Our Capital Markets Group offers comprehensive legal services in securities, mergers and acquisitions and securities regulatory matters. Widely recognized for our experience and innovation in all areas of corporate finance law, we have one of the largest, most diverse and sophisticated securities law groups in Canada. The breadth and depth of our practice allows us to be on the cutting edge of new developments and important trends.
Our clients include dealers and advisors, underwriting syndicates, targets, offerors, boards of directors, special committees and lenders. We have experience across all industries, including mining, banking and finance, technology, manufacturing, insurance and transportation. We use our expertise and innovation to offer timely and cost-effective solutions to our clients.
Our securities law experts are ready to assist you with:
- Public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities
- Amalgamations, mergers, arrangements, acquisitions and reorganizations, including “going private” transactions
- Pre-public financings, including angel and venture capital investments
- POP system, MJDS, cross-border and shelf offerings
- Takeover bids and issuer bids
- Stock exchange listings
- Related party transactions and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 compliance
- Investment dealer and advisor registrations
- Regulatory agency hearings before bodies such as the OSC and the TSX
- Ongoing compliance with securities law and continuous disclosure requirements
Our lawyers have provided securities law advice on many prominent, unique or specialized transactions, including recently:
- Acting for a Canadian based gold mining company in completing a US$22.4 billion merger of equals transaction
- Acting for a private equity firm in completing a US$5.8 billion lottery business acquisition
- Acting for Canada’s largest gold mine and established producer in its US$4.8 billion acquisition to a Canadian based silver production company and a Canadian based gold producer
- Acting for a mining company in a US$650 million equity investment and supply agreement with an American multinational automotive manufacturing company
- Acting for a technology solutions provider in a $500 million base shelf prospectus
- Acting for the underwriters in a US$402 million bought deal public offering for a Canadian diversified mining company
- Acting for a mining company in a US$267 million financing, business combination and going public transaction
- Acting for an Australian based cobalt and nickel supplier in a A$231 million offering
- Acting for the underwriters in a $70 million private placement for an American uranium exploration, acquisition and development company
- Acting for a cannabis company in a US$50 million private placement
