Olivier Désilets is a partner in the Corporate/Commercial, Corporate Finance & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions practices. He is a member of the firm’s student recruiting committee and chairs the Stagiaires’ and Students’ Evaluation Committee in Montréal.
Olivier specializes in corporate and securities law with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He has experience in public offerings, takeover bids, private placements and securities law compliance.
Representative Work
- Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in connection with an offering of US$5 billion of senior notes in the United States. This offering is the largest non-government guaranteed offering by any Canadian issuer in US dollars to date.
- Acted for Genuity Capital Markets and a syndicate of underwriters in connection with a bought deal offering by Air Canada of units comprised of shares and warrants for aggregate gross proceeds of $260 million.
- Acted for BCE Inc. in the sale of its subsidiary Telesat Canada to Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral Space & Communications Inc. in a transaction valued at $3.42 billion.
- Acted for Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. in its merger of equals with Bowater Incorporated to create a company with a combined enterprise value of US$8 billion.
- Acted for MethylGene Inc., a biopharmaceutical company seeking treatment for cancer and infectious diseases, on its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Also acted for MethylGene on all of its subsequent financings.
- Acted for Bell Canada in its acquisition of Nexxlink Technologies Inc. by way of a takeover bid valued at $67 million.
- Acted for BCE Inc. in the sale of its controlling interest in BCE Emergis Inc. through the issuance of subscription receipts for gross proceeds of approximately $356 million.
- 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).
- Acted for Russel Metals Inc. in its acquisition of Leroux Steel Inc. by way of a takeover bid valued at approximately $185 million.
Teaching Engagements
Olivier is a past lecturer at the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés of Laval University in Québec City.
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