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Peter Castiel
1155 René-Lévesque Blvd. West, Suite 4000, Montréal, QC H3B 3V2, Canada
Direct: (514) 397-3272 Fax: (514) 397-3572 pcastiel@stikeman.com
Law Practice
Peter Castiel is a partner in the Montréal office of Stikeman Elliott in the Corporate Commercial Group. He is head of the
Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group,co-chair of the Associates Committee and member of the Management
Committee of the Montréal office. Mr. Castiel’s practice primarily focuses on cross border mergers and acquisitions and
financings. Mr. Castiel has extensive expertise in advising private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and leading public
and private companies in connection with acquisitions, divestitures and investments.
Mr. Castiel has spent some time in Hong Kong where he represented Canadian interests in international joint ventures
and project financings for infrastructure projects in the People’s Republic of China.
Mr. Castiel is included in the following publications:
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The Best Lawyers in Canada 2014 in Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Leveraged Buyouts and Private
Equity Law;
Named the Best Lawyers' 2014 Montréal Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law Lawyer of the Year;
Lexpert/American Lawyer Media publication, A Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2014 edition;
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2013, as a leading practitioner in the areas of corporate mid-market, corporate
commercial, private equity and mergers & acquisitions;
Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada, Mergers & Acquisitions, 2013;
The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2012 in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions;
Who's Who Legal 100 2012 in the mergers and acquisitions sector;
Lexpert Leading Corporate Lawyers, special edition, June 2011;
Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2011 in Mergers and Acquisitions;
LawDay's Leading Lawyers for Mergers and Acquisitions, 2009 edition;
Recognized by Lexpert, the Canadian legal directory, as one of the Top 40 under 40 Lawyers in 2006.
Professional Activities
Mr. Castiel is a speaker at conferences dealing with latest developments and trends in mergers and acquisitions. He is a
member of the Québec Bar.

Representative Work
- Acted as Canadian counsel to Acosta Sales & Marketing, a portfolio company of Thomas H. Lee, in the acquisition of
Mosaic Sales Solutions from Court Square Capital Partners.
- Acted as Canadian counsel for Bain Capital, LLC in its acquisition of Apex Tools Group, a Sparks, Maryland-based
tools manufacturer, from Dahner Corp. and Cooper Industries for approximately US$1.6 billion. The transaction was
announced on October 10, 2012 and is expected to close in the first half of 2013.
- Acted as counsel to Yellow Media Inc. in the sale of Trader Corporation to funds advised by Apax Partners for C$745
million. The transaction was announced on March 25, 2011.
- Acted as counsel to Investor Growth Capital in collaboration with VantagePoint Venture Partners and two leading
global grid-related equipment companies, ABB and GE in their $106 million investment in Trilliant Incorporated.
- Acted as counsel to Van Houtte Inc. on its sale to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters by share purchase agreement
from an affiliate of Littlejohn & Co., LLC, a private equity firm headquartered in Greenwich, CT, for a cash purchase
price of $915 million.
- Acted as counsel to Wynnchurch Capital, Ltd., on the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Groupe
Pro-Fab Inc. and its subsidiaries.
- Acted as canadian counsel to KRG Capital Partners on its acquisition of Fort Dearborn Holdings for an undisclosed
amount.
- Acted as counsel to Dollarama Group L.P. on its new all-Canadian $600 million syndicated senior secured credit
facility with Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent.
- Acted as counsel to Dollarama Inc. in connection with its $300 million initial public offering.
- Acted as counsel to Dubai-based Istithmar World PJSC and Nakheel in connection with their acquisition of a 20%
stake in Cirque du Soleil.
- Acted as counsel to Littlejohn & Co. LLC in connection with its $600 million acquisition, by way of plan of
arrangement, of Van Houtte Inc.
- Acted as counsel to Silver Lake Partners in connection with the Canadian aspects of the US$11.3-billion acquisition
of SunGard. This transaction was voted "Deal of the Year" by the International Financial Law Review.
- Acted as counsel to Silver Lake Partners in connection with the Canadian aspects of its proposed acquisition of the
institutional broker business of Instinet Group Incorporated for a purchase price of approximately US $1.88 billion.
- Acted as counsel to Bain Capital Partners, LLC in connection with its acquisition of the Dollarama business of S.
Rossy Inc. and Dollar A.M.A. Inc.
- Acted as counsel to Airborne Entertainment Inc., in connection with the US $90 million investment by Cybird Ltd. The
transaction was named "Venture Capital Deal of the Year" by the Canadian Venture Capital Association.
- Acted as counsel to Wynnchurch Capital Ltd., in connection with investment in Calyx Transportation Group Inc.
- Acted as counsel to Wynnchurch Capital, Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of Surepoint Services, Inc. and its
subsidiaries, a leading provider of industrial instrumentation and electrical servicing to the oil and gas, forestry, pulp
and paper, and chemical manufacturing industries.
- Acted as counsel to Berkshire Capital Partners in connection with its investment in Aritzia.
- Acted as counsel to KRG Capital Partners in connection with its investment in Focus Corporation.
- Acted as counsel to Terra Payments Inc. in connection with its sale to Optimal Robotics Corp.
- Acted as counsel to NSB Retail Systems Plc in connection with its acquisition of STS Systems for a purchase price of
approximately $630 million.
- Acted as counsel to Kingfisher plc in connection with its sale of the "Réno-Dépôt" and "Building Box" business to
RONA Inc. for $350 million.

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Acted as counsel to BCE Emergis (previously, Impact Immedia) in connection with the reverse take-over by Bell
Canada.
Acted as counsel in the investment by Kilmer Capital Partners Limited in Algorithme Pharma Inc., a leading clinical
research and biopharmaceutical company.
Education
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, (LL.B., Common Law, Magna Cum Laude, 1993), University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
Canada, (LL.L., Civil Law, Cum Laude, 1992) and Concordia University, Montréal, Canada, (B.A., Honours, Political
Science, 1989).
Bar Admission
Québec, 1993