Rory McGillis

Experience

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  GE Money, GE Capital

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2006

  Business Development Associate

  Worked with senior management and sales team at GE Money to grow business division from pilot phase to national presence and prominent market share. Work included design and implementation of bespoke financial analysis pricing program and CRM system. Also worked with GE Capital to identify and implement attractive commercial investment opportunities.

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  Ministry of Health Promotion, Government of Ontario

  Jan 2007 - Sept 2007

  Special Assistant to the Minister

  Advisor to provincial cabinet minister on various policy and stakeholder issues. Work also included writing speeches, correspondence and public information material for Minister’s official communications

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  Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Government of Ontario

  Apr 2008 - Sept 2008

  Special Assistant to the Minister

  Advisor to provincial cabinet minister on various policy and stakeholder issues. Work also included writing speeches, correspondence and public information material for Minister’s official communications

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  Torys LLP

  May 2009 - Apr 2016

  Lawyer

  Corporate associate with practice focus in mergers & acquisitions, corporate matters and finance. Completed in-house secondments as General Counsel to a publicly-listed healthcare technology firm and Legal Counsel to mining company.Publicly-disclosed representative matters include:Mergers & Acquisitions Glencore Xstrata in its £807 million acquisition of Caracal Energy Inc. Sherritt International Corporation in the C$946 million sale of its coal business assets Qtrade in its partial sale to Desjardins Financial Corporation Inc. Inmet Mining in its US$1 billion precious metal streaming agreement with Franco-Nevada for the Cobre Panama ProjectCorporate & Finance Sherritt International Corporation in its C$919 million debt restructuring Scotia Capital and GMP Securities (as the underwriters) in Allied Nevada Gold Corporation’s C$400 million cross-border high-yield debt offering of senior unsecured notes Manulife Financial Corporation in its C$200 million preferred share offering Various agents in private placements by Ford Credit Canada Limited Various dealers in structured products offerings by the Bank of Nova ScotiaRegulatory Viterra in its C$6.1 billion acquisition by Glencore International plc Alliance Films in its sale to Entertainment One Ltd. EECOL Electric in its C$1.14 billion acquisition by WESCO International Inc. Scotiabank in its C$3.1 billion acquisition of ING Bank of Canada Citigroup in its US$4.1 billion sale of EMI Group to Universal and Sony Accelero Capital in its C$520 million proposed acquisition of Allstream Corp. from Manitoba Telecom Services Carswell in its acquisition of Canada Law Book Show less

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  Syncordia Technologies and Healthcare Solutions

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  General Counsel (on secondment from Torys LLP)

  General Counsel for cloud-based healthcare technology company. Led legal office and number of strategic business initiatives. Company activities included go-public on TSX-V, debt placement, M&A campaign, strategic growth plans and IP management. Other activities included establishing the corporate governance and public reporting structure and managing employment, real estate and commercial operating arrangements.

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  Cosma International Group of Magna International Inc.

  Apr 2016 - Feb 2022

  Associate General Counsel

  Business and legal leader for large multinational automotive business. Mandate included operations, international M&A, global financing programs, multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance, and innovation (IIoT, artificial intelligence, process management software, etc).

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  Husky Injection Molding Systems

  Feb 2022 - now

  Director, Legal Regulatory Affairs