Timothy F. Burns

Tim was named a 2023 “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor.

Tim’s relevant experience includes the following representations:

• American Securities in multiple matters, including in its $1.6 billion sale of Royal Adhesives & Sealants, LLC. 
• Brookfield Asset Management Inc. in multiple matters, including its acquisition of certain assets of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. in connection with J.C. Penney’s chapter 11 case.
• Centerbridge Partners and its portfolio company KIK Custom Products, Inc. in its sale of its KIK Personal Care business.
• Cornell Capital and its portfolio company Knowlton Development Corporation in the acquisition of CLA.
• CPP Investments in multiple matters, including,
  • together with Glencore and BCI, as shareholders, in Viterra Ltd.’s approximately $18 billion business combination with Bunge Ltd.,
  • together with Silver Lake, in the $12.5 billion take-private of Qualtrics,
  • together with Blackstone, in the acquisition of Advarra, Inc., in a deal that implies an Advarra enterprise value of $5 billion,
  • together with Oak Hill Capital Partners, in the recapitalization of Berlin Packaging L.L.C.,
  • as a member of a consortium with Advent International and Permira Advisers, among others, in the consortium's over $14 billion take-private of McAfee Corporation,
  • its capital investment in David’s Bridal,
  • the merger of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. with Kronos Incorporated, in a deal that values the combined company at $22 billion on an enterprise value basis,
  • the acquisition, together as co-investor with Permira and GIC, of a majority stake in Lytx, Inc., in a transaction that valued Lytx at more than $2.5 billion,
  • as a member of a consortium with Hellman & Friedman, Blackstone and GIC, in the consortium's $11 billion take-private of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc., and
  • its co-investment, with Insight Venture Partners, in Veeam Software.
• EQT Partners in multiple matters, including its portfolio company WS Audiology (f/k/a Sivantos Pte. Ltd.) in its acquisitions of Clearwater Clinical Limited and TruHearing, Inc.
• Falconhead Capital, LLC and its portfolio company GPSi Holdings, LLC (a/k/a GPS Industries, LLC) in its sale to Ingersoll-Rand plc.
• Goldman Sachs  in multiple matters, including,
  • its $1 billion equity investment and subordinated debt financing in World Insurance Associates LLC in a transaction that valued World Insurance at $3.4 billion,
  • its $300 million investment in Madhive,
  • together with Eurazeo, in their sale of their remaining 51% stake in Trader Interactive, LLC to carsales.com Ltd. in a transaction that valued Trader at $1.9 billion
  • its $325 million investment in iSpot.tv and,
  • together with Eurazeo, in their sale of a 49% stake in Trader Interactive, LLC to carsales.com Ltd. in a transaction that valued Trader at $1.6 billion.
• Hayfin Capital Management LLP in the up to $300 million sale of Paradigm Spine, LLC.
• OMERS Private Equity in multiple matters, including,
  • its acquisition of Pueblo Mechanical & Controls,
  • its minority investment in NovaSource Power Services,
  • its acquisition of TurnPoint Services,
  • its acquisition of Paradigm Outcomes, and
  • its acquisition of Inmar, Inc.
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board in multiple matters, including,
  • its portfolio company BroadStreet Partners, Inc. in a $1.4 billion incremental senior secured term and revolving facility to finance its acquisition of Westland Insurance Group Ltd.
  • its portfolio company APCO Holdings in its acquisition of National Auto Care,
  • together with TA Associates, in the sale of a majority stake in Flexera Software LLC,
  • its participation in multiple investments in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX),
  • the recapitalization of BroadStreet Partners, Inc. involving a new equity investment by affiliates of Century Equity Partners and a $100 million second lien debt and equity investment by affiliates of Penfund Partners, and
  • its sale of a substantial minority stake in its portfolio company, Flexera Software LLC.
• PSP Investments in multiple matters, including,
  • together with Investcorp, in their acquisition of CrossCountry Consulting,
  • the merger of Loral Space & Communications and Telesat Canada to form a new publicly-traded Telesat Corporation,
  • together with Lightyear Capital, in their sale of Advisor Group Inc. (f/k/a AIG Advisor Group Inc.) to Reverence Capital Partners, and
  • its minority investment in Alliant Insurance Services.
• The Kroger Company in its joint venture with Lindsay Goldberg to form PearlRock Partners.
• Susquehanna Growth Equity and its portfolio companies in multiple matters, including,
  • iContracts, Inc. in its sale to RLDatix Ltd, and
  • Reorg Research, Inc. in its sale to Warburg Pincus.
• SoftBank Group Corp. in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Fortress Investment Group LLC.
• Soros Fund Management in its acquisition via a plan of reorganization of Violin Memory, Inc.

Tim maintains an active pro bono practice and is a member of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Tim received his J.D. from Queen’s University and his B.Comm. from the University of Alberta.