Recent Experience
48North Cannabis Corp., in its supply agreement with, and ultimate acquisition of, Good & Green.
48North Cannabis Corp., in its go-public transaction with Kramer Capital Corp.
FV Pharma Inc., in its amalgamation with Century Financial Capital Group.
Indiva Limited, in its completed $60-million reverse takeover transaction, resulting in the company's listing on the TSX Venture Exchange which was supported by a $23-million financing.
Lead counsel to Harvest One Cannabis, a global cannabis company servicing both the medical and recreational cannabis markets, in Canada and internationally, in their C$60-million Canadian listing which was supported by a C$25-million financing, and in C$65 million of subsequent bought deal financings.
Cannabis Wheaton Income Corp., in a $50-million special warrant and convertible debenture financing led by Mackie Research Capital.
Harvest One Cannabis, in its $70-million listing on the TSX Venture Exchange and concurrent $25-million financing led by Mackie Research Capital.
Beleave Inc., in a non-brokered private placement of units at a price of $1.50 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $9.95 million.
Algonquin Power Co., in completion of $300-million private placement offering of 4.09% senior unsecured debentures.
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 acquisition of the El Mochito Mine from Nyrstar N.V.
Supreme Pharmaceuticals Inc., in a $55 million private placement of convertible debenture units.
A syndicate of agents, led by GMP Securities L.P., in Orla Mining Ltd.'s $50-million brokered private placement of subscription receipts in conjunction with Orla's merger with Pershimco Resources Inc. by plan of arrangement.
Syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets and Scotiabank, in a secondary sale by Emera Inc. on a "bought block trade" basis of 50.1 million common shares of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. for aggregate gross proceeds to Emera Inc. of Cdn.$544 million.
A syndicate of underwriters, co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc., in Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp.'s $1.1-billion offering of convertible debentures on an installment basis to partially.
The Special Committee of Silver Bullion Trust, in SBT's conversion to an Exchange Traded Fund 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.
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 Silver Bullion Trust, in the Trust's successful defense against a dissident unitholder meeting requisition and subsequent proxy contest.
The Special Committee of Silver Bullion Trust, in Sprott Asset Management's $62-million hostile takeover bid for all the outstanding Units of Silver Bullion Trust.
The Special Committee of Central GoldTrust, in the Trust's successful defense against a dissident unitholder proposal and subsequent proxy contest.
Syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P, in Jemi Fibre Corp's. $13-million bought deal equity financing.
A syndicate of agents, co-led by CIBC World Markets and BMO Capital Markets, in TMAC Resources Inc.'s $44-million private placement of common shares and flow-through common shares.
A syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and TD Securities Inc., in Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.'s $172.5-million common share offering.
Agents in TMAC Resources Inc.'s $78-million equity financing to advance the Hope Bay Project.
A syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc., in Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.'s public offering of Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares for gross proceeds of $100 million.
A syndicate of agents led by National Bank Financial and Scotia Capital, in a private placement of $200 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured debentures of Algonquin Power Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp.
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.
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.
A syndicate of underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and National Bank Financial Inc., in the $18 million marketed prospectus deal of units of NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT.
A syndicate of
underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., RBC Capital Markets and BMO
Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with 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.
C2C Industrial Properties Inc., in its $226-million acquisition by Dundee Industrial REIT.
Syndicate of underwriters co-led by National Bank Financial Inc. and GMP Securities Ltd., in the $20-million bought deal prospectus offering of 6.50% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures of NorthWest International Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment 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.
The syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., in Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust's public offering of trust units for gross proceeds of $69.7 million.
A syndicate of agents led by National Bank Financial and BMO Nesbitt Burns, in a private placement of $150 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured debentures of Algonquin Power Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp.
The syndicate of underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and National Bank Financial Inc., in NorthWest International Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust's public offering of trust units for gross proceeds of $25 million.
A syndicate of underwriters led by Scotia Capital and TD Securities, in Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.'s public offering of Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares for gross proceeds of $120 million.
Crius Energy Trust, in its $100 million initial public offering of trust units.
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.
Glencore International, in the Canadian aspects of its proposed US$90 billion all share merger with Xstrata.
Marathon PGM Corporation, a former TSX issuer, in its $130-million acquisition by Stillwater Mining Company, an NYSE listed palladium and platinum producer, and the concurrent spinout and TSX listing of Marathon's wholly-owned subsidiary, Marathon Gold Corporation, under a plan of arrangement. (2011)
Key institutional shareholders of Mediterranean Resources Ltd., a TSX issuer, in a proxy dispute that successfully resulted in changes to the company's board of directors and management. (2011)
Desert Gold Ventures Inc., a TSX Venture Exchange issuer, in a subscription receipt financing and the concurrent acquisition of development stage gold assets in Rwanda, Mali and Senegal. (2011)
Brigus Gold Corp., in its $50-million short form prospectus offering and listing of convertible debentures on the TSX. (2011)
Brigus Gold Corp., in its $57.5-million short form prospectus offering of flow-through shares and non flow-through units. (2010)
World Point Terminals Inc., an operator of oil terminals formerly listed on the TSX, in its going private transaction by way of a management buy-out which valued the company at $500 million. (2010)
Special Committee of Spider Resources Inc., a former TSX Venture Exchange issuer and co-owner of the "Ring of Fire" chrome deposit in the James Bay Lowlands, Ontario, in its negotiated $125-million takeover bid by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (2010)
Apollo Gold Corporation, in its merger, by way of a plan of arrangement, with Linear Gold Corp., resulting in the formation of Brigus Gold Corp., a mid-tier gold producer listed on the TSX and NYSE Amex. (2010)
Syndicate of agents in a $60 million private placement of units of Aurcana Corporation, a silver producer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. (2010)
Aquiline Resources Inc., a former TSX issuer, in its acquisition by Pan American Silver Corp. by way of a negotiated cash and stock takeover bid for total consideration of $625 million. (2009)
Polaris Geothermal Inc., in a plan of arrangement involving the amalgamation of Polaris, Western GeoPower Corp. and GTO Resources Inc. and the acquisition of Ram Power Inc., resulting in the formation and TSX listing of Ram Power, Corp., together with a concurrent $180-million subscription receipt financing. (2009)
