Axium Infrastructure

Acted for Axium Infrastructure in its C$340-million acquisition of a 49% interest in a 246-MW wind facility portfolio from Capital Power, consisting of the Quality Wind facility in British Columbia and the Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind facility in Ontario.

Alaris Equity Partners

Acted for Alaris Equity Partners in its strategic recapitalization of Ohana Growth Partners, LLC, a leading Planet Fitness® franchisee.

Groupe Dynamite Inc.

Acted for Groupe Dynamite Inc., a Canadian women's clothing retailer, in its C$300-million initial public offering of subordinate voting shares, valuing the company at C$2.3 billion.

Scotia Capital Inc.

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.

Axium Infrastructure Inc.

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.

Northern Superior Resources Inc.

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.

ALT 5 Sigma Inc.

Acted as tax counsel to ALT 5 Sigma Inc., a leading next generation blockchain financial technology provider, in its acquisition by JanOne Inc.

Thread Collective Inc.

Acted for Thread Collective Inc. in their acquisition of all issued and outstanding shares of 9167200 Canada Inc. (dba Kanuk), from the founder and Champlain Financial Corporation. Kanuk is a Montreal-based manufacturer and retail brand known for cold-weather apparel and winter coats, boasting an international reputation. 

Siemens Energy

Acted as Canadian tax counsel to Siemens Energy in the sale of Trench business in Canada to Triton, a leading European mid-market private equity investor.

Basic Resources, Inc.

Acted for Basic Resources, Inc. in its US$160-million acquisition of the Warners, Olga and True & Co businesses from the fashion conglomerate PVH Corp.

Recochem

Acted as counsel to Recochem management in the acquisition of H.I.G portfolio company Recochem by funds managed by CapVest. 

Sprott Inc.

Acted for Sprott Inc. in the formation of Sprott Private Resource Streaming and Royalty Annex Fund, a US$310-million annex fund that invests alongside Sprott’s first streaming fund, which brings the combined total assets under management of Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in both funds to US$1.1 billion.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its holistic financing solution provided to Bunker Hill in respect of its zinc, lead and silver project located in Idaho, U.S. The financing package included a debt facility, convertible debentures, a royalty convertible debenture and a streaming arrangement in respect of the project.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing of Metals Acquisition Corp’s US$1.1-billion acquisition of Glencore’s CSA copper mine in New South Wales, Australia.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its acquisition of a secured note convertible into a gross revenue royalty of 4.75% of the gold and silver produced by Paramount Gold Nevada Corp.’s Grassy Mountain gold mine in eastern Oregon.

Axium Infrastructure

Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in connection with the acquisition from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners of the Travers Solar Project located in Vulcan County, Alberta. Situated on approximately 3,330 acres of land, the project has a total nameplate capacity of 465 MW, making it the largest solar project in Canada at the time of closing.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the US$150-million financing of Foran Mining Corporation’s McIvenna Bay project in east-central Saskatchewan.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its US$110-million streaming transaction with Ascot Resources Ltd. regarding the Premier Gold Project located on Nisga’a Nation Treaty Lands in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its acquisition of a secured note convertible into a streaming arrangement in respect of the gold produced by Theta Gold Mines Ltd.’s TGME Gold Project in South Africa.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its streaming transaction with Cerrado Gold Inc. regarding gold and silver produced by its Monte do Carmo project in Brazil.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the acquisition from Ascendant Resources of a secured note to be exchanged on maturity for a streaming arrangement in respect of 1.75% of all metals produced from the Lagoa Salgada VMS project in Lisbon, Portugal.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its US$37.5-million streaming transaction with Trigon Metals Inc. regarding silver and copper produced from its Kombat Mine located in Namibia.

Potentia Renewables Inc.

Acted for Potentia Renewables Inc. in its sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Emerald Solar Energy SRL, owner of an operational solar project named Canoa 1 located in the Barahona Province, Dominican Republic, to Polaris Infrastructure Inc.

