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Overview

Christopher Travascio is a corporate partner in the Toronto office of Bennett Jones. Christopher regularly advises prominent and emerging private companies, leading private equity sponsors and venture capital firms on a variety of corporate matters, with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, management and leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, minority investments, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and other strategic transactions. Christopher's experience in corporate finance includes advising issuers and investment dealers on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities. Christopher acts for clients in a broad range of industries, including software and technology, health care, construction, real estate, and food and beverage.

Christopher is involved in a number of community and charitable initiatives, including leading a team of fundraisers and participants in The Princess Margaret's Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer, the world's largest road hockey fundraiser, and the MLSE Team-Up Challenge in support of Camp Trillium and the MLSE Foundation.

Christopher is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.

 

 

Client Work

Resolve Sleep Health, a portfolio company of Kensington Private Equity Fund, in its acquisition of Aveiro Sleep, CanSleep, Parkland CPAP Services, SleepMedix, Chinook Respiratory Care and FreshAir Respiratory Care
Datasite LLC, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners LLP, in its acquisition of Firmex Inc., a leading virtual data room and subscription file-sharing provider.
Dye & Durham Limited, a leading provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions for legal and business professionals, in its $530-million acquisition of DoProcess LP, an Ontario-based provider of practice-specific software for legal professionals, from OMERS Infrastructure.
Cresco Labs, in its $1.1-billion acquisition of Origin House, the largest public company acquisition in the history of the U.S. cannabis sector.
Resolute Health, a portfolio company of Kensington Private Equity Fund, in its acquisition of Breathe Well Respiratory Clinic
Kensington Capital Partners in its acquisition of ONE9 Capability Labs, the venture capital investment business of ONE9, establishing Kensington as a market leader for investments in National Security technologies, including cybersecurity, and dual use and defense first technologies

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Management, BComm, 2010
  • University of Toronto, JD, 2014

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2015

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Bennett Jones Acts for ECi Software Solutions in Cross-Border Acquisition

January 4, 2018
Christopher A. TravascioPhilip B. Ward
Christopher A. Travascio & Philip B. Ward