Bianca Gidman,

Bianca is an associate in the Vancouver office of Lawson Lundell and a member of the firm’s Corporate Commercial Group. Her practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.

Bianca has experience advising private equity funds, business owners and investors on a broad range of transactions involving privately owned companies, including on numerous share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, acquisition financings, and equity investments. Bianca also has experience advising private companies and their stakeholders on various corporate and commercial matters.

Bianca has advised clients across a diverse range of industries in Canada, and her transactional experience includes Canada/U.S. cross-border business deals. Bianca takes a particular interest in familiarizing herself with the specific industry in which her client and/or target company in a transaction operates, in pursuit of providing practical legal advice tailored to the unique business needs of her clients.

Prior to joining Lawson Lundell, Bianca practised as an associate at a leading boutique M&A and private equity law firm in Vancouver focused on middle market transactions. Bianca also previously spent some time in Toronto to begin her legal career at a specialized cross-border law firm.

• Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) British Columbia, Member
• Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), Member
• Law Society of British Columbia, Member
• Law Society of Ontario, Member
• Canadian Bar Association, Member
• Vancouver Bar Association, Member

• Advised on the sale of shares of a Western Canadian rotating equipment service company to a Canadian private equity firm.
• Advised on the sale of shares of the largest Western Canadian portable sanitation and waste management company to an Ontario-based portfolio company of a Miami-based private equity fund.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a specialized Ontario-based software company to a U.S. strategic.
• Advised a private equity fund on its acquisition of Western Canada’s leading distributor of metalworking equipment and machine tools.
• Advised a Western Canadian industrial water company on its acquisition of a Western Canadian oilfield services company.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a Canadian trucking and transportation group of companies to a Montreal-based strategic.
• Advised a private equity fund on its complex platform investment in a preeminent supplier of building products in B.C.
• Advised a private equity fund on various investments, including a management investment in respect of a portfolio company, debt and equity financings, and a bridge loan.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a B.C. market leader in fruit processing to Vancouver-based family office.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a large outlet store to a private equity firm.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a fertility clinic to a U.S. strategic.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a leading Canadian-based manufacturer of high performance batteries with U.S. operations to a New York-based strategic with a multi-national investment platform.
• Advised a private B.C. company on its acquisition of an insurance company.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a pool and spa industry distributor to a private equity firm.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a leading international manufacturer of commercially deployable shelter systems to a U.S.-based private equity firm.
• Advised on the sale of shares of an excavation and construction company to a California-based private equity firm.
• Advised on the sale of shares of a private equity backed group of specialized software brands in the cycling space to a California-based strategic.
• Advised a private equity firm on various investments in Western Canada.