Peter Rowntree
Peter is a business lawyer focusing on a wide range of areas including M&A transactions, debt financings, shareholder agreements, joint ventures and corporate reorganizations both within Canada and cross-border.
He has advised a diverse range of clients in transactions across a number of sectors, including in emerging technology, real estate, private equity, forestry, mining, pension funds, health care, agriculture, and communications.
education & accreditation
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (M.B.A., 2021)
University of Toronto (J.D., 2014)
New York University (B.A., 2010)
areas of expertise
Business Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
experience
- Purchase of shares of a local manufacturer selling forestry equipment to international and local customers
- Purchase of shares of a cloud-native software development business by an international software company
- Sale of shares of an internationally recognized, British Columbia-based apparel brand
- Asset purchase of a local microbrewery
- Acquisition of the shares of a number of industrial foam manufacturing businesses as part of a consolidation
- Sale of shares of a window and door manufacturing business servicing Western Canada and the USA
- Purchase of shares of an HVAC business by a US-based private equity firm
- Purchase of shares of a personal storage business by a US-based fund
- Purchase of the assets of a local media company, including certain prominent local magazines