Camac Partners, LLC, 2024

Acted for Camac Partners, LLC in connection with its shareholder engagement with Rocky Mountain Liquor Inc. regarding board composition, governance and strategic matters, which culminated in an agreement to appoint two of Camac’s nominees to the Rocky Mountain board. 

Golden Venture Partners, 2024

Acted for Golden Ventures in connection with the formation of its fifth fund, Golden Ventures V, a leading seed-stage venture capital fund investing across North America.

Viking Global Investors LP, 2024

Acted for funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors LP in connection with Valsoft Corporation Inc.'s note issuance in an initial aggregate amount of US$170-million to Coatue Management and funds affiliated with Viking Global Investors LP.

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., 2024

Acted for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. in its acquisition of a portfolio of 12 seniors' housing residences in Québec.

Glencore Canada Corporation, 2024

Acted for Glencore Canada Corporation in its dispute before the Tax Court of Canada and Federal Court of Appeal with respect to the tax treatment of break fees.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., SAI, 2024

Acting for PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., SAI in its capacity as trustee of Just for Laughs Group in proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. 

Ironbridge Equity Partners, 2024

Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in its sale of Advanced Engineered Products to TerraVest Industries.

Scotia Capital Inc and TD Securities, 2024

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in an offering of C$200-million aggregate principal amount of Series L Notes of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust due March 29, 2030.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., 2024

Acted for RBC Capital Markets, LLC and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. on the US$723.4-million cross-border secondary offering of subordinate voting shares of GFL Environmental Inc.

Searchlight Pharma Inc., 2024

Acting for the shareholders of Searchlight Pharma Inc., a top-growth Canadian specialty and innovative branded pharmaceutical company, in connection with the sale of their 100% interest to Apotex Inc., Canada’s largest pharmaceutical company.

ArcTern Partners Inc., 2024

Acted for ArcTern Ventures in the formation of its third flagship fund, ArcTern Ventures Fund III, a US$335 million venture capital fund focused on climate technology companies around the world.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc, CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2024

Acted for the syndicate of underwriters, co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, in the second green bond offering of C$4-billion by the Government of Canada.

Plusgrade Inc., 2024

Acted for Plusgrade in connection with General Atlantic’s strategic investment in the ancillary revenue powerhouse. The investment represents a monumental transaction for the global travel tech sector.

PSP Investments, 2024

Acted for PSP Investments with the establishment of its new wholly-owned subsidiary, Canada Growth Fund Investment Management Inc., and the negotiations with the Government of Canada and Canada Development Investment Corporation in connection with the management of the newly-established $15-billion Canada Growth Fund.

Red 5 Limited, 2024

Acting as Canadian counsel to Red 5 Limited, an Australia-based gold miner, in a merger of equals with Silver Lake Resources, creating a leading mid-tier gold company with a combined value of approximately A$2.2 billion.

Rogers Sugar Inc., 2024

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in its C$117.9-million equity offering, comprised of a C$57.5-million public offering and C$60.4-million concurrent non-brokered private placements to Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.) and Belkorp Industries Inc., the net proceeds of which will be used to fund a portion of its C$200-million sugar capacity expansion project. 

Mason Resources Inc., 2024

Acted for Mason Graphite Inc. with the sale of the Lac Guéret Property, targeted for the development of graphite at the Uatnan Mining Project, to Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. in consideration of 6,208,210 common shares of Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. 

BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial and TD Securities, 2024

Acted for the syndicate of agents, co-led by BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial and TD Securities, in TMX Group Limited's Canadian private placement of C$1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior debentures issued across three series.

Blackstone Inc., 2024

Acting for Blackstone in its US$3.5-billion take-private acquisition of Tricon Residential Inc., an owner, operator and developer of a portfolio of approximately 38,000 single-family rental homes in the U.S. Sun Belt and multi-family apartments in Toronto.

Rogers Communications Inc., 2024

Acted as Canadian counsel for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$2.5-billion U.S. public offering of two series of senior notes registered via the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.

Rogers Communications Inc., 2024

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. to establish its shelf prospectus, qualifying an unspecified amount of future public offerings of debt securities and preferred shares in Canada. 

Ironbridge Equity Partners Management Limited, 2024

Acted for funds affiliated with Ironbridge Equity Partners Management Limited in the acquisition and related financing of Gardner Glass Products, Inc., a North Carolina-based company that manufactures and distributes tempered, mirrored, backpainted, and laminated glass products.

Wolseley Canada Inc., 2024

Acted for Wolseley Canada Inc., the leading wholesale distributor to plumbing, HVAC/R, waterworks and industrial markets in Canada, in its acquisition of Yorkwest Plumbing Supply Inc., a distributor of building and industrial products in the greater Toronto area.

