Paul Singh Partner | Toronto

Certain of Paul's representative transactions include advising:

• Counsel to McKesson on its acquisition of the banner and franchised retail pharmaceutical businesses of Katz Group Canada Inc. for C$920-million

• Counsel to Saint-Gobain in its C$1.325-billion acquisition of Quebec-based company, Building Products of Canada Corp., a leading manufacturer of residential roofing shingles and wood fiber insulation panels in Canada.

• Counsel to Lyft, Inc. in its acquisition of Quebec-based company, PBSC Urban Solutions, a global supply leader for bikeshare equipment and technology

• Counsel to ZX Ventures, the global growth and innovation group within AB InBev, on Canadian merger and acquisitions and joint venture arrangements

• Counsel to Labatt Brewing Company Limited on various mergers and acquisitions and on ongoing commercial advice

• Pearson plc in connection with its global trade book publishing joint venture with Bertelsmann to form Penguin Random House

• Counsel to Xero Limited on its acquisition of Hubdoc, a leading data capture solution

• Counsel to Saint-Gobain in its C$880-million acquisition of The Bailey Group of Companies, a leading manufacturer of metal building solutions in Canada

• Counsel to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with its acquisition of Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's largest rural-focused broadband service provider, and on its acquisition of Cologix Inc., a leading provider of colocation and interconnection services across the U.S. and Canada

• Counsel to Superior Plus on its purchase from Gibson Energy ULC of an option to acquire the retail propane business of Canwest Propane and follow-on divestiture to a private equity purchaser

• Nutrien Ltd. in connection with its C$1.8-billion supported funding of Glencore International plc's C$6.1-billion acquisition of Viterra Inc. and the subsequent acquisition by Nutrien Ltd. of Viterra's wholesale and retail agri-products division, including businesses, properties and assets in Canada and Australia and a series of related third-party sale and required divesture transactions

• Nutrien Ltd. on its US$38-billion merger of equals with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan; also acted as lead counsel on related dispositions of its Idaho-based Conda phosphate production operations and its Ohio-based North Bend nitric acid plant

• Counsel to Arjun Infrastructure Partners and Fengate Asset Management on their acquisition of ONroute Service Centres

• Counsel to H.I.G. Capital on various acquisitions and dispositions

• Counsel to Inverness Graham for its portfolio Kalkomey Holdings, LCC on a portfolio acquisition and on its merger with CHP KE Group Holdings A, L.P., a subsidiary of Cove Hill Partners

• Counsel to Nutrien Ltd. on numerous acquisitions in Brazil including the acquisition of Agrichem do Brasil S.A. from Patria Investments Ltd.

• Counsel to Aura Minerals on its sale of the Serrote da Laje Copper Gold project in Brazil to a purchaser group being advised by Appian Capital Advisory LLP

• Counsel to Nutrien Ltd. in connection with a series of acquisitions related to its retail agriculture and fertilizer businesses in Alberta and Saskatchewan

• Counsel to Nutrien Ltd. on its C$85-million sale of its U.S.-based turf and ornamental business to Koch Agronomic Services, LLC

• Counsel to Superior Plus on various domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and other commercial arrangements

• Counsel to Teachers' Private Capital on its acquisition of Dynea North America

• Counsel to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on its acquisition of 40% of Glencore Agricultural Products (Glencore Agri)

• Counsel to Suncor on the sales of its half interest in the Cedar Point II wind project to Fiera Capital and its half interest in the Ripley wind project to Acciona Energy International

• Counsel to Nutrien Inc. on its acquisition of Starpharma Holding Ltd.'s Australian agrochemical business and its proprietary dendrimer polymer technology portfolio

• Mueller Water Products on various strategic cross-border acquisitions and divestitures

• RR Donnelley on the restructuring of its Canadian business in preparation for the spin-offs of its publishing and retail-centric print services, office products business and financial communications and data service business

• Counsel to J.F. Lehman & Company on its acquisition of Wenzel Associates, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of crystal oscillators and related systems and products for military, space, and commercial markets

• Echelon Wealth Partners in connection with the acquisition of Dundee Goodman Private Wealth from Dundee Securities Ltd.

• First Asset Capital Corp in connection with its sale to CI Financial Corp.

• Element Financial Corporation on its acquisitions of each of PHH Corporation's fleet business, GE Capital's Canadian fleet portfolio, TLS Fleet Management and CoActiv Capital Partners

Paul is recognized as a leading lawyer in the following publications:

• Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers – Independently Rated Lawyers – 2021–2025 (As nominated by senior in-house counsel)

• The Legal 500 Canada 2023 (Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions)

• The Best Lawyers in Canada – 2022–2023 (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023 (Corporate Mid-Market, Corporate Commercial Law, Private Equity)

• Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada (Leading Lawyer)

• Lexpert's Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canadas (Corporate Lawyers to Watch)

• Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers 40 and Under 2014

Paul often leads external and internal seminars and lectures on M&A and other areas of corporate law. Paul is a member of the Firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2003
LLB, University of Manitoba – 2002
BComm (Hon.), I.H. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba – 1998