Hafsah Qureshi

Associate

Hafsah Qureshi

Hafsah Qureshi

Associate

Expertise
Bar Admissions
  • Ontario, 2022

Hafsah is developing a diverse corporate practice.

She has assisted on a range of transactions, including private mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings, tax reorganizations, and various regulatory matters.

Prior to joining Davies, Hafsah worked as a research assistant for Professor Richard McLaren, for whom she conducted research on topics ranging from Dispute Resolution in Sport to Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

Hafsah Qureshi

Associate

Hafsah is developing a diverse corporate practice.

She has assisted on a range of transactions, including private mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings, tax reorganizations, and various regulatory matters.

Prior to joining Davies, Hafsah worked as a research assistant for Professor Richard McLaren, for whom she conducted research on topics ranging from Dispute Resolution in Sport to Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

Industrial and Financial Systems AB

Acted for Industrial and Financial Systems AB in its approximately C$1-billion acquisition of Copperleaf Technologies Inc., a provider of enterprise decision analytics software to companies managing critical infrastructure.

Ironbridge Equity Partners

Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in its sale of Advanced Engineered Products to TerraVest Industries.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. to establish its shelf prospectus, qualifying an unspecified amount of future public offerings of debt securities and preferred shares in Canada. 

Axium Infrastructure

Acted for Axium Infrastructure in connection with a mezzanine financing of a portfolio of solar projects located in Ontario. 

Kroll, LLC

Acted for Kroll, the independent financial advisor to Hut 8, in connection with its merger with U.S. Data Mining Group, Inc. doing business as US Bitcoin Corp, to establish “New Hut”, a large scale, publicly traded Bitcoin miner.

The Canada Life Assurance Company

Acted for The Canada Life Assurance Company and its affiliates with the C$185.5-million financing of a portfolio of three hydroelectric generating facilities located in British Columbia and Quebec totalling approximately 107 MW owned by Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. The Gilles Lefrancois Project (24 MW) is located in Levis, Quebec and the Rutherford Creek (50 MW) and Miller Creek (33 MW) Projects are located near Squamish-Lillooet, British Columbia. The projects are fully-contracted with take-or-pay contracts with Hydro-Quebec and BC Hydro, respectively.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in a C$3-billion Canadian private placement of senior notes issued across four tranches.

Fortis Inc.

Acted for Fortis Inc. in establishing its at-the-market public offering of up to C$500-million of common shares, which may be sold through the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or on any other marketplace in Canada or the United States on which the common shares are traded.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. to establish its U.S. registration statement, registering up to US$8 billion of future public offerings of debt securities and preferred shares in the United States pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system.

Barrick Gold Corporation

Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$4 billion of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.

Aecon Group Inc.

Acted for Aecon Group Inc. in the sale of its Aecon Transportation East roadbuilding, aggregates and materials business in Ontario to Green Infrastructure Partners Inc. for C$235 million in cash.

Lithium Royalty Corp

Acted for Lithium Royalty Corp. in its C$150-million initial public offering of common shares underwritten by a syndicate co-led by Canaccord Genuity Corp and Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc.

Cookin

Acted for Cookin, a digital marketplace for home chefs, in securing $17-million in growth financing from an investor consortium led by Relay Ventures.

Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.

Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc., Canada's leading omnichannel specialty sleep retailer, in its acquisition of Silk & Snow Inc., a Canadian-based direct-to-consumer sleep retailer.

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2022

Education

Western University, JD (with Distinction), 2021
University of Windsor, BS (Hons) (with Distinction), 2017