Laurence M. Geringer

Laurence M. Geringer is Counsel in the Toronto Mergers & Acquisitions practice group at Dentons. His practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions, specialising in corporate law with a particular emphasis on M&A, restructurings and workouts, private equity and corporate finance.

Laurence has over twenty-five years of transactional experience advising a diverse group of clients on both the buy side and sell side in mergers and acquisitions. He has acted for private equity, chartered banks, investment banks, public issuers and private corporations, and has been involved in a wide range of industries including financial services, technology, industrial products, health care, entertainment, broadcasting, infrastructure, regulated industries and real estate.

He also has over twenty-five years of experience in corporate restructurings and has acted on a significant number of Canadian and cross-border restructurings. He has acted for debtors, banks and bank syndicates, note holders, equity sponsors and purchasers, shareholders and directors and funds, accounting firms, creditor committees and note holder committees.

Laurence has extensive experience in private equity and mezzanine financing, having acted for a number of private equity and mezzanine funds, including Edgestone Capital, Edgestone Mezzanine Fund, BMO Capital Partners, Tricap Restructuring Fund (a Brookfield affiliate) and Peninsula Capital Partners LLC. He has also regularly advised hedge funds on a variety of Canadian capital markets and investment activities.

His experience includes advising Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC on the purchase of Peak Integrated Solutions Inc., TGOB Enterprises Inc. and Pure Audio Visual Inc., Wild Wing Restaurants, and Herbers Autobody Repair Inc.; advising Element Financial Corporation on the sale by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and other shareholders of Nexcap Finance Corporation; advising BMO Capital Partners on subdebt loans and equity investments in The Orthotic Group Inc. and Petra Pet, Inc.; advising on the sale of Lovat Inc. to Caterpillar Inc.; advising on the merger of the two largest scrap metal businesses in Canada with an enterprise value over CA$600 million; representing the second lien holders in the restructuring of Calpine; representing bondholders in the privatization of Four Seasons Hotels; representing the bondholders Committee in the restructuring of Air Canada; and representing Tricap, a Brookfield affiliate, in connection with the restructuring of Stelco.

Laurence has spoken and taught at the Law Society of Upper Canada, including Law Society continuing education courses, and has given numerous presentations and speeches to banks, financial institutions, accounting firms, private funds, investment banks and trade associations. He is a member of the American Bar Association Mergers and Acquisitions Section, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association/Ontario Bar Association, the Association for Canadian Growth, the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Canadian Venture Capital Association.