Selected representations
The matters below are representative of the firm's recent work in publicly disclosed transactions. The firm is engaged on many others — including special-committee mandates, contested situations, and pre-bid arrangements — that for client and counterparty reasons are not described here.
Acted for the special committee of a TSX-listed industrial issuer in connection with a $4.1B unsolicited bid and the subsequent strategic review.
Counsel to the joint book-runners on the $620M offering of common shares by a TSX- and NYSE-listed technology issuer under the MJDS.
Advised a Canadian Schedule I bank as administrative agent on the $1.4B acquisition financing of a North American midstream platform.
Advised a Canadian pension fund consortium on the $2.6B acquisition of a North American renewable infrastructure platform.
Represented the underwriting syndicate in the $850M cross-listed initial public offering of a Canadian software issuer on the TSX and Nasdaq.
Acted for a controlling shareholder in the $720M going-private transaction of a TSX-listed real estate issuer by way of plan of arrangement.
Counsel to a U.S.-listed acquirer on the $1.1B all-cash acquisition of a Canadian specialty chemicals company under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
Acted for a Canadian gold producer on the $480M senior unsecured note offering and concurrent tender for the issuer's existing 2027 notes.
Advised a private equity sponsor on the take-private of a TSX-listed specialty pharmaceutical company at an enterprise value of $1.1B.
Acted for the court-appointed monitor in the CCAA proceedings of a national retailer with operations across Canada and the United States.
Counsel to a Canadian pipeline issuer in the successful defence of a securities class action arising out of a 2022 disclosure dispute.
Represented a non-bank lender consortium on the $560M unitranche financing of a Canadian middle-market industrial business.
Tax counsel to a Canadian sponsor on the cross-border continuance and concurrent reorganization of a holding structure originally formed in 1998.
Acted for a Canadian-controlled private corporation on the $310M sale of its operating subsidiary to a U.S. strategic acquirer, including a section 85 rollover.
Advised the receiver in the BIA proceedings and credit-bid acquisition of a Western Canadian energy services business.
Successfully represented a TSX-listed mining issuer at the Supreme Court of Canada in an appeal concerning the standard of review for securities regulators.
A note on disclosure. The firm takes the view that client confidentiality survives the closing. Matters appear here only where the underlying transaction has been the subject of a public announcement or filing. Where roles, fees, or specific counterparties are not described, that is by design.