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Kevin L. Lynch

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Edmonton

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T: 780.945.4774


Edmonton

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  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
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  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
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Kevin Lynch is a lawyer who acts for corporations, financial institutions and private equity firms in mergers and acquisitions, financings, commercial real estate financings and corporate/commercial matters. He has extensive experience with the acquisition and investment by private equity groups into private companies and acts for foreign buyers buying Alberta businesses. He routinely acts for companies active in the Alberta forestry sector.

Kevin routinely assists his clients with negotiating, drafting and advising on major commercial agreements and advising boards of directors and committees on corporate governance matters and their fiduciary obligations. He advises shareholders in respect of shareholders agreements and their rights vis-à-vis other shareholders, directors and officers and the corporation. His international experience includes travelling to numerous locations in the United States, Europe and Asia to negotiate and finalize the terms of and close significant transactions.

Kevin's clients benefit from his creative, proactive and pragmatic approach in solving problems and from his ability to work closely with senior management teams to help them achieve their objectives.

He has been a corporate secretary for TSE-listed companies and is presently a director for a TSX Venture Exchange-listed company.

An active member of the community, Kevin is a former director and volunteer with the Olympian Swim Club. He is the former president of the Friends of St. Albert Swimming Society as well as a past St. Albert School Trustee and was involved with a fund raising campaign for the C.K. Hui Heart Centre at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Education

