• Apollo Global Management on its $3.3 billion acquisition of Great Canadian Gaming Corporation
• Canfor on its proposed $2 billion acquisition by Great Pacific Capital (Jim Pattison Group)
• Whistler Blackcomb Holdings on its $1.4 billion acquisition by Vail Resorts
• Rokstad Power on its acquisition by Stellex Capital and Graham Construction in a sale and investment solicitation process under the CCAA
• Good Natured Products on its acquisition by HUK149 in a sale and investment solicitation process under the CCAA
• Diversified Royalty on its $108 million acquisition of trademarks and other intellectual property rights of BarBurrito Restaurants
• Aldesta Hotels and Resorts on its acquisition of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
• Arrowroot Capital on the acquisition of Embotics by Snow Software
• Trive Capital Management on its acquisition of Finalé Post Production
• Vigil Health Solutions on its acquisition by ASSA ABLOY
• Tantalus Systems on its acquisition of Congruitive
• Outside Interactive on its acquisition of Pinkbike, CyclingTips and Trailforks
• Polaris Materials on its $310 million acquisition by U.S. Concrete
• TerraFarma on its up to $68 million acquisition by Aurora Cannabis
• Tantalus Systems Holding on its $90 million qualifying transaction with RiseTech Capital, concurrent financing and graduation to the Toronto Stock Exchange
• Hardwoods Distribution on its US$302 million acquisition of Novo Building Products Holdings
• Andrew Peller on its $95 million acquisitions of Black Hills Estate Winery, Gray Monk Estate Winery and Tinhorn Creek Vineyards
• Principal Shareholders of Broken Coast Cannabis on its $217 million acquisition by Aphria
• Barco NV on its acquisition of MTT Innovation
• Transport Canada on the amalgamation of the Fraser Port Authority, North Fraser Port Authority and Vancouver Port Authority
• AnorMED on its US$580 million supported take-over by Genzyme (which was preceded by a supported take-over bid by Millenium Pharmaceuticals and an unsolicited take-over bid by Genzyme – the first hostile take-over bid in the North American biotechnology industry)
• Vecima Networks on its acquisition of Contigo Systems
• Helm Operations (E-Doc Systems Group) on its acquisition by ClassNK
• Pacific Northern Gas on its $139 million acquisition by Alta Gas
• A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund on its $50 million issuer bid
• RealNetworks on its acquisition of Backstage Technologies
• Western GeoPower on its $417 million combination with Ram Power, GTO Resources, and Polaris Geothermal, and concurrent $180 million subscription receipt financing
• Aspreva Pharmaceuticals on its US$915 million acquisition by Galenica Group
• Blast Radius on its acquisition by WWP Group
• TIR Systems on its $75 million acquisition by Philips Electronics
• Glacier Ventures International on its $168 million acquisition of the publication assets of Hollinger International
• Pan Pacific Copper on its $151 million take-over of Regalito Copper
• QLT on its US$855 million acquisition of Atrix Laboratories
• Crew Gold on its $389 million take-over of Guinor Gold
• Multiactive Software on its reverse take-over of Wheat Hills Resources and concurrent public financing
• eDispatch.com Wireless Data on its merger with AirIQ Inc.
• NxtPhase on its acquisition of the APT Power Technologies Division of Vansco Electronics

Public Financings – Initial Public Offerings

• Thinkific Labs – counsel to the underwriters on the $184 million IPO
• TELUS International – counsel to the issuer on the US$1.06 billion IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ
• AbCellera – counsel to the underwriters on the US$555.5 million IPO on NASDAQ (the then largest Canadian biotechnology IPO)
• British Columbia Ferry Services – counsel to the underwriters on the $250 million IPO and establishing a capital markets platform
• Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation – counsel to the issuer on the $113 million IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ (the then largest Canadian biotechnology IPO)
• Hardwoods Distribution Income Fund – counsel to the issuer on the $144 million IPO and related acquisition of a hardwoods distribution business for $163 million
• Alberta Newsprint Fund – counsel to the underwriters on the proposed $443 million IPO and related acquisition of an interest in a paper mill
• The Keg Royalties Income Fund – counsel to the underwriters on the $82 million IPO and related acquisition of intellectual property rights for $114 million
• A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund – counsel to the issuer on the $83 million IPO and related acquisition of intellectual property rights for $154 million
• 360networks – counsel to the issuer on the US$722 million IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ (the then largest initial public offering by a Canadian technology company)

