Andrew
Magnus
Partner
- Admitted to the Alberta Bar: 2024
- Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2009
Andrew’s clients receive rapid, responsive service based on a thorough understanding of their needs. Clients trust his ability to analyze a potential course of action and avoid unintended consequences. Andrew provides business-minded advice to a wide range of clients from individual entrepreneurs to family businesses to multinational corporations.
Andrew is a member of the firm's Corporate Group. He has experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities law. His practice spans a variety of industry sectors where he has participated in a variety of transactions, including public and private equity financing, debt financing, share and asset purchase transactions, corporate reorganizations and ongoing general corporate and commercial activities. Andrew frequently advises international clients on doing business in Canada.
In 2010/2011, Andrew accepted a secondment with a private equity fund in London, England and worked on a variety of transactions involving the acquisition and management of opportunistic real estate investments in the residential and hospitality sectors.
Andrew joined Aird & Berlis in 2009 after summering and articling at the firm.
Professional Involvement
Professional Activities
- Committee Liaison Co-Officer of the International Bar Association's Alternative New Law Business Structures Committee
Memberships
- International Bar Association
“SEED Market Briefing Session: Canada - Digital & Creative and Health & Life Science,” South East Export Development Webinar, June 8, 2022.
Co-Author with Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, "Expanding into Canada 101", Market Expansion Mailing, November 26, 2023.
Co-Author with Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, "Similarities between the United Kingdom and Canada," August 2023.
Co-Author with Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, "Differences between the United States and Canada," August 2023.
Co-Author with Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, "Corporate Beneficial Ownership Registry 2.0?," The Canadian Dispatch, June 21, 2023.
Co-Author with Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, "Corporate Beneficial Ownership Registry 2.0?," Market Expansion Bulletin, June 13, 2023.
Co-Author with Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, "Ontario Transparency Register: Changes for 2023," Market Expansion Bulletin, December 13, 2022.
Co-Author with Fiona Brown and Felix Ng, “Bill C-19: Disclosing Corporate Beneficial Ownership to Federal Government,” Market Expansion Bulletin, June 28, 2022.
Contributor, "Canadian Public Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study (For Transactions Announced in 2013 & 2014)" A Project of the Market Trends Subcommittee, Mergers & Acquisitions Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section, 2015.
Co-Author with Martin Kovnats and Jeffrey Merk, "Proposal for Bringing ULCs to Ontario," Corporate Financing, Volume XX, No. 2, October 2015.
Co-Author with Martin Kovnats and Jeffrey Merk, "Proposed Amendments to the Rules Regulating Take-Over Bids in Canada," Securities Law Bulletin, April 2, 2015.
Co-Author with Martin Kovnats, Jeffrey Merk and Matthew Liberatore, "Ontario Securities Regulation: Are Canadian Market Participants Allowed to be 'Big Boys'?" Corporate Financing, Volume XIX, No. 2, November 2014.
Co-Author with Martin Kovnats, and Jeffrey Merk, "2014 Canadian Directors' Duties Checklist" (IBA Corporate and M&A Law).
Contributor, "2013 Canadian Public Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study," A Project of the Mergers & Acquisitions Market Trends Subcommittee, Mergers & Acquisitions Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section, 2013.
Co-Author with Jeffrey Merk and Matthew Liberatore, "NI 62 1O3 early warning requirements," Corporate Financing, Volume XVIII, No. 2, June 2013.
Co-Author with Sherri Altshuler, Susan Pak and Chris Berrigan, "CSA Requests Further Comment Regarding Proposed National Instrument 51-103 For Venture Issuers” in Aird & Berlis LLP's Securities Law Bulletin (October 2012).