Andrew Kuzma

Andrew advises public companies, private equity sponsors, financial institutions and multinational businesses on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. His practice focuses on leading complex secured and unsecured financings, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic capital markets transactions across energy, infrastructure, asset management, private equity and (re)insurance sectors.

• Represented Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated on the acquisition of a legacy €1.4-billion reinsurance portfolio from the Monument Re Group.
• Counsel to Brookfield Corporation in its division into two publicly traded companies, including its cross-listings on both the TSX and NYSE and distribution of a 25% interest in its asset management business to create a leading pure-play global alternative asset management business.
• Counsel to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. on its $8.6-billion acquisition of Inter Pipeline Ltd. via a public takeover bid and plan of arrangement, including its TSX and NYSE listings of exchangeable shares.
• Advised Brookfield Corporation on the take-private transaction of Brookfield Property Partners L.P., including the acquisition of its limited partnership units valued at US$6.5 billion.
• Advised Brookfield Corporation in all aspects of the formation, public listings and debt financing of Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd., a leading financial services business that provides capital-based solutions to the insurance industry, and to its international subsidiaries, including their senior and junior credit facilities.
• Advised Investment Energy Resources Limited on the refinancing of its outstanding debt through a US$700-million green bond and a US$300-million syndicated bank loan, marking the largest green bond issuance in its sector and region to date.
• Represented Triton International Limited, the world’s largest lessor of intermodal freight containers, and its subsidiary Triton Container International Limited’s offering of US$600 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes.
• Advised Brookfield Renewable Corporation on its US$772.5-million secondary public offering by subsidiaries of Brookfield Corporation.
• Advised Worldwide Vision Limited in connection with the acquisition by Blackstone Inc. of a majority stake in MagicLab, which builds and operates leading dating and social networking apps, including Bumble and Badoo.
• Advised Southern Cross Cables Limited on its Southern Cross NEXT subsea cable project connecting Sydney, Auckland and Los Angeles, with branching units linking the Pacific Islands of Fiji, Tokelau and Kiribati.
• Advised Crown Holdings, Inc., a global leader in consumer packaging, on its acquisition of Signode Industrial Group Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a leading global provider of transit packaging systems, from The Carlyle Group. The cash transaction was valued at US$3.91 billion.
• Counsel to Orion Mine Finance and Fusion Capital on their sale of Lynx Resources, the owner of the SASA zinc, lead and silver mine in the Republic of Macedonia, for US$402.5 million to Central Asia Metals.
• Advised Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust, a Canadian-based private equity investment company, on numerous senior secured and unsecured financings.
• Acted for Triwest Capital Partners, one of Canada’s leading private equity firms and the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund in connection with the acquisition of a majority interest in NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Corporation.
• Counsel to Baytex Energy Corp. in its $1.5-billion public offering of 38,433,000 subscription receipts in connection with a senior unsecured credit facility.
• Counsel to Alberta Treasury Branches as administrative agent for a syndicated $49-million credit facility to finance Landmark Cinemas Canada Limited Partnership’s acquisition of theatres located in Ontario and Western Canada from Empire Theatres Limited and ECL Western Holdings Limited.

• Recognized in the Legal 500 Caribbean – Banking Finance & Capital Markets