RelationShop Inc., 2024

Acted as Canadian counsel for RelationShop Inc. in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Mercatus Technologies, a leading provider of eCommerce solutions for regional grocers and independents.

Bruker Corporation, 2024

Acted for Bruker Corporation in its acquisition of Tornado Spectral Systems Inc., a company that provides chemical analysis and measurement systems for Raman spectroscopy primarily used in pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and biotechnology applications. 

Vance Street Capital LLC, 2024

Acted for Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles private equity fund, in the sale of Terra Insights, a Vancouver-based geotechnical, structural and geospatial monitoring company, to Orica for cash consideration of C$505 million. 

Outfront Media Inc., 2024

Acting as Canadian counsel to OUTFRONT Media Inc. in the C$410-million sale of its Canadian outdoor advertising business to Bell Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE.

Mondi plc, 2024

Acted for Mondi plc, a global leader in the production of sustainable packaging and paper, in its acquisition of the Hinton Pulp mill from West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (West Fraser) and its long-term partnership with West Fraser to access local, high-quality fibre from well-established wood basket, as well as with Mondi plc’s plans to invest €400 million in the expansion of Hinton.

RLH Equity Partners, 2024

Acted as Canadian counsel to RLH Equity Partners, in its acquisition of Red Clay Consulting, an Atlanta based business focused on providing software platforms using Oracle Utilities applications. 

Ember Infrastructure Management, LP, 2023

Acted for funds managed by Ember Infrastructure Management, LP, a New York-based private equity firm, in its due diligence and acquisition of H2O Innovation Inc., a water solutions company which provides speciality chemicals, consumables, technology and engineering expertise to municipal and industrial water, wastewater and water reuse customers.

Royal Bank of Canada, 2023

Acted for Royal Bank of Canada in connection with the establishment of senior secured “green loan” credit facilities in favour of a subsidiary of the University of Toronto, the proceeds of which will be used to complete deep energy retrofit projects – such as converting gas boilers to electric boilers and installing energy storage solutions – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 per cent, or 45,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalents, by 2030. Canada Infrastructure Bank provided subordinated credit facilities.

Insolvency Institute of Canada, 2023

Acting for the Insolvency Institute of Canada as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in Aquino v. Ernst & Young Inc. and Scott v. Doyle Salewski Inc., two cases raising important questions about corporate attribution and set-off in the insolvency context.

Shaw Communications Inc., 2023

Successfully acted for Shaw Communications Inc. in a landmark trial before the Competition Tribunal and subsequent appeal before the Federal Court of Appeal challenging the company’s C$26-billion merger with Rogers Communications Inc. This was the largest case ever heard by the Tribunal and the first pre-closing merger challenge to go to trial before the Tribunal. This case won Commercial Litigation Team of the Year at the 2023 Canadian Law Awards and was named the #1 business decision of 2023 by Law360 Canada.

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, 2023

Acted for Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its earn-in agreement with FireFox Gold Corp. to form a property-level joint venture in respect of the Kolho property located in northern Finland, together with a concurrent equity investment in FireFox Gold Corp. and the negotiation of an investor rights agreement.

Legion Partners Asset Management, 2023

Acted for U.S. activist shareholder Legion Partners Asset Management in connection with its campaign for operational change and board seats on the board of Primo Water Corporation, a TSX-NYSE listed pure-play water solutions provider in North America and Europe. Legion’s campaign included the commencement by Legion of an oppression Application in the Superior Court of Ontario concerning the legality of Primo’s Advance Notice By-Laws. It culminated in an agreement to appoint two Legion nominees to the Primo board and Primo agreeing to adopt certain corporate governance enhancements, including changes to its advance notice bylaw provisions.

Atlas Holdings, 2023

Acting for Atlas Holdings in its acquisition of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.'s Quesnel River pulp mill in British Columbia and Slave Lake pulp mill in Alberta, addressing issues including Indigenous consultation, energy matters, landfill management and fibre access.

Canada Infrastructure Bank, 2023

Acted for Canada Infrastructure Bank in its financing of up to C$210-million in OTR Infrastructure LP for the Parkland Electric Vehicle Charging Network. Parkland will use proceeds of the financing to fund the installation and operation of thousands of direct current fast charging ports for zero-emission vehicles across Canada.

Mastermind Toys, 2023

Acted for Mastermind Toys in its proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, which included liquidating 18 stores and the sale of majority of its locations to Mastermind Toys Inc., a subsidiary of Unity Acquisitions Inc.

