John Stark Email & Phone Number

I am a partner in the Vancouver office of Stikeman Elliott LLP. I have an extensive practice in business law that includes advising on securities and corporate finance matters, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, and company law issues.I am listed in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, while Lexpert, the Canadian legal directory, recognizes me as a "consistently recommended" practitioner in corporate finance and securities law. I have also been listed in the International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers 2006, and The Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 in Corporate and Securities Law.Specialties: My comprehensive experience in business law includes preparing and negotiating documentation relating to large commercial transactions (including international joint ventures), advising on general corporate matters relating to governance and structure, and assisting in major corporate reorganizations by way of arrangement or amalgamation. My securities law practice includes public financings and I have extensive experience in both public and private M&A.

Listed skills include International Joint Ventures, Debt And Equity Financing, Mergers And Acquisitions, Commercial Transactions, and 2 others.

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  Partner

  Stikeman Elliott Llp

  2010 - Present

  Stikeman Elliott is recognized nationally and internationally for the sophistication of its business law practice. Located in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver, its Canadian offices are among the leading practices in their respective jurisdictions. Stikeman Elliott is also prominent internationally, with a longstanding presence in London, New York, and Sydney and extensive experience in China, South and Southeast Asia as well as in central and eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The firms 500 members include many of Canada’s most prominent business lawyers, including leading litigators, in several of Canada’s provinces.John Stark's experience includes: > Xantrex Technology Inc. in its $500 million acquisition by Schneider Electric;> Ballard Power Systems in connection with the $168 million sale of its automotive fuel cell assets to Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company;> Energy Metals Corp. in connection with its $1.6 billion sale to Uranium One Inc.;> American Capital Strategies Ltd. (a publicly-traded asset management company with approximately $10 billion in assets under management) in its acquisition of Western Inventory Services from OnCap, in a transaction valued at US$411 million;> Canfor Corporation in the creation of Canfor Pulp Income Fund, an income trust having a market capitalization of approximately $900 million;> Terasen Inc. in connection with its US$3.1 billion acquisition by Kinder Morgan Inc.;> Creo Inc. in connection with its sale to Eastman Kodak Company in a transaction worth US$980 million.

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  University Of Victoria

  Ll.B.