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Acted for Nasdaq-listed Bit Digital, Inc. in its acquisition of Enovum Data Centers Corp., a Montreal-based owner, operator, and developer of high-performance computing datacenters.
Acted for Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, as selling unitholder, in connection with an aggregate $75 million public treasury and secondary offering of Primaris REIT units. The units sold by CPPIB were acquired on the exchange of $50 million aggregate face value of 6.25% preferred units exchangeable into Primaris REIT units that were received as consideration in connection with the sale of its 50% interest in the Les Galeries de le Capitale mall in Quebec City to a subsidiary of Primaris REIT.
Acting as co-counsel to Allstate Insurance Company of Canada in defence of a class action seeking statutory overtime, vacation and holiday pay on behalf of thousands of current and former Allstate employees.
Acted for Russel Metals Inc. in the establishment of a $600 million credit facility.
Acted for Golden Ventures in connection with the formation of its fifth fund, Golden Ventures V, a leading seed-stage venture capital fund investing across North America.
Acting for Knights Therapeutics Inc., as licensee of Antibe Therapeutics Inc., in Antibe’s restructuring under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and receivership proceedings.
Acted for Canada Infrastructure Bank in its financing of HTEC Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corporation to construct and operate a hydrogen liquefaction facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as three gaseous hydrogen production facilities in Burnaby, Nanaimo and Prince George, in addition to construction and operation of 20 hydrogen fueling stations in Western Canada.
Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in the C$500-million public offering of medium-term notes by 407 International Inc.
Acted as tax counsel to ALT 5 Sigma Inc., a leading next generation blockchain financial technology provider, in its acquisition by JanOne Inc.
Acted for Oxford Properties Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in the C$325-million sale of Les Galeries de le Capitale, a super regional enclosed shopping centre located in Quebec City, to Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust. Primaris agreed to fund C$155 million of the purchase price with equity, comprised of (1) 2.5 million Primaris units, subject to Primaris’ right (which was exercised) to instead pay C$34 million in cash, and (2) C$100 million aggregate face value of 6.25% preferred units exchangeable into Primaris units.
Acted for Knight Therapeutics in the establishment of an exclusive supply and distribution agreement with Ironshore Therapuetics Inc, granting Knight the rights to seek regulatory approval and commercialize JORNAY PM® in Canada and Latin America.
Acted for Newmont Mining Corporation, Fronteer Gold Inc. and its founder Mark O’Dea in a successful defence against a claim for over C$1.2 billion in damages and other relief asserted by Jacqui Safra and his holding company, NWG Investments Inc. Safra alleged fraud and misrepresentation concerning a transaction in which Fronteer acquired a mineral exploration company he founded and controlled. Safra’s claim was commenced after the newly formed Government of Nunatsiavut imposed a moratorium on uranium mining in April 2008. Justice Steele of the Superior Court of Ontario dismissed the claim on the grounds of delay in August 2023. Mr. Safra’s appeal from the decision of Justice Steele was dismissed from the bench by the Court of Appeal for Ontario in May 2024.
Acted for Glencore Canada Corporation in its dispute before the Tax Court of Canada and Federal Court of Appeal with respect to the tax treatment of break fees.
Acted for Oxford Properties Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its C$325-million sale of Les Galeries de le Capitale, a super regional enclosed shopping centre located in Quebec City, to Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust.
Acting for Bureau Veritas with the EUR$360-million sale of its food testing business to Mérieux NutriSciences.
Acting for CrossingBridge Advisors, LLC in Tacora Resources Inc.'s proceedings pursuant to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
Acting for Whitefort Capital Management, LP in its shareholder engagement with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation regarding strategic direction and capital allocation.
Acted for ArcTern Ventures in the formation of its third flagship fund, ArcTern Ventures Fund III, a US$335 million venture capital fund focused on climate technology companies around the world.
Acting for Potentia Renewables Inc. and its affiliates in a contractual dispute with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) regarding Potentia's right to optimize solar projects.
Acted for Camac Partners, LLC in connection with its shareholder engagement with Rocky Mountain Liquor Inc. regarding board composition, governance and strategic matters, which culminated in an agreement to appoint two of Camac’s nominees to the Rocky Mountain board.
Acted for PSP Investments in the sale of its interest in an industrial property located at 7900 Airport Road in Brampton, Ontario, to Unilever Canada Inc.
Acted for Fortis Inc. in its C$500-million offering by private placement of 4.171% senior unsecured notes due September 9, 2031.
