Trevor Zeyl
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Trevor Zeyl practises corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, financings and corporate governance. Mr. Zeyl is also a member of Norton Rose Fulbright's special situations team, which encompasses Canada's leading hostile M&A, shareholder activism and complex reorganization transactions.
Mr. Zeyl was recognized as a Leading Lawyer Under 40 in Canada by Lexpert in 2021 and was designated a "Top 40 under 40" Emerging Leader Award by M&A Advisor in 2018.
Professional experience
Collapse allJ.D., University of Windsor, 2011
LL.M. (International Business Law), London School of Economics and Political Science, 2010
M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2007
M.A., Wilfrid Laurier University, 2005
B.A. (Hons.), Wilfrid Laurier University, 2004
- Ontario 2012
Mr. Zeyl has acted recently for the following clients:
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited in its $895 million repurchase of its Financial Services stake from Scotiabank.
- Yamana Gold Inc. in its sale Pan American Silver Corp. and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited for $4.8 billion
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited in its $985 million acquisition of Helly Hansen
- Agrium Inc. in connection with Agrium's US$36 billion merger of equals transaction with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.
Capital Markets
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited in its $600 million medium term note offering
- TELUS Corporation in its offering of $750 million sustainability-linked notes
- TELUS Corporation in its $1.5 billion equity offering
Shareholder Activism
- Canadian National Railway Co. in its high-profile shareholder dispute opposite TCI Fund Management Ltd.
- Agrium Inc. in its successful high-profile shareholder dispute opposite JANA Partners LLC
- TELUS Corporation in a high-profile shareholder dispute opposite Mason Capital Management LLC
- Aimia Inc. in defence of a high-profile shareholder dispute against Mithaq Capital SPC
- Leading Practitioner in Finance and M&A: 2022 Lexpert Special Edition – Canada's Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers
- Leading Lawyer to Watch in Corporate Finance & Securities: Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2022
- Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40, 2021
- "Top 40 under 40" Emerging Leader Award: M&A Advisor, 2018
- "Dealing with Exchange Rates - Currency Fluctuation and M&A," MergerMarket; May 1, 2015 [https://www.mergermarket.com/assets/TP_Newsletter_Currency-Fluctuations_Final_0.pdf]
- "Charting the Wrong Course: The Doctrine of Legitimate Expectations in Investment Treaty Law," Sept. 1, 2011; Alberta Law Review, Volume 49, Issue 1 (and cited in the Respondent's Memorial in Abaclat and others v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5; the ICSID Review, and the Human Rights Law Review) [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1776429]
- "Shareholder activism in Canada: 2017," Ethical Boardroom [https://ethicalboardroom.com/shareholder-activism-in-canada-2017/]
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Volunteer Toronto
- London Goodenough Association of Canada