Greg Hollingsworth

Experience

Experience includes:Providing tax and commercial legal advice to various Western Canada based private equity fund sponsors in relation to the formation and structuring of their private equity funds and the negotiation of fund terms with investors.Providing tax and commercial legal advice to:A consortium of investors in relation to the acquisition of British Columbia's largest fitness company.A major international mining consortium with respect to the divestment of certain of its undeveloped Canadian mining assets.A consortium of investors in relation to the reorganization of their investments in a Japanese private equity fund into an Irish holding company structureThe members of management of an aircraft service company with respect to a management buy-out of that companyVarious Canadian and international private equity funds with respect to the structuring of their investments in and divestments of various investee entities, including:The acquisition of a North American based specialty food importing and distribution businessThe making of a minority investment into an oilfield services companyThe making of a minority investment into an accounts receivable management companyThe disposition of an industrial products distribution company (natural resource sector)The disposition of a steel products processing and distribution companyThe acquisition of an industrial valve supply companyThe making of a minority investment into a building products manufacturing companyThe making of a minority investment into a wireless goods and services companyThe disposition of a plastic packaging companyThe acquisition of a food products manufacturing and distribution business and subsequent reorganizations of that businessThe acquisition of a truck tank and trailer manufacturing companyThe acquisition of a concrete products manufacturing companyThe acquisition of a heating systems manufacturing and supply companyThe making of a minority investment into a consumer products companyThe acquisition of a rail services companyThe acquisition of a cellulose mill in British ColumbiaThe acquisition of a well known Western Canada based restaurant chainThe structuring of subordinated and mezzanine loan investments in various entitiesAdvising real estate developers with respect to the structuring of their development projects and other related activities;Advising international insurance entities with respect to the tax aspects of establishing captive insurance companies in British Columbia and other Canadian based activitiesAdvising both issuing corporations and underwriters with respect to the tax aspects of various public offerings of securities