Niki Dost
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity Transactions
- Focuses on complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions for both private equity and strategic clients.
- Advises on corporate governance and other general corporate matters.
Niki represents clients in a wide range of corporate transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Niki’s transaction experience covers a variety of industries, including entertainment, healthcare, manufacturing, mining and technology.
Prior to joining Akin, Niki was an attorney at a leading law firm in Toronto, Canada, where she advised clients on domestic and cross-border transactions. She also completed a secondment at Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.
Niki earned her J.D. from the University of Toronto and her M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge, where she was also a member of the Cambridge Union. She also received a certificate in transnational legal studies from the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London, England.
- Newmont Corporation in its $10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp.
- Onex Group in its $5 billion (Canadian) acquisition of WestJet Airlines.
- A portfolio company of Wind Point Partners in its acquisition of the personal care business of KIK Custom Products.
- Algoma Steel Group in its combination with Legato Merger Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC.
- Trinity Industries in its acquisition of Holden America.
EducationJ.D., University of Toronto, 2017
M.Phil., University of Cambridge, 2014
J.D., University of Toronto, 2017
M.Phil., University of Cambridge, 2014
Bar AdmissionsLaw Society of Ontario
Texas
Law Society of Ontario
Texas
