Overview
Evita Ferreira is a partner in a business law group at Goodmans. She has a broad transactional practice involving all aspects of corporate and securities law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance. Evita advises public and private companies on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, take-over bids, capital raising, corporate reorganizations and private equity transactions.
In addition to transactional work, Evita provides ongoing advice to clients on matters relating to continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance, legislative compliance and general corporate law.
Evita is fluent in French.
Evita is recognized as “One to Watch” by The Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of corporate law.
Featured Work
Evita’s representative work includes acting for:
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Cox Automotive Inc. on the sale of Manheim Canada to OPENLANE
- AP IX Alpha Holdings (Lux) S.a r.l., an affiliate of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in connection with its take-private of ABC Technologies Holdings Inc.
- Rogers Communications Inc. on the sale of Freedom Mobile Inc. for approximately $2.85 billion in connection with Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.
- TruArc Partners, L.P. and one of its portfolio companies, Molded Devices, Inc., in connection with its acquisition of GlobalMed Inc., a manufacturer specializing in medical tubing products
- Incline Equity Partners on its acquisition of iWave, a fundraising intelligence solution provider for non-profits
- AP IX Alpha Holdings (Lux) S.a r.l., an affiliate of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in connection with ABC Technologies Holdings Inc.’s rights offering for gross proceeds of $336.9 million
- Ceridian in connection with its acquisition of Ideal, a talent intelligence software provider
- An ad hoc committee of lenders in its acquisition of Cirque du Soleil pursuant to a credit bid under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act for $1.2 billion committee of lenders in its acquisition of Cirque du Soleil pursuant to a credit bid under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act for $1.2 billion
- Franco-Nevada Corporation in connection with its acquisition of a portfolio of 24 royalties from Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
- Onex Corporation in its acquisition of WestJet Airlines Ltd. for $5 billion
Corporate Finance
- Coeur Mining Inc. in connection with various private placements of flow-through shares
- The underwriters in connection with FG Acquisition Corp.'s US$115 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- AP IX Alpha Holdings (Lux) S.a r.l., an affiliate of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in connection with ABC Technologies Holdings Inc.’s private placement to AP IX Alpha Holdings (Lux) S.a r.l. and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
- Hudbay Minerals Inc. in connection with its offering of US$600 million senior notes
- The underwriters and agents on various follow-on public offerings, including those by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and Fire & Flower Holdings Corp.
Corporate Recapitalization Transactions
- An ad hoc committee of noteholders of Calfrac Well Services Ltd. in its recapitalization transaction pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act
- Sherritt International Corporation in a transaction to improve its capital structure pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act
Awards & Recognition
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Best Lawyers in Canada Ones to Watch, Corporate Law 2025
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Best Lawyers in Canada Ones to Watch, Corporate Law 2024
Credentials
Credentials
- McGill University, LL.B., 2014
- McGill University, B.C.L, 2014
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
Call to Bar
- 2016 Ontario
News & Events
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100+ Goodmans lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada: 2025 Edition
We are delighted to share Goodmans has once again been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada with 105 lawyers featured across 43 practice areas.Congratulations to Andrew Brodkin… -
Private Equity and Venture Capital
100+ Goodmans lawyers recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada: 2024 Edition
Goodmans is delighted to announce we have been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada with 101 lawyers ranked across 41 practice areas.Congratulations to Harry Radomski…