Gordon McKenna
Partner

Outline
Overview
Gordon McKenna's practice focuses on a wide range of capital markets and business law matters, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He acts on behalf of issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private debt and equity financings, including domestic and cross-border transactions. Gordon acts for offerors and targets on negotiated and unsolicited acquisitions, as well as purchasers and vendors in connection with asset and share purchase transactions. He also advises a wide range of market participants, including issuers, underwriters, dealers and other financial institutions, on Canadian securities regulatory and compliance issues.
Client Work
Canaccord Genuity, as lead agent and sole bookrunner on behalf of a syndicate of agents, in its C$40-million private placement and concurrent LIFE offering of units of Stack Capital Group
The initial purchasers, led by Cantor Fitzgerald, in the US$115-million upsized offering of convertible senior notes of enCore Energy
The initial purchasers, led by Cantor Fitzgerald, in the US$120-million private placement offering of convertible senior notes of Ur-Energy
Canaccord Genuity in its capacity as lead underwriter and sole bookrunner in connection with the US$100-million initial public offering of Class A restricted voting units of MAK Acquisition, a Cayman Islands special purpose acquisition company
Electricité de France S.A., as Canadian counsel, in connection with its C$750-million green senior multi-tranche bond issuance
Électricité de France S.A., in connection with CAD$500-million "maple bond" issuance as part of an aggregate senior bond issuance of US$3-billion and CA $500-million.
Recognitions & Awards
Legal 500 Canada
Key Lawyer, Cannabis
Related Services
Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- Queen's University, BSc (Hons.), 1997
- University of Western Ontario, LLB, 2006, with distinction
- University of Western Ontario, MBA, 2006, with distinction
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 2007
