Bo Rothstein

Bo Rothstein: Attorney with Farris LLP

Biography

Bo Rothstein is the Managing Partner of the firm. He practices mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate commercial law. His experience includes acting as lead counsel on several domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public and private company financings, debt and equity issuances, joint ventures and partnerships.

He is repeatedly named as one of Lexpert’s Leading Lawyers in Canada. In 2017 he was listed as one of Lexpert’s Leading Lawyers Under 40. He was recognized by Lexpert as a Leading Lawyer to Watch in Mergers & Acquisitions in 2018. He is also repeatedly recognized in the Best Lawyers in Canada Directory as a leading lawyer in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, banking, finance and corporate law. Bo was admitted to the Bar of Ontario (2005) and the Bar of British Columbia (2006).

Bo is a corporate director and advises public and private company boards. He currently serves as a director of a not-for-profit organization and on the Independent Review Committees of two investment funds. He previously served on the board of another not-for-profit organization.

Year of Call

2005

Legal Recognition

•The Best Lawyers in Canada (2026)
•Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2025)
•Lexpert Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers (2022)
•Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Agribusiness and Cannabis (2020)

In the News

recognition

19 Farris Lawyers Named in the 2023 Lexpert Directory

March 1, 2023

recognition

41 Farris Lawyers Recognized in the 2023 Best Lawyers in Canada Directory

August 25, 2022

transactions

Farris Advises Sprout Wellness on Successful Sale to TELUS Health

March 30, 2022

Areas of Practice (7)

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Finance & Securities
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Cannabis
  • Infrastructure
  • Private Equity
  • Utilities

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Western Ontario, B.A., Hons., 2001
Law School Attended:
Queen's University Law School, LL.B., 2004
Year of First Admission:
2005
Admission:
2005, Ontario; 2006, British Columbia
Memberships:

Affiliations

•Member of the Law Society of British Columbia
•Member of the Canadian Bar Association

ISLN:
918984386
Transactions:
Representative Transactions: Counsel to Yellow Point Equity Partners in its investment in Edo Japan; Counsel to Zillow (now part of Zillow Group, Inc., NASDAQ:Z) in its acquisition of Retsly; $55 million acquisition by FortisBC Inc. of the City of Kelowna's electrical utility distribution system; $875 million acquisition by MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates Ltd. of Space Systems/Loral, Inc. from Loral Space & Communications, Inc.; $500 million substantial issuer bid by MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates Ltd.; $850 million sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates Ltd.'s Property Information business to TPG Capital; $434 million friendly takeover of Potash One Inc. by K+S Aktiengesellshaft; $915 million acquisition of Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation by Galenica Group; $585 million contested hostile cross-border acquisition of AnorMED Inc. by Genzyme (the first hostile take-over bid in the North American biotechnology industry); Counsel to AUGUSTA Technologie AG in its acquisition of LMI Technologies Inc.; $100 million unsolicited, cross-border, securities exchange take-over bid of White Knight Resources Ltd. by US Gold Corporation; $3.7 Billion acquisition by Fortis Inc. of Terasen Gas (Created the Largest Investor-Owned Utility in Gas and Electric Distribution in Canada); $100 million public equity offering of Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., on behalf of the issuer; Lead counsel to the borrower in Canada's first asset based lending transaction in the diamond manufacturing industry; $10 million initial public offering of ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. on the TSX; on behalf of the underwriters; Going private transaction of Maximizer Software Inc., a TSX listed issuer; Reorganization of Forbes Medi-Tech Inc., a dual-listed TSX/NASDAQ issuer, through a court approved plan of arrangement; Numerous TSX and TSX-V private placements as issuer and underwriter counsel

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Affiliations

Lex Mundi

Location

  • Vancouver, BC
    Pacific Centre South , 25th Floor, 700 W Georgia Street
    Vancouver, BC V7Y 1B3
     Canada

    604-661-1747 Phone
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604-661-9349  Fax

www.farris.com

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