Zach Hershenfeld

Associate

Zach Hershenfeld

Zach Hershenfeld

Associate

Expertise
Bar Admissions
  • Ontario, 2020

Zach is developing a comprehensive corporate practice.

He has assisted on a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings, corporate governance and general commercial matters.

Zach Hershenfeld

Associate

Zach is developing a comprehensive corporate practice.

He has assisted on a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings, corporate governance and general commercial matters.

Plusgrade Inc.

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.

Barrick Gold Corporation

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.

Centurion Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for a special committee of independent trustees of Centurion Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust, a private, unlisted REIT with over $6.5 billion in assets, with restructuring of the REIT’s asset management agreement and related arrangements with its external asset manager, Centurion Asset Management Inc.

Copper Mountain Mining Corporation

Acted for Copper Mountain Mining Corporation in its US$439-million all-share acquisition by Hudbay Minerals Inc. by way of a court approved plan of arrangement.

Arcline Investment Management

Acted as Canadian counsel to Arcline Investment Management in its acquisition of International Water-Guard, a leading provider and servicer of proprietary potable water systems and components for use in business and commercial jet applications.

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.

Acted for the special committee of the board of directors of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. in connection with management’s proposed takeover bid for the common shares of Canaccord.

WideOrbit Inc.

Acted for WideOrbit, Inc., a California-based media vertical software provider, in its sale to Constellation Software Inc. and its subsidiary Lumine Group Inc., and the related spin-out of the combined Lumine Group Inc. as a new public company listed on the TSX-V.

Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc.

Acted for Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. in its merger with SolGold plc under a court-approved plan of arrangement, consolidating ownership of the Cascabel project in northern Ecuador.

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.

Ironbridge Equity Partners

Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in its acquisition and related financing of North American Produce Buyers Limited, a leading importer and distributor of premium fruit.

Points.com Inc.

Acted for Points.com Inc., the global leader in powering loyalty commerce, in its sale by plan of arrangement to Plusgrade Parent L.P. in an all-cash transaction valuing Points at US$385 million.

TPG Real Estate Partners

Acted for TPG Real Estate Partners, the dedicated real estate equity investment platform of alternative asset firm TPG, in its acquisition (and related financing) of Cinespace Film Studios, North America's second-largest independent sound stage platform with best-in-class studio campuses in Toronto and Chicago.

Canadian Business Growth Fund

Acted for Canadian Business Growth Fund in its investment in Kudos Inc., a Calgary-based employee recognition, people analytics, and organizational communications technology company.

Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.

Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc., Canada's leading omnichannel specialty sleep retailer, in its $25-million acquisition of a 52% majority stake in Hush Blankets, a Canadian-based direct-to-consumer sleep retailer.

Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.

Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc., Canada's leading omnichannel specialty sleep retailer, in its strategic investment in Sleepout Inc., a Canadian-based sleep product retailer.

AirBoss of America Corp.

Acted for AirBoss of America Corp. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to C$200 million of securities in Canada.

WeCommerce Holdings Ltd.

Acted for WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Archetype Themes Inc., a leading designer and developer of premium Shopify themes, for an aggregate purchase price of up to US$32 million.

Leaseweb Global B.V.

Acted for Leaseweb Global B.V., a leading hosting and cloud services company, in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of iWeb Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Internap Holding LLC and one of Canada's foremost providers of cloud services and server hosting.

Hydrostor Inc.

Acted for Hydrostor Inc., a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) projects, in securing $10 million in growth capital financing from BDC Capital to advance four A-CAES projects in Canada, the United States and Australia.

Osgoode Hall Law School—F.H. Barlow Scholarship (2019)

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2020

Education

Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2019
Schulich School of Business, MBA, 2019
York University, BSc (Hons.), 2015