Terminal Technologies Inc., 2023

Acted for Terminal Technologies, Inc., a trucking telematics integration startup, in raising its C$4.2-million seed round, led by Golden Ventures and featuring Y Combinator.

Slate Asset Management, 2023

Acted for Slate Asset Management, the manager and a unitholder of Slate Office REIT, in connection with G2S2 Capital’s activist campaign for board seats and requisition for a special meeting of unitholders of Slate Office REIT, resolved by settlement.

Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ and Fonds de solidarité, 2023

Acted for Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ and Fonds de solidarité with the restructuring of Groupe Sélection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act relating to the acquisition of Groupe Sélection’s entire interest in the historic site District des Brasseurs (former Molson Brewery), and the subsequent sale of a portion of such interest to Montoni, making FTQ and Montoni equal owners of the property.

Giant Tiger, 2023

Acting for Giant Tiger in defence of a proposed class action in Québec for alleged “greenwashing”, or misleading environmental claims, of recyclable bags. This is one of the first actions in Canada concerning greenwashing claims.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., 2023

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its holistic financing solution provided to Bunker Hill in respect of its zinc, lead and silver project located in Idaho, U.S. The financing package included a debt facility, convertible debentures, a royalty convertible debenture and a streaming arrangement in respect of the project.

National Beef Packing Company, 2023

Acting for National Beef Packing Company in antitrust class actions commenced in Québec and British Columbia alleging a supply and price-fixing conspiracy in respect of cattle and beef.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., 2023

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its acquisition of a secured note convertible into a gross revenue royalty of 4.75% of the gold and silver produced by Paramount Gold Nevada Corp.’s Grassy Mountain gold mine in eastern Oregon.

Persistence Capital Partners, 2023

Acted for Persistence Capital Partners in the formation of PCP MSP II, L.P., a $375 million continuation fund raised to support PCP’s investment in MedSpa Partners Inc., a leading acquirer and operator or medical aesthetics clinics in North America

Groupe Legault / JE Mondou Ltée, 2023

Acted for Legault Group in its joint venture with Groupe Montoni relating to the construction of a nearly 400,000 square feet automated distribution centre as part of the final phase of the Mascouche CentrOparc business district. The facility, which represents an investment of over $90 million, will be owned equally by the partners and will used to service the Mondou chain of pet supply stores.

Dafabasa, 2023

Acted for Dafabasa, lead investor in the C$4-million extension of the Series A funding round by AmacaThera Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on non-opioid post-operative pain relief. 

Tenneco, 2023

Acting for Tenneco, in its capacity as a large customer in the receivership of UTIL Canada under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

Sprott Inc., 2023

Acted for Sprott Inc. in the formation of Sprott Private Resource Streaming and Royalty Annex Fund, a US$310-million annex fund that invests alongside Sprott’s first streaming fund, which brings the combined total assets under management of Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. in both funds to US$1.1 billion.

Warwick Hotels and Resorts, 2023

Acted for Warwick Hotels and Resorts in the financing and purchase of the iconic luxury hotel Le Crystal in downtown Montréal, which includes a spa and parking facilities.

Cookin Inc., 2023

Acted for Cookin Inc., a homemade food delivery marketplace, in a Series Seed extension for its strategic partnership with Sobeys, an Empire company. 

Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., 2023

Acting for Morgan Stanley in class action proceedings in Québec and in Ontario taken against it and other banks and financial institutions, alleging the manipulation of the market for precious metals.

Banque de Développement du Canada, 2023

Acting for Banque de Développement du Canada (“BDC”) in relation to the CCAA Proceedings of Forex Inc. et als. proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

Foodtastic Inc., 2023

Acted as tax counsel to Foodtastic Inc., a leading franchisor of restaurant brands in Canada, in its C$74.4-million acquisition of Freshii Inc.

Axium Infrastructure, 2023

Acted for Axium Infrastructure in connection with a mezzanine financing of a portfolio of solar projects located in Ontario. 

Umicore SA, 2023

Acted for Umicore SA/NV, a circular materials technology company headquartered in Belgium, in the development and construction of a first-of-its kind EV battery materials manufacturing plant in Loyalist Township, Ontario, that will be 100% fuelled by renewable energy from the start of production.

Altas Partners, 2023

Acted as Canadian counsel to Altas Partners in connection with the fundraising for its third fund, Altas Partners Holdings III. 

The Canada Life Assurance Company, 2023

Acted for The Canada Life Assurance Company and its affiliates with the C$185.5-million financing of a portfolio of three hydroelectric generating facilities located in British Columbia and Quebec totalling approximately 107 MW owned by Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. The Gilles Lefrancois Project (24 MW) is located in Levis, Quebec and the Rutherford Creek (50 MW) and Miller Creek (33 MW) Projects are located near Squamish-Lillooet, British Columbia. The projects are fully-contracted with take-or-pay contracts with Hydro-Quebec and BC Hydro, respectively.

