Cooper Equipment Rentals acquires Atlantic Canada branches of Herc Rentals

On September 17, 2020, Cooper Equipment Rentals Limited ("Cooper") announced that it had acquired the Atlantic Canada assets ("Herc Atlantic") of Herc Rentals Inc. ("Herc").

Herc is a premier, full-service equipment rental firm operating throughout North America. The Herc Atlantic assets include two full-service branches located in Dartmouth, NS and Saint John, NB..

Cooper is the leading independent Canadian full-service construction equipment rental company, servicing contractors throughout Ontario and in parts of Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia and Atlantic Canada.

Gowling WLG advised Cooper with respect to this acquisition with a team that included Robert Hull and Joseph McDonald (corporate/M&A), Thomas Gertner (financing) and Michael Bussmann (tax).