On July 7, 2015, Alignvest Acquisition Corporation (the “Issuer”) completed its initial public offering of Class A Restricted Voting Units for gross proceeds of approximately $259 million. The Issuer is listed on the TSX and is a special purpose acquisition corporation formed for the purpose of effecting a qualifying acquisition. The offering was made through a syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., and including BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc.
The underwriters were represented by Osler with a team including Jeremy Fraiberg, Ryan Sakamoto and Rebecca Wainstein (corporate finance and securities).