Centurion Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust, 2023

Acted for a special committee of independent trustees of Centurion Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust, a private, unlisted REIT with over $6.5 billion in assets, with restructuring of the REIT’s asset management agreement and related arrangements with its external asset manager, Centurion Asset Management Inc.

Continental Casualty Company, 2023

Successfully defended Continental Casualty Company (CNA) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in a class action in which billions of dollars of claims were asserted by or on behalf of thousands of businesses throughout Canada for business interruption coverage arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. This matter was decided by Justice Penny of the Commercial List in early June 2023 in favour of CNA and other insurers following a multi-week common issues trial. This is the first case to determine authoritatively at trial in Canada that the SARS-CoV-2 virus does not cause “physical loss or damage to property”, and that mere loss of use of property resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic does not trigger coverage under ordinary commercial property insurance policies.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., 2023

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its acquisition of a secured note convertible into a streaming arrangement in respect of the gold produced by Theta Gold Mines Ltd.’s TGME Gold Project in South Africa.

Plaza Ventures, 2023

Acted for Plaza Ventures in the formation of its PV Special Opportunity Fund II, which focuses on investments in high growth technology or technology-enabled companies pursuant to secondary transactions or treasury offerings. 

Priceline.com and Kayak.com, 2023

Acting for Priceline.com and Kayak.com in defence of a drip pricing class action filed in the Superior Court of Québec.

Segal Apparel Inc., 2023

Acting for Segal Apparel Inc. with financial restructuring matters.

National Bank of Canada, 2023

Acted for a syndicate of lenders led by National Bank of Canada in establishing a US$125-million revolving credit facility in favour of Sagicor Financial Company Ltd.

Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc., 2023

Acted for Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc. in the acquisition, joint venture, financing and development of a more than 131,000 square feet (more than 12,200 square meters) development land located near the REM Panama light metro transit station, which provides direct access to Montréal.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 2023

Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan, in the private placement of US$1 billion of senior secured notes of GFL Environmental Inc.

Claridge IC Properties 3, Limited Partnership, 2023

Acted for Claridge IC Properties 3, Limited Partnership in the acquisition of a property in the City of Dorval, and its related acquisition financing and development thereon of approximately 255 residential rental units and ancillary commercial property, in a joint venture with Pur Immobilia, Oktodev, Endévco and Palomino Capital.

Premium Nickel Resources Limited, 2023

Acted for Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. (PNRL) in its C$34-million financing transactions with Cymbria Corporation and EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. The transactions comprised of an equity offering of units, a three year term loan and options to acquire 0.5% net smelter returns royalties on PNRL's Selebi and Selkirk mines.

Third Eye Asset Management Inc., 2023

Acted for Third Eye Asset Management Inc., an affiliate of Toronto-based alternative capital firm Third Eye Capital, in connection with the structuring, documentation and launch of TEC Credit Income Fund, an innovative, efficient investment structure that will provide investors with fixed-rate returns and first loss protection on credit losses from a portfolio of private loans. In addition to being open to Canadian accredited investors, the TEC Credit Income Fund has been structured to attract capital from investors globally.

Lerøy Seafood Group, 2023

Acting for Lerøy Seafood Group, a seafood production and distribution company based in Bergen, Norway, in defending a proposed Federal Court of Canada class action, which alleges that Lerøy and the other defendants colluded to fix the global and North American supply and prices of salmon.

Lithium Royalty Corporation, 2023

Acted as financing counsel to Lithium Royalty Corp. in establishing a US$25-million revolving credit facility with National Bank of Canada.

Vistara Capital, 2023

Acting for Vistara Capital in the formation of its fifth fund, Vistara Technology Growth Fund V, a US$400-million technology focused private credit fund.

Manulife, 2023

Acted for Manulife Financial Corporation on the financing of battery energy storage systems to be installed at three existing solar power projects in southern Alberta (Concord’s Coaldale, Monarch and Vulcan properties).

CAE Inc., 2023

Acted for CAE Inc. before the Federal Court of Appeal and their leave application to the Supreme Court of Canada in their dispute against the Canada Revenue Agency with respect to the characterization of an unconditionally refundable loan from the Government of Canada, namely for Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) purposes, as “governmental assistance”.

Cordis-X, 2023

Acted for Cordis-X, the lead investor in the C$34-million Series A funding round by Puzzle Medical Devices Inc., a medical device company specializing in the development of a minimally invasive long-term hemodynamic transcatheter pump.

