Emily Tran
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Associate at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2021
- Languages
- English
Business & Corporate LawBusiness & Corporate LawAbout Emily Tran
Emily Tran helps companies buy, sell, combine and finance businesses, often across borders. An associate in Gowling WLG's Business Law Group, working from the Waterloo Region office, Emily counts private equity sponsors among the clients, along with privately held and publicly traded companies. The core of the work is strategic deals: mergers and acquisitions that reach beyond Canada, sales of businesses, joint ventures and corporate financings.
Emily came to Gowling WLG with both private practice and in-house experience. One earlier role was as an associate in a global firm's Toronto office, where cross-border corporate deals were the focus. Another was as legal counsel to a software holding company that grows by acquisition and is wholly owned by an S&P/TSX 60 constituent; in that seat Emily gave practical advice to more than 25 businesses. Called to the Ontario bar in 2021, Emily holds law degrees from the University of Leicester and York University.
Technology is the sector Emily follows most closely, above all software and services companies. Before joining the firm, Emily acted for Volaris Group when it bought Equiplano, a Brazilian maker of public administration software, and again when it bought Cactus Utilities, a company whose software handles over half the drinking water Sweden produces. Other work in the field included multi-year SaaS subscription agreements between Bibliocommons and a number of US states and counties.
Practice areas
Cross-border deals and financing
On the deal side, Emily handles acquisitions and divestitures that cross borders, along with joint ventures and the financing companies raise. Earlier matters included acting for IVI RMA, a KKR portfolio company, when it joined GED Capital in a consortium bid to acquire the reproductive medicine group Eugin Group, and for AssetWorks on its purchase of the assets of Go Solutions in Michigan. On the lending side, Emily represented the Canadian and American arms of an international mining contractor and engineering business on a secured loan facility from The Toronto-Dominion Bank.
Governance, expansion and restructuring
Beyond transactions, Emily advises on corporate governance, on growing a business into new markets around the world, and on restructurings that span more than one jurisdiction, as well as day-to-day commercial matters.
Software licensing and SaaS terms
Emily has drafted terms of use and privacy policies for Softlink as it launched library management products, and has renegotiated software licence and SaaS terms for Topaz Technologies with universities and colleges as well as biopharmaceutical companies.
Education & credentials
- LLB, University of Leicester
- LLM, York University
- BS, University of Toronto
- Called to the bar, Ontario (2021)
Memberships & affiliations
- Ontario Bar Association: Emily Tran is a member of the Ontario Bar Association.
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