Ryan Holfeld

Associate

Saskatoon

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Education & Qualifications

  • Saskatchewan Bar (2017)
  • JD with distinction (Saskatchewan, 2016)

Ryan maintains a general corporate commercial practice, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending transactions and corporate governance matters. He also has experience advising on matters involving ownership structures and corporate reorganizations.

Ryan is a corporate/commercial lawyer advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, commercial lending transactions and on corporate governance matters. He acts as counsel to numerous vendors and purchasers in share and asset transactions across a broad range of industries. He regularly advises small- to medium-sized businesses in respect of corporate reorganizations and business restructuring matters. Ryan has extensive experience acting as counsel to borrowers and lenders in commercial lending transactions.

  • Counsel to privately owned agriculture equipment dealership in connection with a sale of all its assets (2020)
  • Counsel to Saskatchewan based investment fund which provided loans to, and made venture capital investments in, medium-sized businesses located in Saskatchewan (2019-2020)
  • Associate M&A counsel to Dot® Technology Corporation, a leader in autonomous agricultural solutions, and its shareholder in connection with the sale of a majority ownership of the Corporation (2019)
  • Counsel to privately owned company in connection with acquisition of majority ownership in Ontario-based water treatment supply manufacturer (2019)
  • Counsel to privately owned swine-breeding company in connection with the sale of certain Saskatchewan-based assets (2019)
  • Counsel to South West Terminal Ltd. in connection with purchase of crop inputs retail business (2019)
  • Associate Counsel to Gardiner Dam Terminal Ltd. in connection with a sale of all its assets for a purchase price of $29.6 million (2018)
  • Chair, Tax Law South Section, Canadian Bar Association (2018-2019)
  • Volunteer, CLASSIC (2015)
  • Huskies Second Team All-Academic (Saskatchewan, 2014-2015)
  • Undergraduate Scholarships, Edwards School of Business (2012-2013)
  • CIS Academic All-Canadian (2011-2013)
  • Huskies First Team All-Academic (Saskatchewan, 2011-2013)
  • Dean’s Honour Roll, Edwards School of Business (2011-2013)