Fortis Inc., 2023

Acted for Fortis Inc. in establishing its at-the-market public offering of up to C$500-million of common shares, which may be sold through the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or on any other marketplace in Canada or the United States on which the common shares are traded.

StarKist Company and Dongwon Industries Company Limited, 2023

Successfully represented StarKist Company and Dongwon Industries Company Limited in class action proceedings commenced in Ontario alleging anti-competitive behaviour in the market for canned tuna. Davies successfully defeated certification in the Ontario Superior Court.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp., 2023

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the financing of Metals Acquisition Corp’s US$1.1-billion acquisition of Glencore’s CSA copper mine in New South Wales, Australia.

The Canada Life Assurance Company, 2023

Acted for The Canada Life Assurance Company in the establishment of credit facilities to finance the operations of Intragas Limited Partnership.

Newmont Mining Corporation (now known as Newmont Corporation) and other defendants, 2023

Acted for Newmont Mining Corporation, Fronteer Gold Inc. and its founder Mark O’Dea in a successful defence against a claim for over C$1.2 billion in damages and other relief asserted by Jacqui Safra and his holding company, NWG Investments Inc. Safra alleged fraud and misrepresentation concerning a transaction in which Fronteer acquired a mineral exploration company he founded and controlled. Safra’s claim was commenced after the newly formed Government of Nunatsiavut imposed a moratorium on uranium mining in April 2008. Justice Steele of the Superior Court of Ontario dismissed the claim on the grounds of delay in August 2023.

Cookin, 2023

Acted for Cookin, a digital marketplace for home chefs, in securing $17-million in growth financing from an investor consortium led by Relay Ventures.

Rogers Communications Inc., 2023

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in a C$3-billion Canadian private placement of senior notes issued across four tranches.

Barrick Gold Corporation, 2023

Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its joint venture with Ma’aden over copper exploration projects in Saudi Arabia.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., 2023

Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in the $500-million public offering of medium-term notes by 407 International Inc.

Moez Kassam and Anson, 2023

Acting for Moez Kassam and Anson funds in pursuing claims for defamation and conspiracy, arising from a series of false and defamatory statements published about them anonymously on the internet.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp., 2023

Acted as tax counsel to Sprott Resource Lending Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in the US$150-million financing of Foran Mining Corporation’s McIvenna Bay project in east-central Saskatchewan.

Valley Fiber Ltd., 2023

Acted for Valley Fiber, a portfolio company of DIF Capital, with the establishment of credit facilities by a syndicate of lenders led by National Bank of Canada.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., 2023

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its US$110-million streaming transaction with Ascot Resources Ltd. regarding the Premier Gold Project located on Nisga’a Nation Treaty Lands in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia.

Rogers Communications Inc., 2023

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. to establish its U.S. registration statement, registering up to US$8 billion of future public offerings of debt securities and preferred shares in the United States pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system.

PSP Investments, 2023

Acts as regulatory counsel to PSP Investments in the structuring of all its worldwide investments to ensure compliance with the PSPIB Act and Regulations, as well as advising PSP Investments on governance and other commercial and regulatory matters.

Syndicate of Lenders, 2023

Acted for a syndicate of lenders led by Bank of Montreal in connection with the refinancing of certain credit facilities made available to BluEarth Renewables.

Nemaska Lithium Inc., 2023

Acting for Nemaska Lithium Inc. in proceedings instituted by Victor Cantore requesting that Nemaska be compelled to convey him a 3% net smelter return royalty on all metals extracted from Nemaska's Whabouchi mine.

Confidential client, 2023

Acting for the claimant in a C$1.1-billion ICC arbitration regarding a major Canadian infrastructure project.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 2023

Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and CDP Financial Inc. with the series 16 offering by CDP Financial of US$1.5 billion of senior notes due in 2028 under its Senior Notes Program.

Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., 2023

Acted as tax counsel for Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp., as lead arranger for its resource lending investment funds, in its streaming transaction with Cerrado Gold Inc. regarding gold and silver produced by its Monte do Carmo project in Brazil.

Real Estate Joint Venture, 2023

Acting for a real estate joint venture before the Court of Québec in a tax dispute against Revenu Québec with respect to the characterization of tenant inducement payments.

High-tech company, 2023

Acting for a high-tech company in a C$5-million lawsuit filed by its former President, alleging, among other things, constructive dismissal.

Beanfield Metroconnect, 2023

Acted for Beanfield Metroconnect, a portfolio company of DigitalBridge, in securing a strategic equity investment from OMERS Infrastructure.