The Pallinghurst Group

Acted for Pallinghurst Lithium Limited, a UK-based private investor in the global natural resources sector, in the exchange of its indirect 25% ownership interest in Québec-based Nemaska Lithium Inc. for shares of Livent Corporation.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in (i) the financing of Northern Graphite Corporation’s acquisition of the Lac des Iles graphite mine in Québec and the Okanjande graphite deposit/Okorusu processing plant in Namibia; (ii) a 9% royalty on graphite concentrate sales revenue from the Lac des Iles graphite mine; (iii) a streaming arrangement on 11.25% of the graphite produced in Namibia.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its streaming transaction with South Star Battery Metals regarding Graphite produced by its Santa Cruz Project in Brazil.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the US$225-million financing of Marathon Gold Corporation’s Valentine Gold project located in the central region of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Sprott Inc.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds and other institutional co-investors, in the acquisition from KSM Mining ULC of (i) a US$225M secured note to be exchanged on maturity for a gross silver royalty on the KSM project located in northern British Columbia; and (ii) a US$150M secured note to be exchanged on maturity for a 1.2% net smelters royalty on all metals produced by the same project.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its streaming transaction with Golden Sun Resources, the largest mining and exploration group in Costa Rica regarding the Bellavista Mine in Costa Rica.

Sprott Inc.

Acted for Sprott Inc. in the formation of Sprott Private Resource Streaming and Royalty Fund, which focuses on investments in commodity streams and royalties in the global natural resource sector. The fund raised US$701 million, which included syndication capital raised from a large institutional asset manager.

The Pallinghurst Group

Acted for The Pallinghurst Group in its acquisition, through Pallinghurst Nickel International Limited, of a 19.2% interest in Talon Metals Corp. from Resource Capital Fund VI L.P. Talon Metals is a TSX-listed base metals company with a nickel-copper-cobalt project in the United States.

Solutions Perkuto Inc. and Technologies Perkuto Inc.

Acted for the shareholders of Solutions Perkuto Inc., a Montréal-based leading Canadian marketing automation agency, and Technologies Perkuto Inc., its affiliated SaaS company, in their sale to MERGE, a Chicago-based marketing and technology development agency backed by Keystone Capital.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing of Sabina Gold Corporation’s Goose Gold Mine in the Back River Gold Project located in Nunavut.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in the acquisition by Sprott Private Resource Stream Fund and its joint venture partner, Electric Royalties Ltd., of a gross metal royalty on the Mid-Tennessee Zinc mine located in Smith County, Tennessee from Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing (of up to US$100 million) of Geopacific Resource Ltd's Woodlark Gold Project in Papua New Guinea. The financing comprised a project finance facility and a callable gold stream.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its acquisition of the rights under a streaming arrangement with Ascot Resources regarding gold and silver produced by its Red Mountain Project in northwestern British Columbia. 

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the US$152-million financing of Pure Gold Mining Inc.'s Madsen Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario. The financing comprised a credit facility and a callable gold stream.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in a convertible senior financing in support of SRG Mining Inc.'s bid for North American Lithium Inc., an industrial minerals mining company located in Abitibi, Québec.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in (i) the acquisition of a convertible senior financing in support of Treasury Metals Inc.'s Goliath Gold Complex Projects in Ontario; and (ii) a 1.5% non-core net smelter return royalty on the Goldlund gold property in Ontario.

Desjardins Securities Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Desjardins Securities Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., in connection with Goodfood Market Corp.'s $60-million bought deal public offering of common shares.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in its streaming transaction with West Vault Mining Inc. regarding gold and silver produced by the Hasbrouck Gold Project located in Nevada.

Boreal Ventures

Acted for Boreal Ventures in the creation of the first venture capital fund dedicated to high-tech ("deep tech") companies in Québec, in partnership with Centech, a Montréal-based incubator specializing in technology. The fund's initial limited partners include the Government of Québec through Investissement Québec, Teralys Capital, Desjardins Capital, BDC Capital, Hewitt Group and École de technologie supérieure.

Novacap Management Inc.

Acted for Novacap Management Inc. in the formation and fundraising of Novacap TMT VI, a US$1.865-billion private equity fund in the telecommunication, media and technologies sector in North America with a particular focus on portfolio companies based in Canada. TMT VI is Novacap's largest private equity fund to date.

Axium Infrastructure Inc.

Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in its acquisition from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board of a 49% interest in an approximately 396 MW portfolio of four wind generation facilities (Summerhaven, Conestogo, Varna and Jericho) and two solar generation facilities (Sombra and Moore), all located in Ontario.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing (of up to US$25 million) of Elemental Royalties' acquisition of a portfolio of precious metal royalties from a wholly owned subsidiary of South32 Limited.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing (of up to US$105 million) of Ascot Resources Ltd.'s Premier Gold Project in northern British Columbia. The terms of the financing included a senior credit facility, a convertible credit facility and a production payment agreement.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing (of up to US$60 million) of Novo Resources Corp.'s Beatons Creek Conglomerate Gold Project in Western Australia.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing (of up to US$140 million) of Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corp.'s acquisition of Hycroft Mining Corp., a world-class gold and silver producing operator located in Nevada. The financing comprised a senior credit facility and a net smelter royalty.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in its US$15-million streaming transaction with Cerrado Gold Inc. regarding gold and silver produced by the Don Nicolas mine in the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. The stream deposit was used in the financing of Cerrado's acquisition of the Don Nicolas mine.  

Sprott Private Resource Lending (Collector), LP

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Private Resource Lending (Collector), LP and its subsidiaries in their acquisition under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and disposition of certain gold properties located in Nova Scotia to Aurelius Minerals Inc. and the concurrent equity investment in Aurelius Minerals Inc.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the acquisition of a convertible senior financing in support of Rubicon Minerals Corporation's Bateman Gold Project near Red Lake, Ontario.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing (of up to US$160 million) of TMAC Resources Inc.'s Hope Bay Project in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut.

The Pallinghurst Group

Acted for The Pallinghurst Group, a private investor in the global natural resources sector, in its joint 50-50 acquisition with Investissement Québec of Québec-based Nemaska Lithium Inc. pursuant to a sales process under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. The acquisition was structured as a credit bid with Nemaska's largest secured creditor, Orion Mine Finance, and achieved through a reverse vesting order granted by the Superior Court of Québec and upheld by the Québec Court of Appeal.

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in connection with its US$50-million at-the-market offering.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds and other institutional investors, in its acquisition of the rights under a US$73.3-million streaming arrangement from Vale S.A. regarding cobalt produced by the Voisey’s Bay Mine in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust in its $17.2-million public offering, including the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the agents, and in its concurrent private placement of $6 million in principal amount of 6% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due November 23, 2025, for total gross proceeds of $23.3 million.

Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. in mdf commerce inc.'s $47.8-million bought deal public offering of common shares including the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its US$40-million public offering in the United States.

Axium Infrastructure Inc.

Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in connection with its equity investment in a 900 MW combined cycle natural gas power plant to be built near Edson, Alberta, known as the Cascade Power Project. This project won Project Finance International's Canadian Power Deal of the Year award for 2020.

Glanbia plc

Acted for Glanbia plc, a global nutrition group, in its acquisition of Foodarom Group, a Québec-based specialist flavours solutions business.

Desjardins Securities Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Desjardins Securities Inc. and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. in Goodfood Market Corp.'s $40-million bought deal public offering of common shares including the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters.

Axium Infrastructure Inc.

Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in its acquisition from Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. of a 50% interest in a portfolio of nine solar farms located in Ontario.

InstarAGF Asset Management Inc.

Acted for InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. in the formation of US$1.2-billion InstarAGF Essential Infrastructure Fund II, an infrastructure fund focused on investments in North America, with limited partners from Canada, U.S., Europe and Asia.

Minority shareholders of Recochem Inc.

Provided tax and corporate advice to Canadian and U.S. minority shareholders as well as option holders of Recochem Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, regarding a restructuring of the group in connection with its acquisition of Adam's Polishes, LLC based in Colorado.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp.

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing (of up to US$160 million) of Emerald Resources NL's Okvau Gold Project, which is expected to be the first modern large-scale gold project in Cambodia. The financing comprised a senior credit facility and gold price derivatives.

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in its acquisition of the BLU-5937 and related P2X3 antagonists intellectual property assets from adMare BioInnovations' NEOMED Institute.

National Bank Financial Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by National Bank Financial Inc. and Desjardins Capital Markets in Goodfood Market Corp.'s $30 million public offering of convertible debentures.

NetEase Interactive Entertainment Pte. Ltd

Acted for China-based NetEase, a world-leading Internet and video game company, in its Series A investment in a Montréal-based video game studio.

Business Development Bank of Canada

Acted for Business Development Bank of Canada in its investment, as an anchor investor, in Amplitude Ventures, a venture capital fund focused principally on the health and the life sciences sectors.

