Paul Watkins is an associate in the Corporate/Commercial, Corporate Finance & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions and Cross-Border & International Transactions practices in the New York office.
Since joining the firm as a student, Paul has participated in a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings. He has also advised and assisted companies with respect to their corporate and securities law obligations.
Representative Work
- Acted for Toromont Industries Ltd. in its $685 million acquisition of Enerflex Systems Income Fund pursuant to a hostile takeover bid announced in November 2009.
- Acted for the Miami Access Tunnel Consortium (comprised of Meridian Infrastructure Fund, Bouygues Travaux Publics SA and VMS, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Transfield Services) in connection with debt financing for the Port of Miami Tunnel and Access Improvement Project, one of the first Greenfield infrastructure projects in the U.S.
- Acted for Amcor Limited in its acquisition of the Alcan Packaging operations from Rio Tinto plc in 31 countries for approximately US$2 billion.
- Acted for Lone Star Real Estate Fund with respect to the acquisition through a private REIT of a portfolio of senior care communities located throughout the U.S.
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