Acted for funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors LP in connection with Valsoft Corporation Inc.'s note issuance in an initial aggregate amount of US$170-million to Coatue Management and funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors LP.
Acted for BrandProject in connection with the formation of BrandProject Capital Fund II LP, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on making investments in next generation consumer product, service, and technology companies across North America.
Acting for Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. in its sale of Sport Maska Inc., operating as CCM Hockey, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of hockey equipment, accessories, figure skates and apparel.
Acting for PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., SAI in its capacity as trustee of Just for Laughs Group in proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
Acted for Oxford Properties Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board with the negotiation of sale and purchase agreement, disclosure schedules and terms and conditions of employment in connection with the C$325-million sale of Les Galeries de le Capitale, a super regional enclosed shopping centre located in Quebec City, to Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust.
Acting for a confidential qualified phase 2 bidder of substantially all assets of Silicon Valley Bank Canada following its very public collapse in March 2023
Acted for a leading cinema operator in its successful tax dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency in connection with the treatment of the sale of a movie theatre as a capital versus income gain.
Acted for Claridge IC Properties 4, Limited Partnership with the acquisition, in a joint venture with Colonnade Bridgeport, of a property in the City of Ottawa, for the purposes of the development of a residential project comprising approximately 127 rental units.
Acted for the selected consortium formed by Plenary Americas, Phoenix Infrastructure Group and EllisDon Capital for the design, build, finance and maintenance of eight new schools as a part of the second phase of the Blueprint Schools program in Prince George County, Maryland.
Acted for MacKinnon, Bennett & Co. in the formation of MKB Partners Fund III, a private equity fund that invests in the energy, mobility, built environment and related industrial sectors of the energy transition.
Acting for Onex Corporation on an application for judicial review of the amended Income Tax Act before the Federal Court of Canada.
Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in its sale of Alumni Educational Solutions, a leading manufacturer and distributor of educational furniture, to an equity consortium led by Castle Harlan.
Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by BofA Securities, in the private placement of US$200 million of high-yield notes of a Canadian private issuer.
Acted for Claridge IC Properties 4, Limited Partnership with the acquisition, in a joint venture with Endevco and Palomino, of a property in the City of Gatineau, and its related acquisition financing, for the purposes of the development of a residential project comprising approximately 298 rental units and ancillary commercial space.
Acted for Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., TD Securities Inc. and a syndicate of agents in Videotron Ltd.’s inaugural C$1-billion offering of investment grade bonds, comprised of C$600 million of 4.65% Series 1 Senior Notes due July 15, 2029, and C$400 million of 5% Series 2 Senior Notes due July 15, 2034.
Acted for Grup Mediapro S.L.U. in a litigation settlement with CSB, LP, culminating in a transaction pursuant to which Mediapro sold its Canadian business, consisting of the OneSoccer Channel, to CSB.
Acting for McKesson Corporation in the sale of its Rexall and Well.ca businesses in Canada to Birch Hill Equity Partners.
Acted for Alfar Capital Partners in the formation and fundraising of its second private equity fund, Alfar Capital Partners II, L.P., that invests in a diversified portfolio of companies in various business sectors in the Provinces of Québec and Ontario.
Acting for Post Road Specialty Lending Fund II LP, as well as MBL as the agent for the Post Road Group lenders, on restructuring and insolvency matters in connection with Post Road’s investment in Trade X Group of Companies and Wholesale Express.
Acted for Maryland and Energy Impact Partners, a Plenary Americas-led consortium including Kiewit Development Company, Kiewit Power Constructors, Honeywell International, in its winning bid to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the NextGen Energy Program, a district energy system for the University of Maryland.
Acted for PSP Investments with the establishment of its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Canada Growth Fund Investment Management Inc., and the negotiations with the Government of Canada and Canada Development Investment Corporation in connection with the management of the newly-established $15-billion Canada Growth Fund.
Acting for Southwest Critical Minerals LLC, an affiliate of Kinterra Capital Corp., in its US$128-million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Nevada Copper Corp., through a stalking horse bid in the sale process under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which was recognized in Canada under the CCAA.
Acted as Canadian counsel to Cvent, Inc., a portfolio company of Blackstone, in its acquisition of Splash, an event marketing technology company.
Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan, in the private placement of US$500 million of senior notes of GFL Environmental Inc.
Acting as Canadian counsel to Hellman & Friedman-backed AutoScout24, a European online automotive marketplace, in its acquisition of TRADER Corporation, a Canadian online marketplace also offering dealership and OEM software and lender services for the automotive sector, from Thoma Bravo.
Acting for The Body Shop Canada Limited Inc. with its restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, which include liquidating 33 stores across Canada.
Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and CDP Financial Inc. with the offering by CDP Financial of US$1.5 billion of Series 20 Notes due in 2029 under its Senior Notes Program.
Acted as Canadian counsel for a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Markets, BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets in connection with IAMGOLD Corporation's US$300-million public offering of common shares, conducted concurrently in Canada (excluding Québec and Nunavut) pursuant to Canadian prospectus requirements and in the United States pursuant to the U.S. multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Acting for the debtor in a confidential restructuring and wind down involving three separate agricultural companies across Canada and the U.S. with combined annual revenue in excess of $50 million.
Acted for OMERS Life Sciences in its US$304.7-million acquisition of 100% of Esperion’s royalty entitlement (subject to a cap) on net sales of bempedoic acid products in Europe by Daiichi Sankyo Europe.
Acted for McDonald’s Corporation in the private placement of C$1 billion of its fixed rate “Maple bonds”, McDonald’s first maple bond sale in the Canadian market since 2017.
Acting for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. in its C$1.7-billion sale to 16133258 Canada Inc., a newly-formed and wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, implemented by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
Acted for New Gold Inc. in its US$173-million cross-border bought deal equity financing conducted by a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC Capital Markets.
Acting for A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund in its strategic combination with A&W Food Services of Canada to create a leading publicly-traded quick-service restaurant company.
Acted for Northern Superior Resources Inc. in connection with a bought deal private placement of 5,050,600 flow-through shares at $0.99 per share and 5,454,600 common shares at $0.55 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of C$8-million.
Acted for funds affiliated with Blackstone in its acquisition of Trystar, a premier provider of electrical equipment used for backup power solutions.
Acted for the syndicate of agents, co-led by RBC Capital Markets and Scotiabank, in TMX Group Limited's Canadian private placement offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured debentures.
Acted for OMERS Life Sciences in its US$26.5-million (up to US$31.5 million) acquisition of a portion of Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.’s future royalty payments and certain milestones from Eli Lilly and Company on net sales of OLUMIANT® (baricitinib), a treatment for alopecia areata.
Acting for The Bidvest Group Limited, a South African publicly-traded company, in its acquisition of 100% of Citron Hygiene LP, a provider of washroom hygiene products and services in the U.S., Canada and UK, from Birch Hill Equity Partners and other investors.
Acted for Mason Resources Inc. in its strategic investment in NorthX Nickel Corp., formerly known as Archer Exploration Corp., under a private agreement transaction as part of a larger private placement. NorthX Nickel Corp. is focused on the exploration and development of the Grasset Project, located within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt in Quebec.
Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and CDP Financial Inc. with the offering by CDP Financial of €1.5 billion of Series 19 Notes due in 2029 under its Senior Notes Program.
Acted for Aecon Utilities Group Inc., in its acquisition of Xtreme Powerline Construction, an electrical distribution utility contractor, for US$73 million with the potential for additional contingent proceeds.
Acted for a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in an offering of C$200-million aggregate principal amount of Series L Notes of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust due March 29, 2030.
Acted for Generac Power Systems, Inc. in its purchase of Powerplay Battery Energy Storage Systems, a division of SunGrid Solutions Inc.
Acted for the shareholders of Mannarino Systems & Software Inc., a global leader in avionics for electric aircraft and drones and certified systems for the aerospace sector, with the sale of all of their issued and outstanding shares to Scalian SAS.
Acted for RBC Capital Markets, LLC and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. on the US$723.4-million cross-border secondary offering of subordinate voting shares of GFL Environmental Inc.
Acted for the syndicate of underwriters, co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, in the second green bond offering of C$4-billion by the Government of Canada.
Acted for eStruxture Data Centers, Canada’s leading data centre platform, in connection with Fengate Asset Management’s record-breaking C$1.8-billion investment transaction.
Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in its C$117.9-million equity offering, comprised of a C$57.5-million public offering and C$60.4-million concurrent non-brokered private placements to Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.) and Belkorp Industries Inc., the net proceeds of which will be used to fund a portion of its C$200-million sugar capacity expansion project.
Acted for Axium Infrastructure with its acquisition, together with Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation, of a 50% equity interest in the 100 MW Cedar Point II Wind Project located in Ontario from Fiera Infrastructure. The power produced by the project is sold to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) under a 20-year power purchase agreement under Ontario FIT Program.
Acted for the syndicate of agents, co-led by BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial and TD Securities, in TMX Group Limited's Canadian private placement of C$1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior debentures issued across three series.
