint venture, partnership and financing activities; management in MBO and LBO transactions and to issuers of equity and debt in capital market transactions, including primary and secondary IPOs, prospectus offerings, private placements and seed and series financings; private equity funds and investees in structuring (domestic and cross-border) and in industrial, energy and technology investments. In M&A, Darrell has led or co-led some of the largest and most complex transactions in Western Canada as well as leading deals in Europe, Russia and South America. In addition, he has advised on both sides of several unsolicited offers including one of only a few “just-say-no” defences undertaken in Canada. In corporate finance, Darrell has led debt financings totalling over $18 billion, numerous initial public offerings and stock exchange listings of equity (national and cross-border, including MJDS), the creation and implementation of a number of equity lines of credit and multiple private placement financings (national and cross-border, unwritten and non-brokered). In private equity, Darrell is both a deal advisor and a transaction lawyer. He works with numerous small- and mid-cap private equity funds to help originate deals for investments and advise on fund formation strategies involving collective investment vehicles and direct investments across a variety of asset classes and industries. He has substantial experience with sponsored management transactions, portfolio company growth through M&A and workouts / restructuring. Complementing his practice, Darrell is a holder of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Director Designation (ICD.D) and has also completed the Directors Financial Literacy and the Board Chair programs offered by the Institute of Corporate Directors, and the Evaluation of Oil and Gas Properties for Technical Professionals Certification course offered by Sproule International.