Overview
Shadi Varkiani is an associate in a business law group at Goodmans.
She is developing a broad practice in corporate matters, including, public and private mergers and acquisitions, securities law, technology and aging and healthcare.
Featured Work
Shadi’s representative work includes acting for:
- Forum Energy Technologies Inc., in connection with its acquisition of Variperm Energy Services for $150 million
- E Automotive Inc. d/b/a E Inc., a leading Canadian digital automotive auction and retail platform, in connection with its substantial issuer bid and voluntary delisting.
- Revera Inc., in connection with Extendicare Inc.’s acquisition of Revera’s interest in a portfolio of 25 long-term care homes.
- Revera Inc., in connection with its sale of a portfolio of six long-term care homes in British Columbia.
- Latécoère S.A, a Tier 1 partner of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, in relation to the acquisition of Avcorp Industries Inc., a Canadian-domiciled publicly traded company that builds major airframe structures for leading aircraft manufacturers, by way of plan of arrangement.
- Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. in connection with its going-private transaction by Brookfield Asset Management and other general corporate matters.
- Revera Inc. in its joint venture with Harrison Street to acquire a portfolio of four luxury retirement living communities in Ontario.
- 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.
Credentials
Professional Involvement
- Shadi is the assistant editor of Canadian Forms & Precedents, Debtor/Creditor, Chapter on Construction Liens.
- Shadi manages Goodmans' Technology Blog.
Credentials
- Osgoode Hall Law School, J.D., 2020
- Wilfrid Laurier University, B.A., 2016, Economics & Financial Management
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
Call to Bar
- 2021 Ontario
Insights
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