77 King St W, Suite 400, Toronto-Dominion Ctr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2000 (ON); 2000 (New York)
Partner in BLG’s Securities & Capital Markets Group. Focuses on mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance transactions (particularly cross-border, private investment in public equity (PIPE), private equity and mining transactions), such as Energy Fuel’s share acquisition of Uranerz Energy, Health Care REIT’s acquisition of HealthLease Properties, JLL Partner’s acquisition of Patheon and related combination with DSM VN, representation of Globalive Capital as part of a group that acquired VimpleCom’s interest in WIND Mobile and the subsequent announced sale of WIND to Shaw, Corsa Coal in its acquisition of the Kopper Glo mine from Quintana Energy Partners and its reverse takeover by Quintana, Cynapsus Therapeutics in its US IPO led by BAML, Dundee Securities in Excelsior Mining’s common share bought deal, Cormark Securities as lead agent to Ram Power in its high yield secured debenture and warrant private placement. Experience also includes proxy contests and stock exchange listings. MBA/LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business. Previously practised in another leading Toronto firm and the Toronto office of a leading New York law firm. Called to the Ontario bar and New York bar (2000).
On June 13, 2018, CentriLogic, a global provider of managed IT solutions, announced that it secured a significant equity investment from TriSpan Opportunities Fund and Long Point Capital. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
On May 2, 2018, Aurora Cannabis completed its $1.23 billion (US$950 million) takeover bid for all of the outstanding shares CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. This transaction represents the largest to date (completed) acquisition for the Canadian cannabis sector.
On April 3, 2017, Stone Canyon Industries, LLC (SCI) announced the successful closing of its previously announced purchase agreement to acquire Mauser Group N.V. (Mauser), a global supplier of rigid packaging products and services for industrial use, from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), through its subsidiary BWAY Corp. (BWAY), a leading North American manufacturer of rigid metal and plastic containers.
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Sunovion”) completed the acquisition of Cynapsus Therapeutics Inc. (“Cynapsus”) by way of plan of arrangement for approximately $841 million. The acquisition is aligned with Sunovion’s global strategy to expand and diversify its portfolio in key therapeutic areas, including neurology.
On June 23, 2015, Cynapsus Therapeutics Inc. completed its underwritten public offering in the United States of common shares at US$14.00 per share, for total gross proceeds of approximately US$72.5 million through a syndicate of underwriters led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch that included Nomura and Noble Life Science Partners. The offering was the first ever southbound-only underwritten equity offering under the MJDS and the issuer’s initial public offering in the US.
On June 18, 2015, Energy Fuels. (Energy Fuels) completed the acquisition of Uranerz Energy Corporation (Uranerz) in a merger transaction valued at approximately $135 million. The transaction was a unique and complex cross-border transaction involving the acquisition of a US public corporation (Uranerz) by a Canadian public company (Energy Fuels), with both companies being listed on the TSX and the NYSE MKT stock exchanges.
The Polynt Group, newly acquired CCP Composites, and certain of their subsidiaries (collectively, the Polynt/CCP Group), entered into senior secured US, Canadian, UK and Australian asset-based revolving credit facilities in the aggregate principal amount of US$100 million. The global facility is agented by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
