Anna Balinsky
Part ne r
To ro nto
416.595.2992
abalinsky@millerthomson.com
Indust ry Expe rt ise
Professional Practices
Ke y Pract ice Expe rt ise
Corporate and Commercial
Private M&A
Shareholder Disputes
Are as o f Fo cus
Anna Balinsky is a partner in the business law group of Miller
T homson’s T oronto office.
Accounting
Architects and Engineers
Manufacturing
Private Equity
Professional Services
Regulated Professions
Ye ar o f Call
PROFILE
Anna regularly provides advice to professional service
providers including accountants, architects and engineers on
regulatory compliance, particularly in relation to structuring and
marketing, LLP agreements, and mergers and acquisitions.
Ontario, 2002
Corporate
Anna focuses her practice on corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on advising companies
with respect to day to day operations, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Anna has extensive
experience advising on the organization of businesses and the day to day legal concerns facing
companies, drafting acquisitions, shareholder, partnership and joint-venture agreements, as well as a
broad range of general commercial agreements (including supply agreements, distribution agreements
and consulting agreements). Anna also advises numerous international clients on their entry into Canada.
EDUCATION
LL.B., University of Toronto, 2000
M.B.A, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2000
B.A. (Hons), Oxford University, 1995
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Acted for IBI Group Inc. on various acquisitions including Cardinal Hardy Architects (Quebec),
Tetra Design Inc. (US), Nightingale Associates (UK), and Mack Technologies Group Inc. (Ontario),
as well as advising IBI Group Inc. with respect to day to day commercial and regulatory issues
Acted for an accounting firm with respect to its regulatory, compliance and various acquisitions
and divestitures
Acted for an engineering firm with respect to its purchase by a global firm
Acted for accounting firms with respect to structuring and drafting their LLP agreements
Acted for a manufacturing company with respect to ongoing commercial matters
Acted for various foreign companies with respect to their entry to Canada
Acted for a private equity fund with respect to various Canadian add on acquisitions
Acted on the merger of Triple M Metal and Poscor Inc., the two largest scrap metal businesses in
Canada
Acted on the sale of York Disposal, a waste management business, to BFI Canada Inc.
Acted for a U.S. public company in the acquisition of a Canadian health care company through an
exchangeable share structure
Acted for the vendor of a film management business
Acted for a bank with respect to its equity stake in various companies
Acted for a US manufacturer on the acquisition of a Canadian competitor
DIRECTORSHIPS
Director, Dixon Hall
MEMBERSHIPS
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Upper Canada
Ontario Bar Association
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Presenter, Waterloo-Wellington Chartered Accountants Association, “Accessing Private Equity”,
May 2013
Presenter, Distillers and Vintners Credit Association, “Understanding Purchase Agreements and
Purchase Price Adjustments”, May 2013
“Annual Legal & Tax Tune-up: How to Protect Your Business and Increase Your Savings",
October, 2012
Presenter, “Making your transaction run smoothly”, October, 2011