Meaghan Farrell
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Meaghan Farrell is a corporate and commercial lawyer whose practice emphasizes project financing, mergers and acquisitions, banking and corporate finance, and commercial negotiations. She works across a number of industry sectors, including renewable energy, infrastructure, mining, and technology, and has experience advising clients in connection with private equity transactions, corporate finance transactions, licensing and technology-related transactions, public-private partnerships, corporate governance and securities matters. Meaghan also advises businesses on corporate compliance relating to human rights, environmental, social and corporate governance issues.
Professional experience
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Banking & Finance
- Advising one of Canada's largest banks on the creation of an international regulatory compliance library
- Advising Marathon Gold Corp. in connection with the project financing of the Valentine Gold Project in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Advising the lenders in connection with the $400 million refinancing and ongoing development of the Bloom Lake iron ore mine near Fermont, Quebec
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Represented Accenture in its acquisition of Gevity, a British Columbia-based strategy and consulting service provider focused on helping healthcare industry clients transform their businesses through innovative technology solutions
- Represented Accenture in connection with its acquisition of Cloudworks, a leading Oracle Cloud implementation service provider across North America
- Represented Accenture in connection with its global acquisition of N3, a business-to-business sales firm that combines specialized talent with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to enable smarter, more efficient sales interactions
- Represented Accenture in connection with its global acquisition of CreativeDrive, a global, tech-driven content production company that simplifies, automates and scales the creative asset production process
- Represented Ideal, a Toronto-based intelligence software provider, in connection with its acquisition by Ceridian
Public-Private Partnerships
- Ottawa Stage 2 LRT Project – advised the City of Ottawa in connection with the Trillium Line Extension Project and the Confederation Line Extension Project totalling $4.66 billion in investment
- Scarborough Subway Extension – advised STRABAG Inc. as the successful proponent to design-build and finance the $757 million Advanced Tunnel for the Scarborough Subway Extension Project
Insights
Disputed: Modern Slavery, part two | S2 EP9
Podcast | July 27, 2022
Bill S-211: Canada revives its fight against modern slavery
Publication | January 17, 2022
COP26 and a spotlight on sustainable finance
Publication | November 11, 2021