Richard A. Scott LL.B., B.Comm., Partner
Rick is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Group. Rick focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and corporate finance transactions, including multinational transactions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. A considerable portion of Rick’s practice involves co-ordinating legal services for a number of the firm’s major clients. He has significant experience in managing large takeover bids, corporate reorganizations, going-private transactions, public and private financing and corporate governance matters. His clients include public and private corporations, underwriters, institutional investors and private equity funds.
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Representative Work
Counsel to Suncor/Petro Canada on the $9 billion reorganization of its refining, retail and distribution operations
Counsel to Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund and to Strongco Income Fund in connection with their conversions from publicly traded income trust structures to publicly traded corporations
Counsel to Armtec on the completion of a $150 million high yield debt offering, a $40 million convertible debt offering, a $55 million offering of Trust Units and $50 million offering of common shares
Counsel to Armtec on its $48.4 million acquisition of Pre-Con Inc.
Counsel to Armtec on its $45 million acquisition of the assets of Groupe Tremca Inc.
Counsel to Armtec on its $120 million acquisition of Con-Force, a related $60 million public offering and on a $105 million amended/restated credit facility
Bombay Furniture Company of Canada - Canadian counsel to the debtor in connection with the Bombay cross-border CCAA and Chapter 11 cases, which resulted in the sale of the Bombay Canada business as a going concern
Publications
Past Editor, New York State Bar, "New York International Chapter News"
Contact Information
Toronto
+1 416 863 4370
richard.scott@fmc-law.com
Year of Call
1986 (Ontario)
Education
Queen's University, LL.B., 1984
Queen's University, B.Comm., 1981
Languages Spoken
English