Celia Rhea is a partner at Goodmans. As the former head of one of the business law sections, Celia has played a critical role in building Goodmans' corporate practice. She joined Goodmans in 1988 and has been a partner since 1992.

Celia has a transactional practice that encompasses private equity, financing, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and workouts.

Recent mandates Celia has been involved in include representing:

• Canwest Media's noteholders in the $2 billion acquisition of Canwest Global's broadcasting assets by Shaw Communications

• Postmedia Canada Corp. in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Canwest's publishing business and ongoing corporate matters

• Masonite International in its cross-border restructuring and ongoing corporate matters

• the investor group led by Teachers' Private Capital in the $52 billion proposed acquisition of BCE

• Tembec Inc. in its US$1.2 billion recapitalisation

• as Canadian counsel to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Fidelity National Financial in the financing of their US$5.3 billion acquisition of Ceridian Corporation.

Celia is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and is recognized as a leading lawyer by various legal publications including Lexpert®, Chambers, IFLR and The Best Lawyers in Canada.