ABOUT
Samantha Horn is a partner at Stikeman Elliott LLP in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. She operates a market-leading transactional practice in the private equity space, covering a wide range of M&A and financing mandates, along with fund formation experience. She is highly experienced both in investments and buyout transactions, with particular expertise concerning matters in the life sciences and technology sectors. Samantha is a former member of the Management Committee in the Toronto office and formerly served as Co-Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. Samantha has also been involved in the American Bar Association for many years, including as past Chair of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee, and is a frequent speaker on panels with the ABA. She is currently Vice-Chair of the Private Equity M&A Committee, a joint committee of the M&A and PEVC Committees, of the Business Law Section of the ABA.
She is a recipient of the 2017 Women’s Executive Network’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award in the “Hall of Fame” category and in the “KPMG Professionals” category (2014, 2015 and 2016), recognizing her significant impact to the legal profession and her leadership role within the firm.
