Jesse Fontaine

Jesse Fontaine practices corporate and securities law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, equity and debt financings and corporate restructuring. His experience includes advising:

• private and public purchasers, vendors and targets in connection with M&A transactions, including extensive experience in private equity, plans of arrangement and statutory restructuring transactions, along with more straightforward asset and share purchase transactions;
• public issuers on public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities;
• corporate clients with general corporate and securities law matters, including corporate governance, continuous disclosure and securities law obligations;
• commercial parties on various partnership, joint venture and teaming agreements with Indigenous nations throughout Western Canada; and
• various actors in the insolvency process, including through the execution of sales and solicitation processes and other special situations.

While attending the University of Alberta, Jesse was awarded a Faculty of Law Major Entrance Award, the Dr. Alexander Smith Q.C. Prize in the Subject of Contract and the Manning Family Award in Law. Jesse was a member of the winning team at the 2020 Davies Corporate/Securities Law Moot Court Competition.

Jesse is located in our Toronto office but has assisted clients based in various Canadian provinces and territories, in the United States and overseas.