Public Financings – Equity

• ADENTRA (formerly, Hardwoods Distribution) – counsel to the issuer on various public offerings of common shares and subscription receipts for $258 million
• Diversified Royalty – counsel to the issuer on various million public offerings of common shares and convertible debentures for $123 million
• Definium Therapeutics – counsel to the issuer on various public offerings of common shares, prefunded warrants and ATM program for US$540 million
• Tantalus Systems – counsel to the issuer on various public offerings of common shares for $53.5 million
• The Descartes Systems Group – counsel to the underwriters on the US$244 million public offering of common shares
• Zenabis Global – counsel to the issuer on various public offerings of units for $31 million
• TransAlta Renewables – counsel to the underwriters on the $150 million public offering of common shares
• goeasy – counsel to the underwriters on the $46 million public offering of common shares
• Interfor – counsel to the underwriters on various public offerings of common shares and subscription receipts for $210 million
• A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund – counsel to the issuer on various secondary public offerings and block trades of units for $142 million
• Westport Innovations – counsel to the selling shareholder on the $54 million secondary public offering of common shares
• Crew Gold – counsel to the issuer on various private placements of common shares and subscription receipts for $389 million
• Catalyst Paper – counsel to the selling shareholder on the $192 million secondary public offering of common shares
• WGI Heavy Minerals – counsel to the issuer on the $38 million public offering of common shares
• Pacific Northern Gas – counsel to the issuer on the $26 million secondary public offering of common shares
• eDispatch.com Wireless Data – counsel to the issuer on various public offerings of common shares and special warrants for $45.3 million
• AnorMED – counsel to the underwriters on various public offerings of common shares for $55.5 million
• Stressgen Biotechnologies – counsel to the underwriters on the $20 million public offering of common shares

Public Financings – Debt

• Province of British Columbia – counsel to the agents/underwriters on over 160 domestic and US bond offerings for over $124 billion (including a CNY 3,000,000,000 ($559 million) bond offering, matching the then largest offering in Chinese Renminbi by a foreign government, and a CNY 2,500,000,000 ($428 million) bond offering, representing the first offering by a foreign government in Chinese Renminbi and the then largest offering by a foreign issuer)
• Government of Yukon – counsel to the issuer on various bond offerings for $400 million, and establishing its domestic borrowing program
• First Nations Finance Authority – counsel to the issuer on various bond offerings for approximately $4.355 billion and establishing a capital markets platform
• A port terminal operator – counsel to the initial investors on various note offerings for $940 million
• TELUS – counsel to the agents on the $2 billion three-tranche note offering, including sustainability-linked bonds
• British Columbia Ferry Services – counsel to the agents and underwriters on various bond offerings for approximately $1.85 billion
• Great Canadian Gaming – counsel to the underwriters on the $189 million offering of senior unsecured debentures
• A port terminal operator – counsel to the initial investors and agents on the $535 bond offering and establishing a capital markets platform
• Fairfax Financial Holdings – counsel to the agents on the $500 million offering of senior notes
• Arrow Lakes Power – counsel to the agents on the $350 million bond offering
• FortisBC – counsel to the issuer on various medium-term notes and bond offerings for $760 million
• Crew Gold – counsel to the issuer on various bond offerings for $305 million
• Green Timbers Limited Partnership – counsel to the agents for the $182 million bond offering in connection with a P3 project for the RCMP headquarters in Surrey, British Columbia
• Vancouver Fraser Port Authority – counsel to the agents on the $100 million initial debenture offering
• QLT – counsel to the issuer on the US$172.5 million convertible senior note offering
• 360networks – counsel to the issuer on various bond offerings for over US$1.3 billion

Other Notable Transactions

• First Nations Finance Authority on its financing of the Haisla Nation’s equity investment in the US3.4 billion Cedar LNG project
• First Nations Finance Authority on its $900 million syndicated credit facility
• First Nations Finance Authority on its $900 million commercial paper program
• Mind Medicine on its successful proxy contest against FCM MM Holdings
• First Nations Finance Authority on its $537 million financing of a coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations participating in the acquisition of Clearwater Seafoods
• Flower One Holdings on its restructuring of $52 million of convertible debentures
• City of Vancouver on its $550 million commercial paper program
• Taiga Forest Products on its conversion to a stapled unit structure having a market capitalization of $215 million (as underwriters’ counsel)
• Westcoast Energy on its $300 million commercial paper program
• Silvercorp Metals Inc. v. Anthion Management LLC, Supreme Court of New York served as expert witness for securities law matters
• Adzilla on its US$10 million venture financing and implementation of exchangeable share structure
• Crew Gold on its successful removal of existing board of directors and replacement with director nominees of dissident shareholder group
• eDispatch.com Wireless Data on its successful defence of unsolicited take-over bid by Proprietary Industries.
• Protiva Biotherapeutics on its $18 million venture capital financing
• 360networks on its US$345 million venture capital financing