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Andrew Bozzato has a transactional capital markets and corporate law practice, regularly advising public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, on noteworthy domestic and cross-border M&A and other strategic transactions. His work spans a broad range of industries, including financial services, mining, technology, energy, infrastructure and healthcare.

Overview

Andrew has extensive experience representing clients on a variety of complex M&A and capital markets transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, capital raising transactions, spinoffs and joint ventures, and strategic initiatives.

Andrew has significant recent experience in advising participants in the investment product and wealth management industries, including broker-dealers, investment advisers, portfolio managers, investment funds and asset managers. His expertise extends to strategic transactions, emerging fintech regulation, and securities compliance and regulatory matters, including notably with respect to the regulation of crypto assets. Andrew has recently advised numerous Canadian and foreign fintech and payments companies and crypto asset trading platforms with respect to regulatory matters.

Andrew joined the firm after several years at another leading Canadian law firm and after gaining several years of in-house experience, including varied roles—such as advising on asset and wealth management, securities and M&A matters—within the legal department of a Canadian diversified financial institution as well as building and leading the legal function for a renewable power portfolio company of a U.S.-based asset manager.

He previously clerked for Justice Pierre Journet of the Superior Court of Québec.

Client Work

LSI Industries (Nasdaq; LYTS), a manufacturer of commercial lighting and display solutions, in its acquisition of Canada’s Best Store Fixtures, a provider of retail fixtures and custom store design solutions for grocery, quick service restaurant, c-store, banking and specialty retail environments
ActZero, a US-based provider of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, as Canadian counsel, in its sale to WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity
Canadian counsel to Geller & Company, on the sale of its multi-family office business to Corient Private Wealth, one of the fastest-growing national wealth advisors in the U.S.
Acted as Canadian legal counsel to Lynx Software Technologies, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, in connection with the acquisition of Core Avionics & Industrial
Element Fleet Management, the largest publicly traded, pure-play automotive fleet manager, in its acquisition of Autofleet
Medline Industries and its Canadian subsidiary, Medline Canada, Corporation, a private equity backed global healthcare supplier, equipment manufacturer and distributor, in connection with numerous Canadian acquisitions of varying sizes, including its acquisition of Sinclair Dental, Canada's largest independent, full-service dental supplies and equipment distributor.

Recognitions & Awards

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Repeatedly Recommended, Corporate Finance & Securities
 

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • Schulich School of Business, York University, BBA, 2004, with distinction
  • McGill University, BCL, 2007, with great distinction
  • McGill University, LLB, 2007, with great distinction

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2008

Insights

Fintech in Canada Q2 2025Blog

Fintech in Canada Q2 2025

August 25, 2025
Matthew FlynnAndrew BozzatoBernice B. Afriyie
Matthew Flynn, Andrew Bozzato & Bernice B. Afriyie