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Christopher J. Doucet

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Toronto

Doucet Chris
 
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T: 416.777.7449


Toronto

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Chris Doucet delivers pragmatic, focused and timely advice to companies on a range of securities, M&A and capital markets transactions, as well as practiced guidance on a variety of corporate governance and commercial matters.

Chris brings his approach to a wide array of industries. In addition to the global mining and metals sector (including exploration, development and extraction), Chris serves clients in technology, infrastructure, agribusiness, financial services, real estate, fintech and other businesses. He frequently advises public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions (such as takeover bids, asset purchase/sale transactions, special situations, plans of arrangement, reverse take-overs and other business combinations), corporate finance transactions (such as initial public offerings, follow-on treasury and secondary public offerings, rights offerings, private placements of equity and debt securities, option, royalty and streaming transactions). In addition, Chris provides counsel to public issuers, on regulatory and compliance issues, including continuous disclosure, securities regulatory, stock exchange and governance obligations.

Education

McGill University, BA, 2007, with distinction Queen's University, MBA, 2010, dean's list Queen's University, JD, 2011, dean's honour list 

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2012

Recent Experience

Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation, in its $330-million offering of Series I bonds through RBC Capital Markets.
Katanga Mining Limited, in its $7.6-billion rights offering financing backstopped by Glencore to fund debt repayment to Glencore.
Just Cash, in its sale of a controlling investment position to Coinsquare Ltd.
Katanga Mining Limited, in its settlement agreement with the Ontario Securities Commission following an investigation by staff of the Ontario Securities Commission into certain of Katanga’s historical public disclosures. Katanga is a publicly traded company whose majority shareholder is Glencore, one of the world’s largest mining companies.
BMO Capital Markets, in the $60-million financing of Mandalay Resources Corporation, including a public equity offering and bridge loan from CE Mining Fund III L.P.
SolGold plc, in the US$59 million investment by BHP Billiton.
S.i. Systems Ltd., in its acquisition by Quad C Partners.
Coro Mining Corp., in its $47-million series of financing transactions with affiliates of Tembo Capital Management Ltd. and Greenstone Resources LP including a fully-backstopped, discounted rights offering.
Klondex Mines Ltd., in its US$462-million acquisition by Hecla Mining Company pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement.
Havilah Mining Corporation, in its US$52-million spin-out from Klondex Mines Ltd. including a concurrent equity subscription by Hecla Mining Company pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement.
Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation, in a $115-million offering of amortizing Series G bonds.
Victoria Gold Corp., in its $505 million series of financing transactions with Osisko Gold Royalties, Orion Mine Finance and Caterpillar Financial Services Limited for construction of the Eagle Gold Project.
Cardinal Resources Limited, in its bought deal prospectus offering of ordinary shares through a syndicate of underwriters led by Clarus Securities Inc. for aggregate gross proceeds of $12 million.
The underwriters of First Cobalt Corp,. led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. in First Cobalt's $31-million bought deal private placement of common share units.
Adventus Zinc Corporation, in its acquisition of an earn-in option from Salazar Resources Ltd. Adventus acquired the right to earn a 75% interest in Salazar’s Curipamba zinc-copper-gold project in west-central Ecuador in exchange for US$25 million of project financing.
Fuzhou Bonded Zone Hejili Equity Investment Limited Partnership, in its US$21-million equity investment in Hydrogenics Corporation by private placement. 
Ascendant Resources Inc., in its acquisition of the El Mochito Mine from Nyrstar N.V.
Raymond James Ltd., as lead agent in the $46-million brokered private placement of shares of Brazilian phosphate fertilizer producer Itafos.
Ascendant Resources Inc., in its $20-million public offering of units containing common shares and warrants through a syndicate of underwriters led by Eight Capital.
Ascendant Resources Inc., in its $19.5-million brokered private placement of subscription receipts through Dundee Capital Partners qualified by prospectus.
Calgary Fuel Facilities Corporation Ltd., in its $90-million private placement of 3.549% 30-year amortizing bonds through RBC Capital Markets, as agent.
POET Technologies Inc., in its $12.5-million cross-border public offering of common shares and warrants pursuant to a prospectus supplement to its US$50 million shelf prospectus and U.S. SEC registration statement through a syndicate of agents led by H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.
A syndicate of underwriters, co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc., in Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp.'s $1.15-billion offering of convertible debentures to partially finance Algonquin's $3.2-billion acquisition of the Empire District Electric Company. 
A syndicate of agents, led by GMP Securities L.P., in Orla Mining Ltd.'s $50 million brokered private placement of subscription receipts in Orla's merger with Pershimco Resources Inc. by Plan of Arrangement.
The underwriters of TMAC Resources Inc. led by BMO Capital Markets in the $92-million public offering of common shares of TMAC, which included a $32-million secondary offering of common shares of TMAC by Resource Capital Fund VI L.P.
Difference Capital Financial Inc., in its substantial issuer bid to repurchase $12-million aggregate principal amount of its own issued and outstanding convertible debentures.
Difference Capital Financial Inc., in its substantial issuer bid to repurchase $7 million of its own issued and outstanding common shares.
The Special Committee of Central GoldTrust, in Sprott Asset Management's $1-billion hostile takeover bid for all the outstanding units of Central GoldTrust.
The Special Committee of Central GoldTrust, in its successful defense against a dissident unitholder proposal and subsequent proxy contest.
The Special Committee of Silver Bullion Trust (SBT), in SBT's conversion to an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in partnership with Purpose Investments Inc.
BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets as co-lead underwriters of the $155-million initial public offering of TMAC Resources Inc.
A syndicate of underwriters co-led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and National Bank Financial Inc., in a $299-million public offering of common shares of Yamana Gold Inc.
Noront Resources Ltd., in its US$27.5-million acquisition of certain chromite properties in the Ring of Fire mineral region in northern Ontario from Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
Klondex Mines Ltd., in its US$83-million acquisition of the Midas mine and mill complex in Nevada from Newmont Mining Corporation, and related acquisition financings.
H.C. Wainwright & Co., as lead agent in the US$22-million MJDS offering of common stock and warrants by Allied Nevada Gold Corp.
Lipari Energy, Inc., in its indirect acquisition by certain members of Lipari's management team via Plan of Arrangement.
The underwriters of Transeastern Power Trust led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., in Transeastern's $23-million initial public offering of trust units and convertible debentures.
Glencore International, in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Viterra for approximately $6.1 billion by way of a plan of arrangement and the sale of certain assets of Viterra to each of Agrium and Richardson International for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion.
Glencore International, in its sale to CF Industries of Viterra's 34% stake in Canadian Fertilizers Limited following closing of Glencore's supported $6.1-billion acquisition of Viterra Inc.
Canaccord Genuity Corp., RBC Dominion Securities and BMO Nesbitt Burns as co-lead underwriters in the $75-million bought deal prospectus offering of trust units of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust.
CIBC World Markets Inc., in the brokered private placement of common shares and flow-through common shares of TMAC Resources Inc. for aggregate gross proceeds of $35 million and concurrent acquisition of the Hope Bay Gold Project from a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation.
A syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., RBC Capital Markets and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., in a bought deal offering of $184 million of subscription receipts of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET). Proceeds of the offering will be applied toward the purchase by PIRET of a $358-million portfolio of industrial properties from an affiliate of Slate Properties Inc.
A syndicate of underwriters co-led by National Bank Financial Inc. and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., in the $35-million bought deal offering of common shares of Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.

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