Caroline L. Helbronner Partner | Toronto

Recent representative transactions include advising:

• GMS Inc. on its acquisition of Yvon Building Supply Inc., Yvon Insulation Corporation, 2704026 Ontario Ltd. (d/b/a Yvon Insulation Windsor), Laminated Glass Technologies, Inc., and Right-Fit Foam Insulation Ltd.

• Canadian counsel to Paramount Global on the US$1.6-billion sale of Simon & Schuster to KKR

• Canadian counsel to Red Lobster Management LLC on its U.S./Canada cross-border restructuring

• DCL Corporation in connection with its restructuring under the CCAA, done in coordination with the Chapter 11 proceedings of its US-based affiliates. The restructuring proceedings resulted in the going concern sale of the DCL Group's multi-jurisdictional business to its secured term lender for an aggregate purchase price estimated to be US$162-million to US$170.8-million

• Conexiom, a Luminate Capital Partners portfolio company, on its US$130-million growth investment from Warburg Pincus

• FirstGroup plc on the US$4.6-billion sale of First Student and First Transit to EQT Infrastructure

• AST Investor Services Inc. (Canada) on its C$165-million acquisition by TMX Group Limited

• Canadian counsel to Coty Inc. on its strategic transaction with KKR for Coty's Professional and Retail Hair business valued at US$4.3-billion

• Torstar Corporation on its acquisition by NordStar Capital LP

• A syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities, JPMorgan and Citi in connection with Air Canada's public offering of C$500-million of voting shares and US$650-million of convertible senior notes

• SilverMill, LLC on the acquisition of all of the shares of Cedarlane Corporation (and its US affiliate) by a joint venture of private equity funds SilverMill and PNC Riverarch Capital

• Carillion Canada Inc., Carillion Canada Finance Corp. and TWD Roads Management Inc. on the sale of certain assets and liabilities used in the operation of Carillion Canada Inc.'s road plowing and maintenance business in the Province of Alberta, Province of Ontario and City of Toronto to Emcon Services Inc.

• Silicon Valley Bank on the establishment of a Canadian branch

• Outland-Carillion Services, a subsidiary of Carillion Canada Inc., on the sale of certain assets and liabilities to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings

Caroline received a 2014 Lexpert Zenith Award for excellence and thought leadership in the area of pensions and benefits law. She is also recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publications:

• The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 (Employee Benefits Law)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024 (Consistently Recommended – Pensions & Employee Benefits – Employer)

• Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders 2024 (Labour, Employment & Benefits – Pensions & Benefits)
  

• Who's Who Legal 2023 (Labour, Employment & Benefits – Pensions & Benefits)

• Who's Who Legal: Canada 2023 (Labour, Employment & Benefits)
  

• Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders 2022 (Global Elite: Pensions & Benefits)

• Lexology Client Choice Awards 2020 (Employment & Benefits)

• The Legal 500 Canada 2019 (Pensions)

Caroline is a member of the Ontario Regional Council of the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute. She is also a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, the American Bar Association, the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association, the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute, the Association of Canadian Pension Management and the Ontario Bar Association. Caroline is the co-chair of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario Standing Technical Advisory Committee for Defined Contribution Pension Plans.

Caroline has written and spoken across Canada and internationally on a wide range of topics in the areas of pension and employee benefits.

• Co-speaker : Pensions Webinar Series: Key Topics and Developments in the Pensions and Benefits Sector
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, November 19, 2024.
• Co-speaker : Pensions Webinar Series: Key Topics and Developments in the Pensions and Benefits Sector
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, May 14, 2024.
• Co-speaker : Pensions Webinar Series: Key Topics and Developments in the Pensions and Benefits Sector
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, November 28, 2023.
• Speaker : Cross Country Legal Update
  CPBI Forum 2023, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 7, 2023.
• Co-speaker : Pensions Webinar Series: Recent Developments in Pensions and Employee Benefits Law
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, May 17, 2023.
• Co-speaker : Pensions Webinar Series: Pension Regulatory Guidance on Cybersecurity Issues
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, March 28, 2023.
• Co-speaker : Pensions Webinar Series: Cybersecurity Considerations for Pension and Benefit Plans
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, October 20, 2022.
• Co-speaker : Pension and Employee Benefits Updates for 2022
  CPBI Live session – Webinar, Toronto, Ontario, October 18, 2022.
• Co-speaker : Pensions Webinar Series: Key Topics and Developments in the Pensions and Benefits Sector
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, June 9, 2022.
• Co-speaker : Annual Pensions Webinar Series: Webinar #1 - HR Legal Considerations for Remote Workers: Legal Foundation
  Blakes Business Class Seminar, Toronto, Ontario, February 10, 2022.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 1987
LLB, University of Toronto – 1985
BA, Queen's University – 1982