Heidi Reinhart’s practice covers all aspects of securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and providing corporate governance and securities regulatory advice. Reinhart is a member of the firm's special situations team, which focuses on shareholder activist and defence mandates and complex M&A and reorganization transactions. Reinhart has represented both purchasers and vendors (public and private corporations) in a number of friendly and hostile M&A transactions, including plans of arrangement, takeover bids, and statutory restructurings. Reinhart has also represented both public companies and underwriters in connection with public offerings, including IPOs, and has acted on behalf of issuers and investors in numerous private placement financings. Reinhart has been named a Leading Lawyer to Watch in Corporate Finance & Securities in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. She is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange listing advisory committee and the Ontario Business Law Modernization and Burden Reduction Council. Reinhart acts as co-chairwoman of the Toronto students' committee. Reinhart was awarded the Board of Governors’ Medal in Law from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
On June 5, 2015, Royal Bank of Canada completed a public offering of 6,000,000 non-viable contingent capital Non-Cumulative First Preferred Shares, Series BH at a price of $25 per share for gross proceeds of $150 million.
