Delivering innovative transaction solutions others can’t.

Harrington Place Advisors

is an advisory firm helping developers, property owners and private business negotiate with the public sector.

We bring bespoke knowledge and experience in planning and executing Transit-Oriented Developments (TOD), property and other commercial transactions with the public sector. This coupled with real-world Mergers & Acquisitions executions, we get deals done others can’t. 

We lead the negotiations and engagement process with the public sector for the entire transaction lifecycle - hand-in-hand with the client.

Public Sector Engagement Strategy & Support

Negotiation Strategy & Support

Transaction Structuring

Financial & Valuation Analysis

Due Diligence

The Team

We are excited to bring our 30-years of relationships and unmatched transaction experience to support your private-public negotiations.

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Rohit Gupta

Managing Partner

Rohit brings over 30 years of experience in developing solutions to and executing some of Canada’s most complex transactions. He led the establishment of Canada’s first-ever public-private partnership agency at the federal level (P3 Canada) while working with the Finance Minister of Canada. Previous to that, he was the Economic Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister. He has founded two start-ups and has almost a decade of Merger & Acquisition experience at Scotia Capital as well as with Bain & Company.

Most recently he worked with Boxfish Infrastructure Group leading negotiations on behalf of Metrolinx for transactions between
$50 million to $300 million in value.

Rohit holds a MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (with Distinction) and a Hons. BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

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George Gretes

Partner

George brings over 10 years of experience in developing engagement strategies and due diligence for some of Canada’s largest projects.

Most recently, he worked to deliver a net-new international port on the Great Lakes creating a new trade route valued at over $100 million annually. He worked directly for the CEO and President of Metrolinx and helped guide the relocations of communities across Toronto.

He worked for a publicly-traded CPG manufacturing company leading investor relations for one of Canada’s largest mergers in 2021. He started his career as an advisor to the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and the Minister of Finance in British Columbia.

George holds a Hons. BA from the University of Toronto and is currently completing the CFA.

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Robert Amano

Markets Advisor

Robert brings over 30 years of experience in macroeconomic analysis and monetary policy formulation. He was a Senior Research Director at the Bank of Canada providing advice to monetary policy decision makers and leading and conducting research on vital macroeconomic questions.

Robert has advised the South African Reserve Bank on their macroeconomic framework and contributed to the Bank of Canada’s and Federal Reserve Bank’s reviews of their monetary policy frameworks. His work has been discussed in The Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail. Most recently, Robert has been an Economics Advisor to Pure Macro Research Inc. and an Economic Trustee for a digital asset protocol known as eco.org.

Robert holds a MA in Economics from Queen’s University and a Hon. BA in Economics (with distinction) from the University of Manitoba.

Get in Touch

If you are in active or preparing to negotiate with a public sector entity, we can help!

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