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Rafal Wrzesien is a senior associate in Gowlings' Montréal office, practicing in the business law group, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, procurement and construction.
Rafal advises clients with respect to legal aspects of projects, namely in the fields of technology, infrastructure and energy. In this regard, he is regularly involved in the preparation and negotiation of various types of commercial agreements, with an expertise in the drafting and negotiation of acquisition contracts (shares and assets), shareholder agreements, construction contracts and tender and bid materials.
In addition to the practice of law, Rafal has spent a year in Europe, assisting a leading Polish company operating in the sectors of energy and hazardous waste management with respect to the reorganization of its business operations and with its business development initiatives.
Rafal is fluent in English, French and Polish.
- Acting for a large facility management Service Provider in relation to the design, construction, financing and maintenance of the new campus of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC PPP).
- Acting for the construction joint venture for the design, build, financing and maintenance of the new Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal complex (CHUM PPP).
- Acting for the Cree Regional Authority in the preparation of RFP documents and related documents for the design and construction of justice facilities and regional police headquarters.
- Acting as general external counsel in the province of Québec and addressing a broad range of legal issues (i.e. partnerships, supply contracts, RFPs, compliance with internal policies) for a global leader in the field of electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy, transportation and healthcare sectors.
- Acting for a U.S. private equity fund in a cross-border M&A transaction for the purchase, through a corporate entity constituted in Canada, of all the issued and outstanding shares of a privately held collocation business.
- Acting for a leading Canadian private equity firm in relation to a transaction for the purchase, through one of its subsidiaries, of all the issued and outstanding shares of a privately held Canadian company in the packaging industry.
- Acting for a leading Canadian private equity firm in relation to the financing and acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of a privately held U.S. corporation in the manufacturing and packaging industry.
- Acting for a syndicate of foreign banks in connection with a financing for the construction and term financing of a wind farm project in the Gaspé region (Québec).
- Acting for a leading Canadian grocery retailer in relation to transactions for the purchase and sale of real property holding companies in the context of implementation and development of its stores in Québec.
- Acting for a leading U.S. based international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, petrochemical products and power in the preparation of the request for proposals and related agreements in connection with the construction of a pipeline infrastructure project.
- Acting for a U.S. public company in a cross-border M&A transaction for the purchase of all the issued and outstanding shares of a privately held road-based mobile mapping business located in Québec.
Rafal has co-authored “The Canadian M&A Market: 2011 Outlook Appears Positive” published in the 2011 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. |
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