Recent Experience
SEG Client, Destiny Solutions, receives investment from The Riverside Partners
AlarmForce Industries Inc., in its $184-million sale to BCE Inc.
The Board of Directors of Sears Canada, in Sears' CCAA proceedings, one of the largest court-supervised liquidations in Canadian history.
Blue Ant Media, in its acquisition of numerous
specialty television assets, credit facilities and convertible
debt financings, shareholder financings and arrangements, and intellectual property
matters.
Can Art Aluminium, in its sale to TorQuest Equity Partners and its joint venture with Constellium.
Sears Canada directors, in the consideration of strategic alternatives.
Canadian counsel to a U.S.-based venture capital investor, on its investment in Thalmic.
Opus One Energy Solutions, in a financing by two U.S.-based venture capital investors.
Daisy Intelligence, in various financings and related matters.
Canadian counsel to a U.S.-based venture capital investor, on its investment in ecobee.
Clearpath Robotics, in numerous matters, including financings that included Canadian and U.S.-based venture capital investors.
Nuralogix, in its formation, acquisition of intellectual property assets, and various financings.
iMD Health, in financing matters.
A not-for-profit association in election issues and governance matters.
A school board in a cyber security breach matter.
Book4Time, in financing and licensing matters.
Leaders Fund, in investments in Influitive, 360insights and TopHatMonocle.
Sightline Innovations, in financing matters.
An investor in a loan to Q4 Inc.
An Ontario trust company in cyber security and privacy advice.
A Canadian bank in cyber security governance advice.
Canadian Venture Capital Association, as a former director, current secretary and in numerous legal matters, including obtaining the exemption of venture capital and private equity firms from the Canadian registration regime.
Orderit.ca, in its acquisition by JUST EAT Canada.
Esna Technologies Inc., a private software company, in its sale to Avaya.
Venture-backed Surfeasy, a private software company, in its sale to Opera Software.
Sino-Forest Corporation,
in all Canadian matters relating to or resulting from
fraud allegations made against the company after June, 2011.
RuggedCom, in its defence of an unsolicited take-over bid by Belden
Inc. and subsequent supported acquisition by Siemens Canada Limited by way of
take-over bid for approximately $440 million.
Alliance Atlantis
Communications Inc. (Board and Special Committee), in the $2.3
billion sale of the company by way of plan of arrangement to Canwest, Goldman
Sachs Capital Partners and EdgeStone Capital Partners.
Alliance
Atlantis Communications Inc., in the sale of Movie
Distribution Income Fund's 49 percent indirect interest in Motion Picture
Distribution LP.
VenGrowth Management, on the sale of the VenGrowth
Funds to Covington.
Bessemer Venture Partners, as Canadian counsel,
in its venture investment in Shopify.
Venture-backed
QuIC Financial Technologies, in its sale to Markit Group.
Venture-backed Cimtek, a private engineering services firm, in its sale to US-based Circuit Check.
DALSA, in advising DALSA senior management on the
acquisition by Teledyne.
Somerset Entertainment Income Fund (Special
Committee), in the friendly takeover bid by Fluid Music Canada,
Inc.
Burntsand (Board and Special Committee), in
the friendly takeover bid by Open Text Corporation.
Public Storage
Canadian Properties (Special Committee), in the initially
hostile takeover bid by the controlling unitholder.
SMART Technologies,
in its $600 million cross-border initial public offering.
Skymeter, in various startup and angel
financings and shareholder arrangements.
SkyPower Wind Energy Fund LP,
in the sale of its Terrawinds wind energy project near
Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec and related assets for approximately $300 million.
RuggedCom, in its $46 million initial public offering,
M&A matters (including its acquisition of an Israeli wireless networks
company), governance matters and general corporate and securities matters.
BlackBerry Partners Fund Limited Partners (including Royal Bank of Canada,
Thomson Reuters and Research In Motion), in the formation of
Fund I and Fund II.
Canadian Football League, in franchise transactions and Grey Cup and other licensing matters.
PSE Sports & Entertainment LP (Jim Balsillie), in its attempt to
acquire the Phoenix Coyotes.
Globalive (WIND Mobile), in distribution agreements.
SkyPower Corporation, in the acquisition of a minority stake by HSH Nordbank AG.
Cognos
Inc., in securities laws matters, director and officer
indemnity and insurance program, M&A matters, corporate governance, and
other corporate matters.
Venture-backed Triversity, a private
software company, in its acquisition by SAP.
Venture-backed DWL, a private software company, in its
acquisition by IBM.
Formation of private equity/venture capital funds
for Priveq, Ventures West, VenGrowth, McLean Watson and others.
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., in the initial
public offering of Atlantis Communications; the combination with Alliance
Communications to form Alliance Atlantis Communications; the $156 million
initial public offering of trust units for Movie Distribution Income Fund; a
$138 million cross-border equity offering in Canada and the US; a $150
million PIPE provided by a German investor; the $75 million acquisition of
TSX-listed Salter Street Films; the US$205 million high yield bond
financing; and other governance, corporate and securities matters.
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., in securities
matters, loan facilities and corporate governance.
Workbrain, in
its initial public offering.
Critical Path, in
its acquisition of DocSpace in an exchangeable share
transaction.
Synacor, Inc., in
its acquisition of Carbyn.
