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Alan James is a partner in Gowlings' Toronto office and practises in corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on venture capital and private equity structuring and investments in the technology and infrastructure industries.
Alan has advised investment funds and corporations in connection with numerous cross-border investment transactions and acquisitions.
Having spent 18 months on secondment with a leading software application provider, Alan has extensive experience negotiating software licences and other agreements, including software development, porting, support and distribution agreements. Some of the recent transactions with which Alan has been involved include:
- Representing fund sponsors in connection with private equity fund formation, including Fengate Capital Management, Macquarie Group Limited, Standard Life and Aureos Advisors;
- Representing venture capital funds, including GrowthWorks Canadian Fund, JL Albright & Partners, and Commercial Capital Ventures in connection with investments in Portfolio companies;
- Representing Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership on various matters, including the acquisition of Aquarion Company, a U.S. water company, and in respect of transactions in the electricity and gas distribution sectors in Canada and the U.S.;
- Representing Macquarie Infrastructure Partners on various matters, including in connection with the acquisition of port facilities in Nova Scotia and British Columbia, the construction of the A-25 Highway Project in Quebec, the acquisition of interests in Indiana Toll Road, Chicago Skyway, Dulles Greenway, South Bay Greenway, Duchesne Light Holdings and Puget Sound Energy;
- Representing Sirit Inc., a leading provider of RFID technology, in connection with its acquisition of RSI ID Technologies Inc., a California based provider of RFID tags and antennae;
- Representing Forzani Group Ltd. in connection with the roll-out of its e-commerce program with GSI Commerce Inc.
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