Gowling WLG advises GAL Canada on Golden Gate Capital investment

26 June 2017

On June 26, 2017, GAL Manufacturing Corp., GAL Canada Elevator Products Corp., Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp. and affiliated entities (collectively, GAL) closed on a majority equity investment by Golden Gate Capital. The terms of the investment are undisclosed.

Golden Gate Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm.

GAL is a leading North American designer, manufacturer and distributor of elevator components, controls, software and safety systems, with Canadian operations located in Mississauga, Ontario.

Gowling WLG acted as Canadian counsel to GAL with a team led by Robert Hull that included Faran Umar-Khitab (M&A), Kathryn Higgins (real estate), Carl Hinzmann and Carl Deeprose (tax) and law clerk Jennifer John (corporate services).


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