Draft:Paul Langley
Biography of Paul Langley, partner at Capital West Partners, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Paul Langley is a Partner at Capital West Partners, a mid-market investment banking firm based in Vancouver, Canada that focuses on advising mid-sized companies on merger, acquisition, and divestiture transactions.[1][2][3]
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Background and Career
Paul has 30 years of investment banking experience. Early in his career, he worked in London, England, in the M&A groups of Citibank and Morgan Stanley. He then worked with CIBC Capital Markets in Vancouver, BC and Calgary, Alberta.[4] At CIBC Capital Markets, he was a Managing Director and his roles included leading investment banking activities in Western Canada in the Power, Pipeline & Utilities sectors. In 2010, Paul joined Capital West Partners, where he is a co-owner of the firm.
Notable Deals
Over the course of his investment banking career, Paul has advised on transactions totaling over $10 billion in value.[5] Some notable deals include:
- Acquisition by Vancouver International Airport (YVR) of air-cargo-focused real estate at YVR from Calloway REIT and Huntingdon Capital Corp [1]
- Sale of Vancouver Wharves to Kinder Morgan [4]
- Sale of WhistleBlower Security to CaseIQ
- Sale of BC Rail on the sale to CN Rail
- Sale of Weyerhaeuser's BC forest products operations to Brookfield
- Sale of Vedder Transport to TFI International
- Sale of Chinook Scaffold Services to Brock Group
- Sale of BMC Networks to TELUS
- Sale of Pristine Power to Veresen
- Sale of a substantial ownership in Harbour Air Seaplanes to Zongshen Industrial Group
- Sale of Carson Air to Exchange Income Corporation
- Sale of Keg Royalties Income Fund to Fairfax[6]
Board Involvement
Paul is a Board Member of the PA Woodward Foundation, which supports initiatives in healthcare in British Columbia. [7] He was previously on the Board of Providence Health Care, which operates numerous healthcare facilities in the Vancouver area, including St. Paul's Hospital. [5]
Education and Extracurriculars
Paul graduated from the University of British Columbia ("UBC") with a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, majoring in Finance. He also has a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Paul represented Canada in 1988 on the 18 & Under baseball team, which competed in several international tournaments. He also played for the National Baseball Institute, a university baseball academy, for three years, followed by a year on the UBC varsity basketball team, the UBC Thunderbirds, for the 1991-92 season.[8]
See also
- Capital West Partners
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