Michael Kariya, London

About Michael

Michael advises companies, financial sponsors and foreign law firms on a wide variety of transactions inbound to Canada, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint venture and shareholders agreements, corporate reorganizations, and general advisory matters.

Michael has particular expertise in private equity, and in the technology, mining, energy, infrastructure, and defence sectors.

Early in his career, Michael was seconded to a multinational integrated energy company, providing him with valuable experience considering issues from the perspectives of business and in-house legal teams.

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Advent International on Canadian aspects of ADIA's investment in INNIO
The Citation Group (portfolio company of Hg and KKR) on its acquisition of HRdownloads and Agendrix
Hg on Canadian aspects of its acquisitions of CaseWare International, Benevity and Prophix
Litera (portfolio company of Hg) on Canadian aspects of its acquisition of Kira Systems
Coty on Canadian aspects of its strategic transaction with KKR for Coty's Professional and Retail Hair business valued at US$4.3-billion
Real Assets Advisers on Canadian aspects of the proposed sale of KKR's 33.33% equity stake in ACCIONA Energía Internacional to AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and ACCIONA S.A.
Odyssey Investment Partners on the Canadian aspects of its acquisition of ProPharma Group from Linden Capital Partners
Astrak (portfolio company of Inflexion) on its acquisition of Xtreme Parts
Avania (portfolio company of Astorg) on its acquisition of Ironstone Product Development
Brand Addition (portfolio company of Elysian Capital) on its acquisition of Facilisgroup Canada, and listing of parent company, The Pebble Group, on Canadian aspects of its IPO and admission to AIM
ECI on Canadian aspects of its acquisition of MThree Corporate Consulting
Gravity Media Group (portfolio company of TowerBrook Capital) on its acquisition of Proshow Broadcast
An international FX and money transfer business and its private equity investors on various Canadian matters
Reservoir Minerals on earn-in and joint ventures with Freeport-McMoRan and Rio Tinto, its acquisition of an increased interest in the Timok copper-gold project in Serbia, and its merger with Nevsun Resources
Microgen on its acquisition of Primacy Corporation, a Toronto-based provider of software to the trust and fund administration market
QinetiQ Group on its acquisition of the Canadian subsidiaries of Meggitt Target Systems
AXIO Data Group (portfolio company of Electra Private Equity) on its acquisition of Chipworks
Keller Group on its acquisition of North American Energy Partners' piling division, and on a corporate reorganization of its Canadian business
Cerberus Capital Management on Canadian aspects of its acquisition of Renovalia Energy
Solway Investment Group on its acquisition of the Fenix ferro-nickel project in Guatemala
Acron JSC on its joint venture with Rio Tinto to explore and develop potash licences in Canada
A supermajor in structuring an oil sands joint venture in Canada with an international oil and gas company, in connection with its acquisition of assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico
A supermajor on a cross-border oil sands and refinery assets swap and joint venture transaction involving the acquisition of a 50% interest in an oil sands heavy-oil mining project in Canada and the divestiture of 50% of a U.S. refinery