Olivier Désilets is a partner specializing in corporate and securities law with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. His practice focuses on public corporations and he has experience in public offerings, take-over bids, private placements and securities law compliance.
Recently, Olivier has acted for BCE Inc. in connection with the sale of its controlling interest in BCE Emergis Inc. through a $356 million subscription receipt offering and Bell Canada in its cash take-over bid of Nexxlink Technologies Inc. He has also acted for BCE with respect to the sale of Telesat Canada and was actively involved in the merger of equals between Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Incorporated. Olivier has advised MethylGene Inc. (a biopharmaceutical company) and Adaltis Inc. (an
in vitro diagnostic company) in connection with their initial public offerings on the Toronto Stock Exchange as well as their subsequent offerings.
Olivier also acted for Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in the securities financing of its acquisition of The Circle K Corporation from ConocoPhillips Company ($1.06 billion) by way of issuance of subscription receipts on a private placement basis in Canada ($223.6 million) and of senior subordinated notes on a U.S. SEC Rule 144A private placement basis (US$350 million) at the end of 2003. Olivier played a principal role in the $444.3 million initial public offering of trust units of SFK Pulp Fund, a newly-created income fund whose principal asset is a pulp mill in Quebec acquired from Abitibi Consolidated in 2002. He was also involved in the take-over by Russel Metals Inc. of Leroux Steel Inc. in 2003 and in the acquisition by AOL Time Warner of InfoInteractive Inc. by way of plan of arrangement in 2001.
Olivier studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf (Conventum 1993) and attended the Université de Montréal to complete his LL.B. in 1996. He became a partner in 2003. Olivier is a member of the firm’s student recruiting committee and chairs the Stagiaires' and Students' Evaluation Committee in Montréal. Olivier is fluent in French and English.
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