The Riverside Co. Buys Pareto Corp. in $108M Deal
Private equity firm the Riverside Co. will acquire Pareto Corp. into a newly-formed subsidiary, the private equity firm announced Monday. Pareto, which makes marketing displays and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, already has 72% of its outstanding shares supporting the transaction and its management will continue to maintain a stake after the deal is completed. Ogilvy Renault acted as counsel to Pareto, Fraser Milner Casgrain acted as counsel to the management shareholders, and Osler Hoskin & Harcourt acted as counsel to the non-management shareholders who entered into voting support agreements. The PE firm was represented by Stikeman Elliott and Kirkland & Ellis.
24 January 2011•5 mins read
