Andrew Spiro

Recent representative matters include advising:

• H&R REIT on its spin-off of its Primaris properties, including all of H&R's enclosed malls, to a new stand-alone, publicly traded REIT

• Pet Valu, a portfolio company of Roark Capital, in connection with its initial public offering

• WPT Industrial REIT in connection with its US$3.1-billion acquisition by Blackstone REIT

• Starlight Investments in connection with the proposed going private transaction with Northview Properties REIT by way of unitholder- and court-approved arrangement valued at C$4.8-billion announced in February 2020

• UnitedHealth Group on its subsidiary OptumRx's US$12.8-billion combination with Catamaran Corporation

• Hudson's Bay Company in connection with its C$2-billion privatization transaction with a shareholder group led by the Company's Executive Chairman

• Starlight U.S. Multi-Family (No. 5) Core Fund in connection with its US$1.4-billion acquisition by Tricon Capital Group

• Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) on its C$3.9-billion combination with Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

• Transglobe Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its C$2-billion acquisition by PD Kanco LP and Starlight Investments Ltd., with support from PSP Investment Board, CAPREIT and Timbercreek Asset Management

• Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. on its acquisition of Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Ltd. for approximately C$4.9-billion

Andrew is recognized as a leading tax lawyer in the following publications:

• Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Tax Law)

• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Tax Law)

• The Best Lawyers in Canada (Tax Law)

• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2023 (Corporate Tax)

• The Legal 500 Canada (Tax)

• Co-author: Canada Revenue Agency Publishes Guidance on Mandatory Disclosure Rules
  Blakes Bulletin on Tax, July 12, 2023.
• Co-author: Mandatory Disclosure Update: Department of Finance Introduces Revised Rules in the House of Commons
  Blakes Bulletin on Tax, April 28, 2023.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2005
LLB, University of British Columbia – 2004
Canadian Securities Course – 2000
BComm (Hon.), Queen's University – 1999