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 advises a diverse range of clients in transactions across a number of sectors, including private equity, emerging technology, real estate, mortgage brokerage, professional services, forestry, mining, pension funds, health care, agriculture, and communications. Peter also appreciates working with family offices.
Peter especially enjoys working with long term business owners who are deeply passionate about their business, employees and legacy and ready to sell. These are particularly meaningful and life-changing transactions for clients.
Peter is described as highly responsive and easy to work with. He provides clarity for clients, bringing a greater understanding of their transaction and ease in decision-making.
Peter completed his MBA, giving him additional knowledge and skills to evaluate and advance business interests for his clients.
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
- Share sale of one of Canada’s largest mortgage services businesses valued at more than $300M
- Share sale of a multi-generational family owned insurance brokerage valued at over $35M
- Combined share and asset sale of a marine services business for a legend in the Vancouver maritime industry
- Share purchase of a heavy machinery sales business as a bolt-on to our PE client’s portfolio company
- Asset purchase of a multi-site day care business poised for multi-jurisdictional growth
- Equity financing of a private health clinic looking to change the way we approach health care in Canada
- 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 valued at more than $300M
- Asset purchase of a local microbrewery for a family leaving their old jobs to start a business together
- 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 as part of their alternative investment strategy
- Purchase of the assets of a local media company, including certain prominent local magazines