

Austin’s principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate representation. Austin works with a variety of public and private companies as well as private equity investors and their portfolio companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and strategic investments.
Experience Highlights
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. in connection with a preferred equity commitment to Origis USA (a portfolio company of Antin Infrastructure Partners)
A leading private credit investor in connection with a preferred equity like hybrid investment in a gaming company
Lithium Americas in its joint venture with General Motors, which will deliver $625 million of cash and letters of credit along with a $2.26 billion commitment from the DOE to advance their Thacker Pass Construction Project in Nevada, the largest known lithium deposit in the U.S.
Global Infrastructure Partners in its $3.9 billion joint venture with TC Energy to acquire a 40% interest in TC Energy’s Columbia Gas Transmission and Columbia Gulf Transmission systems
American Insulated Glass, a portfolio company of AV Capital, in its sale to Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, one of North America’s largest architectural glass and aluminum fabricators
OJO Labs, Inc., an Austin-based real estate technology company, in the sale of OJO Canada to Royal Bank of Canada
StarRez, Inc., a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of Adirondack Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of college student housing software
A private housing software platform in its acquisition of a student housing software solution
OfficeSpace Software, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, in its acquisition of Greetly, a customizable visitor management system
Credentials
- Queen’s University Law School, J.D., 2015
- University of Waterloo, M.A., Political Science, 2012
- University of Waterloo, B.A., Political Science, 2011
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Austin): Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024–2026; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2026
- Ontario Bar Association
- Ontario
- Texas
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2025
- Deals & CasesMarch 6, 2025
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- Deals & CasesMarch 4, 2024
- Press ReleaseNovember 29, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2023
- Deals & CasesJuly 24, 2023
- Deals & CasesJune 1, 2023
- Deals & CasesFebruary 7, 2023
- Deals & CasesJanuary 4, 2023