Andrew Bourns

Andrew Bourns is a Partner in the Corporate group and the Toronto co-leader of the Private Equity group at Dentons. His practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions.

Andrew advises domestic and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other related transactions. He represents acquirers, targets, investors and insurers across a number of industry sectors, including technology and emerging growth, media and entertainment, manufacturing and agribusiness. Adept at leading teams of professionals through the various stages of highly complex transactions, he has extensive experience helping clients achieve successful outcomes on business-critical matters.

In his private equity practice, Andrew advises fund sponsors in their fund formation, capital raising and portfolio management activities. He also advises fund investors in their investment activities, including in relation to investments in private equity and other alternative investment funds.

His experience includes advising Central Wire Industries on its acquisition by Altair Industries; advising Vertu Capital on its investment in Amilia Enterprises Inc.; advising Scholastic Inc. in connection with its CA$250 million investment in 9 Story Media Group; advising FrontView REIT, Inc. in connection with its initial public offering for proceeds of US$231.9 million; advising Third Century Management on the sale of its portfolio company Decisive Group Inc. to Calian Group Ltd.; advising Maximus Inc. on the divestiture of its employment services operations in Canada, Australia, Italy, Singapore and South Korea; advising Procore Technologies, Inc. on its acquisition of Intelliwave Technologies, Inc.; advising SecureKey Technologies, Inc. on its sale to Avast PLC; advising Kinaxis Inc. on its acquisition of MPO for approximately US$45 million; and advising Bonnefield Financial Inc. in respect of the formation and management of its farmland investment funds, which collectively have over CA$1 billion of assets under management.

He also advised Auvik Networks Inc. on the acquisition of a controlling interest by Great Hill Partners at an enterprise valuation in excess of US$300 million; Absorb Software Inc. on the acquisition of a controlling interest by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe at an enterprise valuation in excess of US$500 million; Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. on its acquisition of video game developer HB Studios Multimedia Limited; and Berkshire Hathaway Energy in connection with its CA$3.2 billion acquisition of AltaLink.

He holds a JD from York University, Osgoode Hall Law School (2009) and a BA in Political Science from McMaster University (2006). He is recognised by the Lexpert Special Edition as one of Canada's Leading Lawyers for M&A and by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Corporate Mid-Market.