Bio

Don’s practice focuses primarily on public company mergers and acquisitions transactions. He has advised on some of Canada’s largest acquisition transactions, including IBM’s acquisition of Cognos Incorporated and Inco Limited in its proposed transactions with Falconbridge Limited and Phelps Dodge Corporation and its eventual sale to Vale. Don also advises private investors in public corporations including the acquisition and disposition of significant security holdings. He has also acted on public and private securities financings, exchangeable share and restricted share transactions, hostile proxy solicitations and dealer fairness opinions and has advised special committees in related party transactions and insider bids.