University of Alberta, LLB, 1987

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 1988

Recent Experience

ZCL Composites Inc., in its approximately $312-million acquisition by Shawcor Ltd. by way of plan of arrangement.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada, in a $74.75-million and $110.5-million acquisition financing to Aspen Properties (Edm) Limited Partnership in respect of the Oxford Tower and Bell Tower in Edmonton.
ALPAC Forest Products Inc., in a negotiation with the Government of Alberta (Sustainable Resource Development) of a 20-year extension of its forest management agreement that will allow ALPAC to manage and harvest logs within a geographical area in northeastern Alberta for its facility located near Athabasca, Alberta. The logs that will be harvested from this area, over the full 20-year term will be about 3,000,000 cubic meters per year which generates about 650,000 metric tonnes of pulp per year.
Cash N Go Ltd., in the sale of substantially all of its assets to Access Cash General Partnership. Cash N Go, which is based in Edmonton, Alberta, was one of the five largest non-bank ATM deployers in Canada. The five largest deployers control 50 percent of Canada's non-bank ATM market.
Agritrac Equipment Ltd., having annual revenues of $47,000,000, in the sale of substantially all of its assets to Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc. (a TSX-listed company). Agritrac is a Case IH agricultural dealership with locations in Westlock, Vegreville and Barrhead, Alberta.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada, in a $48,000,000 takeout financing (i.e. repay construction financing) to Brookfield Properties in respect of Bankers Court office tower in Calgary.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada, in a $53,000,000 acquisition financing to Artis REIT in respect of two industrial properties in Acheson industrial park, one in Edmonton and one in Calgary.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada, in a $131,000,000 and $11,000,000 acquisition financing to OMERS Realty Corporation in respect of the Southcentre Regional Mall and Southcentre Executive Tower in Calgary.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada, the Great-West Life Assurance Company and The Toronto Dominion Bank in a $153,000,000 acquisition financing to Primaris REIT in respect of Sunridge Mall in Calgary.
Alberta Newsprint Company (ANC), in a negotiation with the Government of Alberta (Sustainable Resource Development) of a twenty year extension of its forest management agreement that will allow ANC to manage and harvest logs within a geographical area close to the size of Prince Edward Island, located northeast of Whitecourt, Alberta.  The logs that will be harvested from this area over the full twenty year term would have a commercial value of approximately $750 million at current prices.
EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. ("EBA") in the sale of all the shares of EBA's parent company, which were owned by 109 employee shareholders, to Tetra Tech, Inc., a U.S. based professional engineering firm, for an undisclosed amount.
ZCL Composites Inc., in a $40-million bought deal private placement of subscription receipts with an underwriting syndicate led by Peters & Co. Limited that also included CIBC World Markets, Paradigm Capital Inc., Raymond James Ltd., National Bank Financial Inc. and Orion Securities Inc.
Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: POWL), in the acquisition of substantially all the assets of PowerComm Inc. (TSX: PCG) that involved predominantly Canadian operation carried on by PowerComm, four subsidiaries and two further joint ventures, including business operations in Kazakhstan. The purchase price consisted of up to $33.5 million subject to adjustments, with $25.5 million payable on closing and up to $8 million payable based on specified performance and earn-out thresholds. Powell also assumed certain liabilities of PowerComm including bank debt, accounts payable and obligations under capital and other leases estimated to total approximately $22.5 million.
Selling shareholders, in a sale of all of the shares in the capital of Caribou Electric Inc. to a purchaser affiliated with Ainsworth Inc. and the purchaser's entering into a long term lease with a company owned by the selling shareholders.
Cherington Capital LLC, a private equity firm, in their divestiture for an undisclosed amount, of all of the Canadian, American and Portuguese assets of a Nisku and Calgary-based oil and gas service company, to a strategic American buyer.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada, in a first mortgage loan of $42 million relating to the Glenmore Centre Business Park (Calgary, Alberta).
Preo Software Inc., in its reverse takeover of CDG Investments Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement and related CNQ listing application.
Cal Nichols (Chairman of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club) and his company in its disposition of its block of shares in the Edmonton Investors Group Holdings Ltd. (EIG) to Rexall Sports Corp. in its acquisition of 100 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares of EIG and the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club.
United Diamond, LP and Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P., along with their private equity partner, Invervale Capital, in their acquisition for an undisclosed amount, of all of the Canadian and American assets of United Diamond, United Diamond Ltd., Torkbuster Inc., and United Diamond Drilling Services Inc.
The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada, in a first mortgage loan of $160 million (being Standard Life's largest loan ever made in Canada) relating to Southland Park (Calgary, Alberta).
Kellam Pipelines Inc. and T.H.L. Equipment Rentals & Steaming Ltd., in the sale of shares and assets to Pipeworx Ltd. and its subsidiary 1347780 Alberta Ltd.
Foundation Equity Corporation, in the complex reorganization and recapitalization of ROAM I.T. (Canada) Holdings Inc. (a non-private issuer), by way of plan of arrangement involving the compromising of the interests of multiple classes of shareholders and creditors.
ZCL Composites Inc., in a new $20-million secured term credit facility from its general commercial banker, CIBC.
ZCL Composites Inc. (TSX: ZCL), in a share purchase agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Dualam Plastics Inc. that involved a total of 10 subsidiaries located in Canada, the United States, and Belize. The purchase price was $20.5 million, payable partly in cash and partly in shares, subject to closing adjustments, including adjustments for working capital and certain post-closing vendor indemnities.
ZCL Composites Inc. and its subsidiaries, in their US$40.8-million acquisition of Minnesota-based XAHC, Inc. the sole shareholder of Xerxes Corporation.
Brock White Company, in the acquisition of all of the assets of Manstar Distributors Ltd. for $16 million.
The Riverside Company, a private equity firm, in its portfolio company, Welltec A/S's acquisition of Heat Seekers Ltd. for $12.1 million.
The Riverside Company, a private equity firm, in its portfolio company, Welltech A/S's expansion of its US$28.7-million credit facility from HSH Nordbank AG by a further US$8.8 million to facilitate the acquisition of Heat Seekers Ltd.

Recent Recognition

The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Repeatedly Recommended, Corporate Commercial Law
Repeatedly Recommended, Corporate Mid-Market
Best Lawyers in Canada
Recognized as one of Canada's leading Mergers and Acquisitions lawyers

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