Bahareh Wilburn
Business Law | Dental & Healthcare Transactions
Education
- Western University — J.D. 2018
- University of Toronto — Hons. B.A. 2013
As a business lawyer, Rae’s practice covers a broad range of corporate and commercial matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and all aspects of corporate transactions. Rae regularly provides legal guidance and support to businesses throughout various stages of operations, from assisting clients in the formation, structuring and re-structuring of their corporations, to reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, and assisting businesses with a variety of corporate governance and ancillary commercial matters.
Outside of work, Rae has been active as a member of the Yara Leadership Society, an organization dedicated to identifying and showcasing individual success stories.
In addition to her contributions to Yara, Rae has served on the 2018-2019 Board of the Iranian-Canadian Legal Professionals and has served as an editor of the Western Journal of Legal Studies.
Representative Work
Rae’s representative work includes advising:
- Founders and owners of Professional Mixing Equipment Inc., an industrial mixing equipment manufacturer and supplier, on the sale of their interest to GMM Pfaudler, a publicly-traded, multinational corporation for approximately $9M.
- Partners of a Woodbridge dental practice in completing a $3.8M sale to an affiliate of Newlook Capital, a private equity firm experienced in the management of dental practices.
- Landmark Student Transportation Ltd. on various strategic acquisitions of school bus and charter transportation businesses, including its recent acquisition of Durhamway Bus Lines, Kawartha Lakes Bus Lines and C. Martin Bus Service Ltd.
- Shareholders of a conglomerate of dental practices with locations in Mississauga, Georgetown and Brampton in completing a $16.4M sale to a patient-centred dental private equity firm based out of Ottawa.
- Founders and owners of Aurora Scientific, a leading global supplier of muscle physiology and testing solutions used by University’s and research facilities, to Lafayette Instruments backed by private equity group Branford Castle Partners.
- Founders and owners of Artisan Complete, a leading supplier of marketing and printing solutions in the retail industry, to Transcontinental Printing Inc.
- New Roads Automotive Group in its acquisition of Newmarket Honda automotive dealership.
Professional Associations & Memberships
- Law Society of Ontario, Member
- Iranian Canadian Legal Professionals, Member
Pro Bono Activities
- Iranian Canadian Legal Professionals, 2018-2019 Board Member
- Yara Leadership Society, Past Committee Member
- Western Journal of Legal Studies, Past Editor
Education
- Western University — J.D. 2018
- University of Toronto — Hons. B.A. 2013
