June S. Dipchand is a corporate partner concentrating in mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate law matters. She advises public and private clients in connection with U.S. and cross-border transactions and is head of the firm’s Canadian M&A practice.

Bio

Ms. Dipchand regularly counsels on negotiated and contested acquisitions, dispositions, SPACs, mergers, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, strategic investments, financings, restructurings, recapitalizations and reorganizations. In addition, she has represented numerous clients with respect to a wide array of corporate law matters, including corporate governance, SEC reporting obligations and takeover preparedness.

Ms. Dipchand was named one of The American Lawyer’s Dealmakers of the Year in 2025 and listed first among MergerLinks’ Top M&A Women Deal Leads in 2024, as ranked by deal value, and as one of the outlet’s Top 10 M&A Lawyers in Canada. In recognition of her work, Ms. Dipchand has been named to Chambers Global for Corporate/M&A in Canada, as well as noted in IFLR1000 and repeatedly selected by Lawdragon as one of its 500 Leading Dealmakers in America.

Ms. Dipchand is also active in pro bono initiatives outside the firm.

Selected representations include:

  • WSP Global Inc. in its:
    • acquisition of POWER Engineers, Inc.
    • public offering of subscription receipts and concurrent private placement of subscription receipts
  • CI Financial in its acquisition by Mubadala Capital
  • Qatar Investment Authority in its minority investment in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns and operates seven professional and amateur team franchises (including the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards), six venues and two media networks, among additional assets
  • Mars, Incorporated in its acquisitions of:
    • Kellanova, the largest-ever buyout in the packaged food industry
    • AniCura AB
    • Linnaeus Group Limited
    • Champion Petfoods
    • NomNomNow
    • VCA Inc., a national provider of companion animal veterinary care
    • Pet Partners, a national provider of companion animal veterinary care
    • BluePearl Veterinary, a national provider of companion animal specialty and emergency care
    • the Iams, Eukanuba and Natura pet food brands from The Procter & Gamble Company
    • Nutro Products, Inc. from Bain Capital Partners LLC
  • Veritas Capital in its:
    • sale of a stake in Cotiviti to KKR & Co. Inc.
    • acquisition, together with Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation, of Cubic Corporation
    • disposition of Excelitas Technologies Holding Corp. to AEA
    • disposition of StandardAero to The Carlyle Group
    • acquisition, and later disposition to TTM Technologies, Inc., of Anaren, Inc.
    • acquisition, and later disposition to Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC, of CPI International, Inc.
  • OnSolve, LLC in its acquisition by Garda World Security Corporation
  • Discover Financial Services and Discover Bank in the sale of its private student loan portfolio to Nelnet Bank
  • the CEO of Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc. in Radius’ acquisition by EQT Active Core Infrastructure and Public Sector Pension Investment Board
  • Verscend Technologies, Inc. (n/k/a Cotiviti, Inc., a portfolio company of Veritas Capital) in its acquisitions of:
    • Cotiviti, Inc.
    • the commercial health insurance payer-focused products business from General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
  • CPI International, Inc. (previously a portfolio company of Veritas Capital and now a portfolio company of The Jordan Company) in its acquisitions of:
    • AdamWorks, LLC
    • L3 ESSCO, Inc. from an affiliate of L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
    • TMD Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries
    • SATCOM Technologies, the antenna systems business of General Dynamics Mission Systems
    • ASC Signal Holdings Corporation (and its later disposition of ASC to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.)
    • Radant Technologies, Inc.
    • substantially all of the assets of MCL, Inc.
    • the Codan Satcom Division of Codan Limited
  • Nasdaq, Inc. in its sale of its U.S. fixed-income business, Nasdaq Fixed Income, to an affiliate of TradeWeb Markets Inc.
  • Primerica, Inc. in its restructuring and IPO, in addition to its concurrent private placement to private equity funds controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC
  • Citigroup Inc. in its divestiture of Citi Technology Services to Wipro Technologies
  • The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. in its:
    • acquisition by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    • proposed cross-investment and joint venture with CITIC Securities
  • Norwest Equity Partners in its:
    • acquisition of West Star Aviation
    • acquisition of Savage Sports Holdings, Inc. from Long Point Capital and later disposition of Savage Sports Holdings, Inc. to Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    • disposition of PNET Holding Corporation (PeopleNet) to Trimble Navigation Limited
  • Pacific Oil & Gas Ltd. in its private acquisition of Canbriam Energy Inc.
  • New Residential Investment Corp., a mortgage REIT (managed by an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC), in its acquisition of all of the assets of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. (Cayman Islands corporation)
  • Correvio Pharma Corp. in its acquisition by Advanz Pharma Corp. Limited
  • AP WIP Investments Holdings in its acquisition by Landscape Acquisition Holdings
  • Pan American Silver Corp. in its acquisition of Tahoe Resources Inc.
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch as financial advisor to Goldcorp Inc. in its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corporation
  • Cohn Robbins Holding Corp. in its now terminated business combination transaction with Allwyn Entertainment (f/k/a Sazka Entertainment)
  • NextGen Acquisition Corporation in its business combination with Xos, Inc.
  • NextGen Acquisition Corporation II in its business combination with Virgin Orbit
  • Boral Ltd. in its acquisition of Headwaters Inc.
  • Covidien plc and its affliates in connection with their U.S. and cross-border corporate and financing transactions undertaken to facilitate the spin-off of Mallinckrodt plc
  • Deloitte Consulting LLP in its acquisition of Monitor Consulting Group
  • HUGHES Telematics, Inc. in its acquisition by Verizon Communications Inc.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D./M.B.A., University of Toronto, 2006 (Dean’s List, Rotman School of Management)
  • M.A.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Toronto, 2001
  • B.Eng. (Mechanical), Technical University of Nova Scotia, 1998
  • B.Sc. (Mathematics), Dalhousie University, 1995 (cum laude)

Admissions

  • New York
  • Foreign Legal Consultant of Canada

June S. Dipchand