William Heisey

William Heisey

Associate, Corporate

Contact Information

wheisey@osler.com

tel: 416.862.4913

Office

Toronto

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Bar Admission

Ontario, 2020

New York, 2019

Education

Osgoode Hall Law School, J.D., M.B.A.

University of Oxford, M.Phil.

Durham University, B.A. (Hons)

Language(s)

English

Will is an associate in the Corporate Group of our Toronto office. Will’s practice focuses on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Will has worked on a broad range of transactions for investment banks and companies across a number of industries, including automotive, aviation, mining, life sciences, financial services, energy, and telecommunications.

Prior to joining the firm, Will practiced in the capital markets groups at leading international law firms in New York and Toronto, with a particular focus on cross-border public and private offerings, as well as offerings under the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System.

  • Aimia Inc.

    Lead investor in its strategic placement in Aimia

  • Chorus Aviation Inc.

    Chorus Aviation in its $115 million bought deal offering and $30 million concurrent private placement

  • Just Energy Group Inc.

    Just Energy Group Inc. in connection with its $1.1 billion recapitalization transaction

  • AltaLink

    The Syndicate of Dealers in AltaLink’s $225 million notes offering

  • Royal Bank of Canada

    Royal Bank of Canada in its inaugural Additional Tier 1 offering of $1.75 billion

    • TD Securities Inc. in connection with CAPREIT’s $400 million at-the-market offering
    • Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. in connection with Profound Medical Corp.’s $30 million at-the-market offering under MJDS
    • RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in connection with Onex Corporation’s secondary offering of $148,800,000 of subordinate voting shares of Celestica Inc. under MJDS

    *Notable matters prior to joining Osler:

    • * Represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.4 billion initial public offering of Reynolds Consumer Products.
    • * Represented Occidental Petroleum Corporation in connection with its $13 billion registered notes offering to finance the acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
    • * Represented Occidental Petroleum Corporation in connection with its $11.8 billion debt exchange offer.
    • * Represented the dealer managers in connection with the $300 million tender offer of Nutrien Ltd.
    • * Represented Sierra Wireless, Inc. in its $1.2 billion sale to Semtech Corporation.
    • * Represented Cable ONE in connection with the financing of its $524.9 million acquisition of certain assets of Fidelity Communications Co.
    • * Represented Parker-Hannifin Corporation in connection with its $2.375 billion registered senior notes offering.
    • * Represented the underwriters in connection with the $350 million registered senior notes offering of Sabra Health Care Limited Partnership and Sabra Capital Corporation.
    • * Represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $350 million secured notes offering of Vantage Drilling International.
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