Overview
Gesta Abols’ practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions (including private equity), strategic investments, corporate governance and shareholder activism. Gesta provides expert legal advice, superior service and structure to bring clarity to complex challenges. Gesta is the Co-Leader of the firm’s US Practice and on the executive of the firm’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Committee.
Gesta is consistently recognized as a leader in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Corporate Finance & Securities and Mining by various third party ranking organizations.
Gesta is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law where he teaches the course the Art of the Deal and is an active member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity and Venture Capital Committees of the American Bar Association.
Education
- Certificate, Mining Law
- Osgoode Hall Law School at York University
- 2012
- JD, Law
- University of Toronto
- 2000
- BA (Honours), Economics
- Queen's University
Awards & Recognitions
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada™ 2024 for work in:
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Mining Law
- Securities Law