Brian Levett
Brian Levett's practice involves providing advice on corporate and commercial matters to a range of public and private companies and individuals. He advises clients with businesses in Canada and the United States including business process outsourcing, food services, energy, manufacturing and mining.
In addition to more traditional M&A, including cross border M&A, Brian has been involved in a number of outsourcings including the outsourcing of customer care obligations for utilities and the outsourcing by a utility of its pipeline construction.
In the securities area, in addition to public and private financings by way of debt and equity, Brian leads corporate structurings and reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions and take over bids and advises special committees of directors. He also advises on applications to the securities regulators and on continuous disclosure documents.
- Queen's University, LL.B., 1981
- University of Western Ontario, B. Ed., 1975
- University of Western Ontario, B.A., 1974
- Ontario, 1983
- Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Bought deal public offering and US private placement of common shares for aggregate purchase proceeds of approximately $60,000,000 including clearance of short form prospectus and approval for filing of technical report.
- Outsourcing by way of RFP of pipeline construction and customer service representing annual costs in excess of $100 million.
- RFPs and agreements for outsourcing of large diameter pipeline construction projects and customer care.
- Utilities outsourcing relating to the location of the infrastructure of the respective utilities.
- Response to the Ontario Government's smart metering RFP.
- Financing and implementation of customer information system.
- Sale by UK public company of a Canadian subsidiary and a division.
- Reorganization and simplification of the Canadian and US corporate structure of a private company including financing.
- Purchase by a US public company of a Canadian plastics forming business with (operations in the US), for US$80,000,000.
- Designated as a "Leading Practitioner", 2008 Lexpert/ALM 500
- Corporate Mid-Market
