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Joel M.
Rose

Counsel
  • jrose@airdberlis.com
  • 416.865.3408
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  • Toronto Office
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 1968
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Joel’s strengths lie in building strategic relationships and leveraging connections with stakeholders across a range of industries. A strong communicator and pragmatic thinker with many years’ experience practising commercial and regulatory law, he fills the role of both legal advisor and business advisor with ease. Recognized for his commitment to the profession and his clientele, Joel was appointed King’s Counsel.

Joel is Co-Leader of the firm's Transportation Group and a member of the Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. He has a transaction-oriented practice in the areas of equity financings, mergers, acquisitions, venture capital transactions, general corporate/commercial and regulatory matters. Joel has served as lead counsel in numerous leveraged buyouts and going private transactions, as well as private equity, mezzanine, and senior debt financings involving borrowers, lenders, private equity funds, banks, syndicates and other institutional lenders. 

Joel advises private equity funds and corporations in connection with buying, selling and restructuring entities ranging from privately-held businesses to national and multinational organizations. He also frequently advises U.S. and foreign clients on the acquisition and disposition of Canadian subsidiaries. 

Joel has particular experience with transactions in government regulated sectors of the economy such as transportation, gaming and food services. 

Expertise

  • Transportation
  • Sports & Entertainment
  • Gaming
  • Private Equity
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate

Representative Matters

Representative Matter

Phillips Foods Acquires Assets of Canadian Seafood Processor and Distributor

On March 7, 2024, Phillips Foods Inc., a U.S.-based global processor and distributor of branded seafood products, announced that it will acquire the assets of South Shore Seafoods Group of Companies, a Canadian seafood processor and distributor.

March 07, 2024

Representative Matter

Shareholders of Suncoast Seafood Inc. and Raymond O’Neill & Son Fisheries Ltd. Complete $110 Million Sale

Aird & Berlis advised the shareholders of Suncoast Seafood Inc. and Raymond O’Neill & Son Fisheries Ltd.

October 26, 2021

Representative Matter

The Jordan Company to Acquire Majority Stake in Specialty Building Products from Madison Dearborn Partners

The Jordan Company, L.P., a private equity firm situated in Chicago and New York, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Specialty Building Products, LLC, a leading distributor of specialty building products in North America.

December 22, 2020

Representative Matter

Calligo Limited Completes Acquisition of Mico Systems Inc.

Aird & Berlis represented Calligo Limited, a leading global data optimization specialist, headquartered in Jersey in the Channel Islands, backed by Investcorp Bank B.S.C., a private equity fund out of London, in the acquisition of Mico Systems Inc., an Oakville, Ontario-based provider of cloud solutions.

June 18, 2018

Representative Matter

Creso Pharma Completes Proposed Acquisition of Mernova

Creso Pharma Limited (ASX: CPH) expanded into the Canadian market with the acquisition of Mernova Medicinal Inc. Mernova is a Nova Scotia-based privately-held company that has applied for a medical cannabis cultivation licence under Health Canada’s Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulation program. As a result of the acquisition, Creso is the only Australian cannabis company with direct exposure to the world’s largest medicinal cannabis market.

March 21, 2018

Representative Matter

Graycliff Partners Acquires North American Logistics Group

Graycliff Partners, an independent investment firm with a focus on mid-market private equity opportunities, completed the acquisition of North American Logistics Group LLC, a transportation and warehousing entity with a presence in Western Canada and Ontario.

March 21, 2018

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Professional Involvement

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Canadian Transportation Lawyers' Association
  • International Association of Gaming Advisors
  • International Masters of Gaming Law
  • Legal Network International
  • Transportation Lawyers Association (U.S.) 

Community Involvement

  • Director and Vice Chairman, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Foundation
  • President and Director, The Robert Kerr Foundation 

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Firm News

Aird & Berlis Recognized in Chambers Canada 2020

September 19, 2019

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Aird & Berlis Recognized in 2018 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

April 12, 2018

Education

  • LLB, University of Toronto
  • BA, University of Western Ontario
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