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Stuart English

Stuart is a partner in the Business Law Group whose practice focuses on private equity investments and mergers and acquisitions.  He acts for private equity funds and companies in a range of industries, with particular experience in financing emerging technology companies and transactions involving pharmaceutical and other life science companies.

Stuart also advises clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including shareholder agreements, partnerships and other joint ventures, stock option and other employee incentive plans, manufacturing, distribution and licensing agreements, and corporate compliance programs and other risk management initiatives.

Stuart is the organizer of and regular speaker at Cassels Brock's Corporate Counsel Seminar Series and editor of the firm’s corporate counsel website (Corporate Counsel Bulletin Board).

Stuart has been actively involved in establishing and providing ongoing advice to non-profit organizations and charities. He has served as a volunteer member of Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Finance & Risk Management Committee and Co-chair of Cassels Brock’s United Way campaign (2007/2008). 

A few of Stuart's notable projects are:

• Advised independent electricity transmission developer on equity financing from wind farm operator.
• Acted for engineering construction company in connection with joint venture for development of hydroelectric facility.
• Acted for Pfizer Inc. in connection with its mergers with Warner-Lambert Company, Pharmacia Corporation and Wyeth, and the sale of its Adams brands confectionary business to Cadbury Schweppes, its Schick/Wilkinson Sword business to Energizer and its consumer healthcare division to Johnson & Johnson.
• Negotiated supply agreement with Canadian Blood Service  on behalf of an international blood products supplier.
• Acted for global medical products manufacturer on its acquisition of point-of-care medication management system developer.
• Acted for Rockwater Capital Corporation in connection with its acquisition of the retail brokerage businesses of Yorkton Securities Inc., money manager KBSH Capital Management Inc., and several other investment dealers and asset managers.
• Advised on merger of investment dealer Wellington West Capital Markets Inc. with Wellington West Holdings Inc.
• Advised mortgage lender on start-up operations, including establishing captive mortgage broker, with unique ownership structure and broker compensation arrangements, and subsequent sale.
• Advised merchant bank on establishing several real estate investment funds and private placements raising over $250 million.
• Acted for real estate developer in connection with financing and development of one of North America's largest film production facilities, and subsequent sale of its majority equity stake.

Education

LL.M.(IP), Osgoode Hall Law School, 2009
M.B.A., Schulich School of Business, York University, 1992
LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1992
B.Sc., Concordia University, 1988

Call to the bar

Ontario, 1994

Associations

• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association