Acting for The Aaron’s Company, Inc., in its proposed sale to IQVentures Holdings, LLC in an all cash transaction valuing Aaron’s at approximately US$504 million.
Acted for the sellers in the sale of Pine Valley Packaging Group, a group of companies specializing in the design and manufacture of custom packaging solutions, to a joint venture by Konoike Transport Co., Ltd. and Kanepackage Co., Ltd..
Acted as Canadian counsel for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$2.5-billion U.S. public offering of two series of senior notes registered via the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.
Acted as counsel to Algoma Power Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FortisOntario Inc., in connection with the issue and sale by Algoma of C$55-million principal amount of 5.054% senior unsecured notes due August 22, 2054, on a private placement basis.
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.
Acted as Canadian counsel to Tegus, a leading research platform for investors, on its US$930-million sale to AlphaSense, the leading market intelligence and search platform.
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.
Acting for Sixty North Unity, a consortium of Indigenous communities from the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, in connection with its proposed acquisition of Northwestel from Bell Canada for approximately C$1 billion, which would make Northwestel the largest indigenous-owned telecommunications company in the world.
Acting for J.P. Morgan, as financial advisor to the board of directors of Canadian Western Bank (CWB), in connection with the C$5-billion sale of CWB to National Bank of Canada by way of share exchange.
Acted for the shareholders of Searchlight Pharma Inc., a top-growth Canadian specialty and innovative branded pharmaceutical company, in connection with the sale of their 100% interest to Apotex Inc.
Acting for Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company, in connection with its strategic pursuit of change at Bitfarms Ltd., a Toronto-based bitcoin mining company, including its shareholder meeting requisition and challenge to Bitfarms’ poison pill at the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal.
Acted for New Gold Inc. in its US$255-million partial repurchase of a free cash flow royalty interest in New Afton mine from its strategic partner, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, reducing the royalty to 19.9%.
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its earn-in arrangement with Geophysx Jamaica Ltd., under which Barrick was granted the right to acquire up to an 80% joint-venture interest in certain properties located in Jamaica.
Acted for Odace Investment Consortium Inc., an alternative asset manager specialized in the transportation industry, with its acquisition of Boisjoli Transport Inc.
Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in its sale of Advanced Engineered Products to TerraVest Industries.
Acted as Canadian counsel to Direct Travel, Inc., in its sale to a group of investors, including Durable Capital Partners, Madrona Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, and Blackstone Credit & Insurance, led by Steve Singh.
Acted for Define Capital Inc. in its C$20-million fundraising and subsequent acquisition of two Ontario-based software companies.
Acted for Plusgrade in connection with General Atlantic’s strategic investment in the ancillary revenue powerhouse. The investment represents a monumental transaction for the global travel tech sector.
Acted as Canadian counsel to WESCO Distribution Inc. in the US$350-million sale of its integrated supply business to Vallen Distribution, Inc., a portfolio company of Nautic Partners, LLC.
Acted as Canadian counsel to Red 5 Limited, an Australia-based gold miner, in a merger of equals with Silver Lake Resources, creating a leading mid-tier gold company with a combined value of approximately A$2.2 billion.
Acted for Mason Graphite Inc. with the sale of the Lac Guéret Property, targeted for the development of graphite at the Uatnan Mining Project, to Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. in consideration of 6,208,210 common shares of Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc.
Acted for Blackstone in its US$3.5-billion take-private acquisition of Tricon Residential Inc., an owner, operator and developer of a portfolio of approximately 38,000 single-family rental homes in the U.S. Sun Belt and multi-family apartments in Toronto.
Acted for funds affiliated with Ironbridge Equity Partners Management Limited in the acquisition and related financing of Gardner Glass Products, Inc., a North Carolina-based company that manufactures and distributes tempered, mirrored, backpainted, and laminated glass products.
Acted for Wolseley Canada Inc., the leading wholesale distributor to plumbing, HVAC/R, waterworks and industrial markets in Canada, in its acquisition of Yorkwest Plumbing Supply Inc., a distributor of building and industrial products in the greater Toronto area.
Acted as Canadian counsel for RelationShop Inc. in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Mercatus Technologies, a leading provider of eCommerce solutions for regional grocers and independents.
Acted for Bruker Corporation in its acquisition of Tornado Spectral Systems Inc., a company that provides chemical analysis and measurement systems for Raman spectroscopy primarily used in pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and biotechnology applications.
Acted for Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles private equity fund, in the sale of Terra Insights, a Vancouver-based geotechnical, structural and geospatial monitoring company, to Orica for cash consideration of C$505 million.
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