Edward Johnston
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Partner at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2005
- Languages
- English
Business & Corporate LawBusiness & Corporate LawAbout Edward Johnston
Edward (Ed) Johnston, a Toronto partner at Gowling WLG, helps businesses get set up and structured in Canada, guides them through reorganizations, and handles the contract and commercial questions that keep coming up once a company is running. Plenty of the businesses Ed represents, from Canada and abroad, work in manufacturing, energy, steel or waste management.
Ed also leads the firm's Investment Funds, Private Equity Group across the country. Pension and endowment funds, asset managers and investors from home and overseas have relied on Ed to build investment products for the Canadian market, in private equity as well as the real estate and infrastructure asset classes. The client mix runs from private equity funds and their sponsors right through to start-ups.
Ed was called to the Ontario bar in 2005, after law school at the University of Western Ontario and an honours arts degree from Queen's University.
Practice areas
Private M&A and private equity
Ed handles acquisitions and sales of private businesses along with private equity investment deals, acting for fund sponsors, private equity funds and start-ups alike.
Investment products
Ed structures investment products in private equity, real estate and infrastructure for asset managers, big Canadian pension and endowment funds, and investors at home and abroad.
Corporate finance and ongoing commercial advice
Debt and equity financings are part of the practice, as are reorganizations and day-to-day contract and commercial matters for businesses operating in Canada, including companies in transportation, distribution, institutional real estate and infrastructure.
Education & credentials
- BAH, Queen's University
- LLB, University of Western Ontario
- Called to the bar of Ontario (2005)
Memberships & affiliations
- Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA): Ed Johnston is a member of the CVCA, the industry association for Canada's venture capital and private equity community.
- Canadian Bar Association: Ed belongs to the Canadian Bar Association.
- Ontario Bar Association: Ed Johnston is an Ontario Bar Association member.
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