Trivest Partners L.P.

Acted for Trivest Partners L.P., a U.S. private equity firm focused exclusively on mid-market founder- and family-owned businesses, in its add-on acquisition of Total Power Limited, a Canadian provider of generators and climate control systems operating in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. The purchase was financed through various arrangements, including equity contributions and an increase in Trivest's senior secured facility with its bank syndicate.

GMP Securities L.P.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P. and including Haywood Securities Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. in the marketed public offering of 3,077,902 common shares of VOTI Detection Inc., for gross proceeds to the corporation of approximately $5.4 million.

Nutrien Ltd.

Acted as Canadian tax counsel to Nutrien Ltd. in its acquisition, for a purchase price of over A$468 million by way of a scheme of arrangement under Australian law, of Ruralco Holdings Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: RHL) and is one of Australia's leading agriservice businesses.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted as counsel to BELLUS Health Inc. in its US$70-million initial public offering in the United States.

Nutrien Ltd.

Acted as Canadian tax counsel to Nutrien Ltd. in its acquisition of Actagro, LLC, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of environmentally sustainable soil and plant health products and technologies.

Axium Infrastructure Inc.

Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in its acquisition from Mitsubishi Corporation of a 50% interest in a portfolio of nine solar farms located in Ontario.

GMP Securities L.P.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P. and comprising Desjardins Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Acumen Capital Finance Partners Limited, Scotia Capital Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Canaccord Genuity Corporation and PI Financial Corp. in a bought deal offering of 7,142,857 common shares of Goodfood Market Corp. for gross proceeds to the corporation of approximately $25 million.

Barrick Gold Corporation

Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its recommended US$18.3-billion share-for-share merger with Randgold Resources Limited. This complex and multijurisdictional transaction created an industry-leading gold company with the greatest concentration of tier one gold assets in the industry and a diversified asset portfolio positioned for growth.

The Pallinghurst Group

Acting as counsel for The Pallinghurst Group, a global metals and mining industry investor, in its proposed equity investment in Nemaska Lithium Inc. to help fund Nemaska's Whabouchi project in Québec.

Business Development Bank of Canada

Acting for Business Development Bank of Canada in connection with the Government of Canada's Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative, which involves the formation of certain venture capital fund-of-funds. Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II, HarbourVest Canada Growth Fund II, Teralys Capital Innovation Fund and Kensington Venture Fund II, four of the five venture capital fund-of-funds established under the VCCI program, had their final closings in 2019.

Axium Infrastructure Inc. and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company in their joint $1.4-billion acquisition of AltaGas Ltd.'s remaining 55% interest in three hydroelectric projects in northwest British Columbia: the 195 MW Forrest Kerr Hydroelectric Facility, the 66 MW McLymont Creek Hydroelectric Facility and the 16 MW Volcano Creek Hydroelectric Facility.

Business Development Bank of Canada

Acted for Business Development Bank of Canada in its investment, as an anchor investor, in Framework Venture Partners, a newly-formed venture capital fund focused principally on software as a service, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its $35-million overnight marketed offering of common shares to support the development of its lead drug candidate BLU-5937 for chronic cough.

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in the filing of a base shelf prospectus.

GMP Securities L.P.

Acted for a syndicate of agents led by GMP Securities L.P. in connection with a going public transaction by way of reverse takeover involving VOTI Detection Inc. and Steamsand Capital Corp., and VOTI's concurrent brokered private placement of subscription receipts for gross proceeds of approximately $9.2 million.

Recochem, Inc.

Acted for management of Recochem, Inc., a global leader in manufacturing, marketing and distributing aftermarket transportation and household fluids, in the acquisition of Recochem by an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a private equity investment firm from an affiliate of Swander Pace Capital.

Trivest Partners L.P.

Acted for Trivest Partners, a U.S. private equity firm focused exclusively on mid-market founder- and family-owned businesses, in its acquisition of GAL Power Systems, a leading Canadian provider of commercial and industrial power generator sets and climate control systems operating across Canada, including Québec.

Axium Infrastructure Inc. and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

Acted for (i) Axium Infrastructure Inc. and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company in their joint $922-million acquisition from AltaGas Ltd. of a 35% interest in three hydroelectric projects in northwest British Columbia: the 195 MW Forrest Kerr Hydroelectric Facility, the 66 MW McLymont Creek Hydroelectric Facility and the 16 MW Volcano Creek Hydroelectric Facility; and (ii) Northwestern Hydro Acquisition Inc. (NWHA), the special purpose acquisition vehicle formed to complete the acquisition, in a subsequent $650 million senior secured bond financing and related letter of credit facility.

Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd.

Acted for Waratah Capital in the formation of the Royalty Capital Limited Partnerships, each of which invests in Lithium Royalty Corporation.

A group of investors

Acted for a group of investors regarding MPX Bioceutical Corporation's issuance, through a wholly owned Luxembourg subsidiary, of US$40 million in secured convertible original issue discount notes.

Confidential client

Acted for a U.S. state retirement system in its joint venture with a real estate development company for the acquisition of various industrial properties in Ontario.

Rogers Sugar Inc.

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in connection with the issuance, on a bought deal basis, of $97,750,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

Russel Metals Inc.

Acted for Russel Metals Inc. in its private placement of $150 million of high yield notes due 2026.

Fulcrum Capital Partners

Acted for Fulcrum Capital Partners in its equity investment in and related financing of Accucam Machining, a Canada-based supplier of steel parts to heavy original equipment manufacturers in material handling, agricultural and construction industries around the world.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its $20-million overnight marketed offering of common shares.

Cycle Capital Management Inc.

Acted for Cycle Capital Management Inc. in the creation of Qingdao Chengtou Haisi Cycle Equity Investment Fund, a $125-million technology venture capital fund.

High-Net-Worth Family

Acted for a high-net-worth family on tax matters related to a reorganization of the family's corporate holdings.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

Acted as Canadian tax counsel for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. in its US$36-billion merger of equals with Agrium Inc. to create the world-class integrated global supplier of crop inputs, Nutrien Ltd. This deal was named 2017's Deal of the Year by Lexpert Magazine and won the Mining Deal of the Year award at the 2017 Canadian Dealmakers Awards.

Canada Finally Enacts the Digital Services Tax (Maybe)

July 09, 2024 - The new Digital Services Tax Act came into force with an order-in-council on June 28, 2024, imposing a 3% digital services tax (DST) on certain Canadian-source digital services revenue of large entities. The DST would first be payable in 2025, with the initial payments retroactively...

Canada’s Enactment of Pillar 2 – Part I, co-author

July 01, 2024 - Tax Notes International, Volume 115, No. 1 (Tax Notes)
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International Fiscal Association, 2024 IFA Canada International Tax Conference, “Worker Mobility - They want to work from where?!”; Montréal, QC

May 14, 2024

Doing Business in Canada 2023, contributor

Nov. 14, 2023 - Davies’ Doing Business in Canada guide provides executives, in-house counsel and foreign investors with an overview of the legal framework governing Canadian business operations and outlines key considerations for investing and conducting business in Canada…

Government of Canada Releases Package of Proposed Domestic and International Tax Legislation

Aug. 16, 2023 - The Department of Finance (Finance) released draft tax legislation for public consultation on August 4, 2023, with a stated focus on promoting tax fairness and a clean economy. The most significant item released is the draft of a major new statute, the Global Minimum Tax Act, spanning...

Canada's DST Shows Impatience With Pillar 1 Rules

July 28, 2023 - Law360, Tax Authority
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Canadian Federal Court of Appeal Gets Section 20(12) Right, author

July 17, 2023 - Tax Notes
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International Fiscal Association, 2023 IFA Canada International Tax Conference, “EIFEL”; Calgary, AB

May 16, 2023

International Fiscal Association, 2023 IFA USA International Tax Conference, “So, You Want to Expatriate, What Should You Do?”; Chicago, IL

Apr. 27, 2023

International Fiscal Association, 3rd North American Region Meeting Canada-Mexico-USA, “Regional Spotlight: Tax Policy in the Caribbean”; Chicago, IL

Apr. 26, 2023

Le nouveau régime de restriction des dépenses excessives d’intérêts et de financement (RDEIF), co-author

Apr. 18, 2023 - Stratège, Vol. 28, No. 1 (APFF)
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Moderator, International Fiscal Association (U.S. and Canada Branches), YIN Webinar, “Hybridity and Hybrids: Canada's New Anti-hybrid Rules”; Webcast

Mar. 09, 2023

New Rules and Reporting Requirements Coming for the Real Estate Sector

Dec. 23, 2022 - As 2022 comes to a close, we draw your attention to certain new and proposed legislation that the Canadian federal government has introduced and that will have important implications for Canadian residential real estate and the Canadian real estate sector more broadly. Specifically, we offer...

