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LSI Industries (Nasdaq; LYTS), a manufacturer of commercial lighting and display solutions, in its acquisition of Canada’s Best Store Fixtures, a provider of retail fixtures and custom store design solutions for grocery, quick service restaurant, c-store, banking and specialty retail environments
ActZero, a US-based provider of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, as Canadian counsel, in its sale to WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity
Canadian counsel to Geller & Company, on the sale of its multi-family office business to Corient Private Wealth, one of the fastest-growing national wealth advisors in the U.S
Acted as Canadian legal counsel to Lynx Software Technologies, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, in connection with the acquisition of Core Avionics & Industrial
Element Fleet Management, the largest publicly traded, pure-play automotive fleet manager, in its acquisition of Autofleet
Medline Industries and its Canadian subsidiary, Medline Canada, Corporation, a private equity backed global healthcare supplier, equipment manufacturer and distributor, in connection with numerous Canadian acquisitions of varying sizes, including its acquisition of Sinclair Dental, Canada's largest independent, full-service dental supplies and equipment distributor
ADM, a NYSE listed global leader in agricultural organization and processing and supply chain management, in its acquisition of Prairie Pulse Inc., a pulse crop cleaning, milling and packaging facility in Saskatchewan
3i Group, a leading international investment manager focused on mid-market infrastructure and private equity, with core investment markets in North America and Europe, and its portfolio company Regional Rail LLC in connection with its Canadian acquisitions and operations, including the acquisition of the Great Sandhills Railway and a portfolio of interests in three other freight rail assets located in western Canada
PNC Financial Services Group, one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Linga, an industry-leading point of sale and payments solutions company providing a platform-as-a-service solution for the hospitality industry, specifically restaurants
A NASDAQ-listed strategic investor with respect to a minority investment in a Quebec-based venture capital-backed technology company
N. Harris Computer Corporation, a subsidiary of TSX-listed Constellation Software Inc., in a strategic corporate transaction
TSXV-listed Trigon Metals Inc. in connection with its convertible security financing with the Lind Partners, LLC, a New York-based institutional fund manager
PineStone Asset Management, a specialist global equity asset manager, in connection with its strategic partnership and sub-advisory arrangement with Fiera Capital Corporation, a leading publicly listed independent asset management firm
Hut 8, one of the world's largest publicly traded cryptocurrency mining companies, in the stalking horse acquisition, in partnership with Macquarie Equipment Finance, a subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited, of four natural-gas-fired generating facilities in Ontario from Validus Power Corp., as part of the Validus group’s restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada)
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in its cross-border debt refinancing involving the issuance of US$195,000,000 of 9.000% Senior Secured Second Lien notes
Numerous Canadian and foreign fintech and payments companies and crypto asset trading platforms with respect to the following matters:
- Canadian regulatory approach to crypto asset regulation;
- dealer registration and marketplace regulation;
- regulatory inquiries and investigations ;
- legal opinions and memoranda re: regulatory risk and considerations associated with their products; and
- regulatory engagement strategies.
Redecan, Canada's largest privately-owned licensed producer with leading market shares across multiple categories, on its sale to Hexo Corp., a TSX and NASDAQ listed company, for a purchase price of $925 million payable in cash and shares
TSXV-listed Superior Gold Inc. in its acquisition by ASX-listed Catalyst Metals Limited by plan of arrangement
TSX-listed Ascendant Resources in connection with various corporate finance transactions
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with several strategic joint venture and asset sale transactions and CIBC's acquisition of a portfolio of co-branded credit cards
A global independent renewable power developer in connection with cross border acquisitions and joint ventures in the US, Chile, Nigeria, India, Mexico, Thailand, South Africa and the Middle East
The senior secured lenders in connection with the CCAA restructuring and acquisition of assets of the King Street Restaurant Group.
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation in connection with the negotiation of a proposed joint venture agreement with ArcelorMittal, its defence of an unsolicited take-over bid by Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition Inc., Baffinland’s negotiation of a supported take-over bid by ArcelorMittal and the ultimately successful C$590M joint bid by Nunavut and ArcelorMittal
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with numerous issuances under its C$60 billion legislative covered bond programme, including the first negative yield covered bond issuance carried out by a Canadian bank
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with numerous issuances by CARDS II Trust, a special purpose securitization vehicle that issues asset-backed notes to the public to finance the purchase of credit card receivables originated by CIBC
Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Canadian counsel, in connection with multiple underwritten at-the-market equity issuances by Royal Gold, Inc.
A media technology company in connection with its Series A to E venture capital funding rounds and subsequently the sale of a majority of its outstanding shares to a private equity buyer.
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