Darrell Peterson

Background

About Darrell Peterson

Darrell is a Partner in Bennett Jones' Corporate Group in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Darrell is a highly respected M&A and Corporate Finance lawyer and has been recognized by Chambers Global as "a dynamic, accessible, tactful and productive lawyer" and as having a "great head for business". Darrell has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; private equity fund structuring and investments; and equity and debt financings. He has represented issuers of equity and debt in capital markets transactions, including primary and secondary initial public offerings, prospectus offerings, private placements and seed and series financings; private equity funds and investees in structuring (domestic and cross-border) and in industrial, energy and technology investments; public companies and special board committees in negotiated and unsolicited M&A transactions; independent industrial and energy companies, service providers, and upgrading and refiners in M&A, A&D, joint ventures, partnership and financing activities; and management in MBO and LBO transactions. In M&A, Darrell has led or co-led some of the largest and most complex transactions in Western Canada by way of plan of arrangement, take-over bid and private purchase and sale. In Corporate Finance, Darrell has led debt financings totaling over $8.0 billion; numerous initial public offerings and stock exchange listings of equity (national and cross-border, including MJDS); the creation and implementation of a number of equity lines of credit; multiple private placement financings (brokered and unbrokered; national and cross-border). Darrell's private equity clients include a number of large and mid-cap US and Canadian industrial, technology and energy funds. Darrell provides advice to these clients on fund structuring, investments in management teams and acquiring start-up or operating companies in Canada. Complimenting his practice, Darrell is a holder of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Designation (ICD.D) and has also completed the Directors Financial Literacy and Board Oversight of Technology programs offered by the Institute of Corporate Directors.