
Geoff Peters
Partner – M&A | Joint Ventures | Business Law | Private Equity
T 604 628 6719 E gpeters@mdslawyers.com
Year of Call: England & Wales 1995 | Alberta 2006 | B.C. 2018
Geoff has over 20 years experience advising on business and transactional matters including buying and selling businesses, the development and execution of complex commercial projects and joint ventures and other strategic business arrangements.
Geoff has advised clients ranging from owner-managed businesses to multi-national corporations and on deals ranging from a few million dollars to billions of dollars. He has experience across a wide range of sectors including energy and natural resources, transportation, food products, industrial manufacturing and services, technology and telecommunications.
Geoff has significant international experience having worked for many years in London, UK. Prior to moving to Vancouver Geoff was a partner in the London office of an international firm and previously worked in Calgary for two years.
education & accreditation
Law Society of British Columbia (2018)
Law Society of Alberta (2006)
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax (M.A., 2005)
Law Society of England and Wales (1995)
College of Law (CPE 1992 & Law Finals 1993)
Oxford University (B.A., 1990)
areas of expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions
Joint Ventures
Business Law
Private Equity
experience
- Advising British Columbia based, renewable energy focused SaaS company on $25 million equity fund raising round
- Advising hydrogen fuel-cell technology company on strategic investment
- Advising renewable energy project developer on sale of wind-farm project to TSX listed renewable energy company
- Advising private diversified holding company on disposal of portfolio of franchises located in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec
- Advising family office on the $25m acquisition of a British Columbia based industrial manufacturing company
- Advising Western Canadian private-equity fund on the acquisition of a forestry related business
- Advising shareholders of a food product manufacturing and co-packing business on the sale of their company
- Advising on sale of telecommunications infrastructure to PE backed entity
- Advising Canadian agricultural products manufacturer on gas supply agreements for ammonia facility
- Advising Canadian gas and power utility on proposed sale of midstream assets
- Advising the owners of a Western Canadian transportation company on the sale of their business
- Advising a food products business on the proposed acquisition of an organics specialty food business
- Advising the founders of a Vancouver based technology company on the sale of their business
- Advising on the sale of a British Columbia based oilfields services company
- Advising in relation to the creation of a joint venture to develop and monetize an innovative construction technology and in relation to various ongoing commercial matters
- Advising PE buyer on management buy-out of health-care business with operations in Alberta and Ontario
- Advising international oil major on sale of Norwegian subsidiary to Norwegian independent oil and gas company
- Advising founder of start-up oil and gas company in relation to shareholder arrangements with other principal shareholders
- Advising two private oil and gas companies on joint venture arrangements with state-owned oil company and acquisition of interest in production sharing contracts offshore West Africa
- Advising consortium of shareholders on renegotiation of a production sharing contract with state oil company in a former Soviet Union jurisdiction
- Advising international oil major on establishment of a 50:50 joint venture and project agreements relating to development of a major downstream facility