Paul Stepak How to pronounce this name. Partner | Toronto

Recent representative matters include advising:

• Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. on its US$2.5-billion sale of its renewable energy business to LS Power

• Advent International Corporation on its US$6.3-billion acquisition of Nuvel Corporation, a Canadian fintech payment platform

• J.M. Smucker on its US$305-million divestiture of its Voortman brand to Second Nature Brands, a CapVest Partners portfolio company

• HPS Investment Partners LLC on its C$1.9-billion acquisition of Chorus Aviation Inc.’s regional aircraft leasing business

• BCE Inc. on the C$4.7-billion sale of its ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to Rogers Communications Inc.

• CyberGuard, a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital, on its acquisition of Control Gap

• Gauge Capital on its strategic growth investment in AGT Robotics

• Citation Group (a portfolio company of HG Capital and KKR) on its acquisitions of HRdownloads and Agendrix Inc.

• Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners on its agreement, together with Blue Wolf Capital Partners, to acquire Logistec Corporation

• BlackRock Infrastructure on its acquisition of Environmental 360 Solutions

• Sea Electric Inc. on its merger with Exro Technologies Inc.

• Sycamore Partners on its acquisition of the Canadian business of Lowe’s Companies

• ABC Technologies Holdings on its initial public offering, subsequent take-private transaction led by Apollo Global and Oaktree Capital, and its acquisition of Windsor Mold Group Technologies

• Audax Capital on its sale of LifeMark Health to George Weston Limited, and acquisition of Thermogenics Inc.

• Cerberus Capital Management in connection with its sale of ABC Technologies Holdings Inc.

• Sagen MI Canada Inc. (formerly Genworth MI Canada Inc.) on its C$1.6-billion acquisition by Brookfield Business Partners L.P.

• Torstar Corporation in connection with its acquisition by NordStar Capital L.P.

• Pet Valu, a portfolio company of Roark Capital, in connection with its initial public offering, as well as numerous acquisitions

• Schlesinger Group, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, on its acquisition of Methodify and AskingCanadians

• Litera, a portfolio company of Hg, on its acquisition of Kira Systems and its industry-leading machine learning contract analysis technology

• Barentz International, a portfolio company of Cinven, in connection with its acquisition of Pestell Nutrition

• Electrical Components International, a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital Management, in connection with its acquisition of Promark Electronics

• Hg on its acquisition of CaseWare International and Prophix

• Equinix, Inc. on its C$1.04-billion acquisition of 25 data-centre facilities across Canada from BCE Inc.

Paul is recognized as a leading tax practitioner in the following publications:

• Lexpert’s Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada (Corporate Tax)

• Lexpert Special Edition: Insolvency and Restructuring

• Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A

• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Tax Law)

• Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Tax Law)

• International Tax Review's World Tax (Tax Leader)

• Lexology Index: Corporate Tax (Advisory)

• Lexology Index: Canada (Corporate Tax)

• The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Tax)

• The Legal 500 Canada (Tax)

• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers – Independently Rated Lawyers (As nominated by senior in-house counsel)

• The Best Lawyers in Canada (Tax Law)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Tax)

Paul is a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation.

He has written articles and spoken at different venues regarding cross-border and domestic tax issues. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the International Fiscal Association and the Canadian Tax Foundation.

Paul is a past chair of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the Ontario Bar Association. Paul is a past country reporter for Canada for the 2015 International Fiscal Association Congress in Basel, Switzerland.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2001
JD, University of Toronto – 1999
MBA, University of Toronto – 1999
BA (Economics), University of Western Ontario – 1995