Canada Releases Revised Draft Legislation on New Interest Deductibility Rules

Dec. 08, 2022 - The Department of Finance (Canada) (Finance) has released revised draft legislation on the proposed rules regarding excessive interest and financing expenses limitation (EIFEL). The revised draft legislation, released on November 3, 2022, contains several significant updates to Finance’s initial...

Chronique : Coup d’œil international – Substance juridique ou substance économique?, co-author

Oct. 19, 2022 - Stratège, Vol. 27, No. 3 (APFF)
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Association de planification fiscale et financière, 2022 Annual Conference, “Fiscalité des investissements au Canada par un non-résident”; Webinar

Oct. 06, 2022

Viewpoint — Canada’s New Interest and Financing Expense Deductibility Rules, co-author

Aug. 26, 2022 - C.D. Howe Institute (Intelligence Memos)
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Cos. May Face Headaches Whatever Global Tax Plan's Fate

Aug. 10, 2022 - Law360, Tax Authority
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The EIFEL Rules: A Significant Reduction to Interest Deductions, co-author

June 30, 2022 - Espace Montréal, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Espace Publications)
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Canada confirms intention to institute new interest and deductibility rules (re-print), co-author

June 17, 2022 - Canadian Accountant
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Canada Confirms Intention to Institute New Interest and Deductibility Rules

June 07, 2022 - Overview The Department of Finance (Canada) (Finance) released draft legislation on February 4, 2022 that would limit the deduction of “interest and financing expenses” to a fixed percentage of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for Canadian income tax...

International Fiscal Association, 2nd North American Region Meeting Canada-Mexico-USA, “YIN Conference – Ultimate Beneficial Ownership”; Mexico City, Mexico

May 05, 2022

Moderator, IFA International Tax Webinars, “A Case Study in Canadian and Select European Controlled Foreign Company/Foreign Affiliate Rules”

Oct. 19, 2021

FISCALITÉ INTERNATIONALE ‒ Budget 2021 : prélude pour une réforme majeure du régime fiscal canadien? (INTERNATIONAL TAX, 2021 Budget: Prelude to a Major Reform of the Canadian Tax Regime?)

Sept. 14, 2021 - Stratège, Vol. 26, No. 3 (APFF)
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Moderator, IFA International Tax Webinars, “Tax Court Settlement Conferences: a Judge’s Perspective”

June 04, 2020

Foreign Affiliate Issues in Troubled Times, co-author

June 01, 2020 - International Tax Newsletter, No. 112 (Wolters Kluwer)
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Moderator, IFA International Tax Webinars, “Soft Law: a Judge’s Analytical Framework”

May 14, 2020

Canada Enacts the OECD-Sponsored Multilateral Instrument

June 26, 2019 - Canada has enacted into law the OECD-sponsored Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). The enactment of June 21, 2019 represents the penultimate step in the domestic ratification of the MLI in Canada, which will...

Moderator, IFA International Tax Conference 2019, “Back-to-Back Loan Rules”; Montréal, QC

May 14, 2019

Canadian and U.S. Tax Laws: A Review of 2018 and a Look Ahead to 2019

Jan. 31, 2019 - In our annual Tax Review and Outlook report, we look back at significant developments in the Canadian and U.S. tax landscapes in 2018 and offer our predictions on what to expect in 2019. Key Canadian Developments in 2018 Budget 2018 scaled back controversial initiative on taxation of...

Canadian Tax Laws: A Review of 2018 and a Look Ahead to 2019

Jan. 31, 2019 - Each year at this time we offer a look back at some of the more significant income tax developments in Canada affecting domestic and international business over the past year and a look ahead to possible Canadian tax developments in the coming year. Legislative Developments in 2018

Now It’s “Excluded Property”, Now It’s Not, co-author

Dec. 01, 2018 - International Tax Newsletter, No. 103 (Wolters Kluwer)
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Law Society of Ontario, Taxation Issues for Real Estate Lawyers 2018, “Taxation of Real Estate Partnerships”; Toronto, ON

Nov. 20, 2018