(416) 648-8499 Mihkel Holmberg (647) 500-0844 Kate Watson
If you’re growing or buying a business in the GTA, you likely have financing on your mind. How to arrange it and how to protect your interests before you sign anything.
At Holmberg Watson, we have extensive experience helping professionally managed funds, investors and companies involved in private equity and venture capital transactions. Our understanding of markets and our sensitivity to business matters helps us give our clients the advice they need to complete their transactions.
Need private equity or venture capital? We’re here to help.
Fund Formation
Negotiating partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements, agency agreements, co-investment arrangements.
Drafting private placement memorandum and advice on applicable exemptions.
Securities law advice in respect of Excerpt Market Transactions.
Downstream Investing
Due diligence and risk assessment
Structuring all aspects of acquisitions/investment vehicles
Negotiation of equity, debt and convertible debt, takeover, merger, plan of arrangement and other acquisition documentation
Financing and Work-outs
Structuring and negotiating term sheets, commitment letters, credit agreements and security packages
Structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisition transactions for target companies, acquirers and senior creditors
Investors
Negotiation and drafting of partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreements, agency agreements, investment management contracts and alternative investment funds
Structuring and negotiating direct co-investments, tuck-in investments, and secondary market acquisitions and dispositions
“Holmberg Watson is exceptional – M&A experts, business-oriented, responsive, and cost-efficient. We use them for all our business and family needs!”
Your private equity and venture capital law firm
From negotiating partnership agreements and providing securities law advice to performing due diligence and warning clients of risks in their positions, Holmberg Watson helps businesses in Toronto to meet their financial and business goals.
We know how businesses operate on a day to day basis. And we bridge the gap between your legal needs and your business goals. With proven expertise in most areas of business and financial law, as well as solid experience with private equity and venture capital issues, we are both a legal advisor and a trusted business partner for our clients in the Toronto area.