Andy Gibbons
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Law Practice
Andy Gibbons is an associate in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott. Mr. Gibbons practises commercial real estate law
with an emphasis on commercial acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, development, public-private partnerships and
structured finance. He also has experience assisting with the real estate components of M&A transactions.
Professional Activities
Mr. Gibbons is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of England and Wales.
Mr. Gibbons is a member of the Young Professionals I Forum of the National Association of Office and Industrial
Properties and is also on the Next Generation Planning Committee of the International Confederation of Shopping
Centres.
Representative Work
Mr. Gibbons has acted for:
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Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Transportation, in connection with the development of the Windsor-Essex
Parkway, a $1.6-billion limited access parkway linking the Highway 401 with a new bridge and border crossing over
the Detroit River.
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OMERS Private Equity in respect of its acquisition of Cantest.
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Neptune Technology Group in connection with the negotiation of a contract with the City of Toronto for the provision
of smart meters to all residential and commercial properties in the City of Toronto.
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Atlantic Packaging in connection with the sale of its tissue division to Cascades Inc.
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Bell Canada in connection with its acquisition of the assets of The Source by Circuit City, involving 750 retail
locations.
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Golden Gate Capital in connection with its $286-million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Eddie Bauer
Holdings, Inc., including Eddie Bauer's Canadian retail store network.
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Lowe's Companies, Inc., the second largest home improvement retailer in the world, in connection with the securing
of sites and development of large format retail stores as part of their first international expansion plan, extending the
reach of their stores in Canada.
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German-based K+S AG on certain Canadian real estate matters in its acquisition of Morton International, Inc. for
US$1.675 billion, from Rohm & Haas Co.
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Tyco Electronics Ltd. on Canadian real estate matters in the US$675-million sale of its Wireless Systems business to
Harris Corporation.
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NRDC Equity Partners on certain Canadian real estate matters in connection with its acquisition of Hudson's Bay Co.
Education
The College of Law of England and Wales (PgDL 2002, LPC 2003), University of Leeds (Honours B.Sc. 2000).
Background
Prior to joining Stikeman Elliott, Mr. Gibbons practiced real estate law at a firm in England, during which time he
completed an extended secondment in the real estate department of one of the largest privately owned companies in the
U.K.
Bar Admission
England/Wales, 2005
Ontario, 2009