
Overview
Brenda Gosselin is a partner in a business law group, and a member of the Professional Standards and Conflicts Review Committee and the Directorships Committee at Goodmans.
Her practice is transaction based, involving all areas of corporate and securities laws, with particular emphasis on corporate finance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, shareholder rights and activism and corporate recapitalizations. Brenda is recognized for bringing a holistic approach to her practice and her ability to negotiate and close complex and innovative transactions.
Brenda regularly represents market participants, issuers and investors in public financings and private investments of debt and equity, including with respect to initial public offerings and follow-on financings, and on behalf of U.S. and offshore funds and institutional investors in Canadian capital markets transactions. She regularly advises boards of directors of public issuers on corporate governance matters, together with buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions. Brenda also routinely acts on private equity fund formation and investment activities.
Brenda is recognized as a leading lawyer in numerous publications including the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2023, Chambers Canada (REITs: Nationwide – Canada), Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law), The Legal 500 Canada (Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions), IFLR1000 (Capital Markets: Debt and Equity and Corporate/M&A) and The 2023 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Finance & Securities). She has been featured as a Capital Markets expert in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law, in 2021 and 2020. In 2016, Brenda was honoured as one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40.
Featured Work
Brenda’s representative work includes acting for:
Corporate Finance
- the issuer in numerous initial public offerings including those by Minto Apartment REIT, Milestone Apartments REIT and NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT and the underwriters in the initial public offering of BoatRocker Media Inc.
- the issuer in numerous follow on public offerings, including those by RioCan REIT, Minto Apartment REIT, and Morneau Shepell Inc.
- investors and/or backstop providers in numerous private placements including those made by Senvest Management LLC, Slate Path Capital, Matrix Capital Management, Gramercy Funds Management LLC, and Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd
M&A and Private Equity
- Rogers Communications Inc. in its announced arrangement agreement with Shaw Communications in a deal valued at over $20 billion
- Special Committee of Dream Global REIT in its $6.2 billion acquisition agreement with Blackstone, representing the largest M&A REIT deal in Canadian history
- Relo Group Inc. in its $230 million acquisition of BGRS Limited
- CPPIB in its investments in venture capital funds including Northleaf Catalyst Venture Fund II and HarbourVest Canada Growth Fund
- Whitehorse Liquidity Partners Inc. in respect of the launch of Fund IV, its fourth flagship fund
Awards & Recognition
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Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A Canada's Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers 2023
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The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory Recognized, Corporate Finance & Securities 2023
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Chambers Canada Band 3, REITs 2023
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The Legal 500 Canada Recommended, Corporate and M&A 2023
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Best Lawyers in Canada Recognized, Corporate Law 2023
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The Legal 500 Canada Recommended, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions 2022
Credentials
Professional Involvement
Brenda is a member of the Securities Law Subcommittee of the Ontario Bar Association’s Business Law Section, a group which comments on proposed changes to securities legislation on behalf of the Ontario Securities Bar and coordinates continuing legal education programs on behalf of the Ontario Bar Association in the area of securities law.
Credentials
- Western University, LL.B., 2002
- Western University, B.A., 1999, Administrative and Commercial Studies - Financial and Economic
Professional Affiliations
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Women in Capital Markets
Call to Bar
- 2003 Ontario
Insights
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REITS and Income Securities
The Legal Industry Reviews Canada - REITs Chapter
Stephen Pincus, Brenda Gosselin, and Bill Gorman have co-authored The Benefits of Canada - Cross Border and Foreign REITs in the first edition of The Legal Reviews Canada.See below to read… -
Private Equity and Venture Capital
The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 7th Edition - Canada Chapter
Brenda Gosselin and Stephen Pincus co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 7th Edition. The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review is a… -
Private Equity and Venture Capital
The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 6th Edition - Canada Chapter
Brenda Gosselin and Stephen Pincus co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 6th Edition. The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review is a… -
Private Equity and Venture Capital
The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 5th Edition - Canada Chapter
Brenda Gosselin and Stephen Pincus co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 5th Edition. The publication provides an overview to legal and… -
Private Equity and Venture Capital
The Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 4th Edition - Canada Chapter
Brenda Gosselin and Stephen Pincus co-authored the Canada Chapter of The Law Reviews' Real Estate M&A and Private Equity Review 4th Edition. The publication provides an overview to legal and… -
Capital Markets
Canadian Securities Administrators Propose Amendments to Business Acquisition Report Requirements
On September 5, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to the business acquisition report (BAR) filing requirements for non-venture issuers. If…
News & Events
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Banking and Financial Services
Goodmans Partners Recognized in the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2023
We are delighted to announce the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A 2023 once again features Goodmans partners among Canada's experts.Congratulations to our 29 featured partners:Alan… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023 Continues to Recognize Goodmans
We are proud to announce we have once again been recognized in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023.85 Goodmans lawyers have been recognized as top-tier in their fields and leaders across… -
Banking and Financial Services
The Legal 500 Canada Continues to Recognize Goodmans with Top Tier Rankings
We are pleased to announce Goodmans LLP has once again received top tier recognition from The Legal 500 Canada in their 2023 Guide released today. Recognition from The Legal 500 is based on…