Alex Eckler

Alex Eckler is a Partner in the Corporate group at Dentons, based in Toronto. His practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, with a particular emphasis on Mergers and Acquisitions.

His practice also covers corporate governance, private equity transactions, joint ventures and commercial contracting. He has been recognised for his exceptional client service and expertise, earning distinctions from IFLR 1000, Chambers Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, Thomson Reuters and Best Lawyers.

Alex provides creative solutions and pragmatic advice to clients across diverse sectors, including technology, health and life sciences, energy and natural resources, media and entertainment, manufacturing and distribution, professional services, agribusiness, consumer products and the not-for-profit community.

As a transactional and M&A advisor, Alex represents clients on both the buy and sell sides of domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and other strategic transactions. He is particularly experienced in advising domestic and international private equity sponsors and investors on majority and minority investments (direct and fund of funds), co-investments, buy-outs, secondary sales, fund formations and fund restructuring.

He regularly advises companies at all stages of their development, from start-ups to mature businesses, offering guidance on formation and governance, structuring shareholder agreements and negotiating commercial agreements.

His experience includes advising Bayer AG on the US$9 billion all-cash divestiture of its agribusinesses and related assets to BASF AG in connection with Bayer's US$66 billion takeover of Monsanto Co., and the US$6.89 billion sale of its animal health business to Elanco Animal Health Inc.; advising Motorola Solutions, Inc. on several strategic cross-border acquisitions including its pending acquisition of Bell Canada's land mobile radio networks service business for CA$675 million; advising Jacobs Solutions Inc. as Canadian counsel in connection with the spin-off and combination of its Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence government services businesses with Amentum, resulting in a publicly traded combined organisation with US$13 billion in revenue; and advising Dye & Durham Corporation on acquisitions including GhostPractice Inc. and Korbitec Inc.

He holds a JD from the University of Toronto (2016), completed an International Exchange Program at the University of Copenhagen (2015) and holds a BA (Honours) from the University of Toronto (2012). He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association, and serves as Secretary of The Canadian Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation.

He is recognised by Thomson Reuters as a Standout Lawyer, by Chambers Canada for Corporate Commercial, by The Legal 500 Canada for Corporate and M&A, by The Best Lawyers in Canada – Ones to Watch for Corporate Law, and by IFLR 1000 Canada for Private Equity and M&A.