Lakeside Book Company

Acted for Lakeside Book Company, a portfolio company of Atlas Holdings, in its acquisition of Marquis Books.

Alaris Equity Partners

Acted for Alaris Equity Partners, in its US$546-million investment with Brookfield Special Investments, in Body Contour Centers LLC.

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Advised Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its US$580-million investment in Minas de San Nicolas (MSN) (previously a wholly owned subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited), which owns the San Nicolas copper-zinc development project located in Zacatecas, Mexico. As a result of the transaction, Agnico Eagle and Teck will own 50% of MSN. The proceeds of the subscription will be used by MSN to fund the first US$580 million of post-closing development and construction costs.

QuadFi

Acted for QuadFi, a Canadian mission-driven global fintech firm, in securing a US$100-million financing commitment from Crayhill Capital Management, a New York-based minority-owned private credit manager.

TRAXXALL Technologies Ltd.

Acted as Canadian special tax counsel to TRAXXALL Technologies Ltd., a significant software-as-a-service solutions provider for aircraft maintenance tracking, in its sale to Jet Support Services, Inc.

Mondo Products Company Limited

Acted for the selling shareholder in connection with the sale of Mondo Products Company Limited, the leading car wash cleaning fluids, service and equipment supplier in Canada, to National Carwash Solutions (NCS).

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted as tax counsel to Granite REIT in the establishment of a $250-million at-the- market equity distribution program.

RIV Capital Inc. (formerly Canopy Rivers Inc.)

Acted for RIV Capital Inc. (formerly Canopy Rivers Inc.), a venture capital firm specializing in cannabis, in the sale of its indirect equity interest in Canapar Corp., a manufacturer and processor of active compounds used in wellness products, to RAMM Pharma Corp.

Syndicate of Underwriters

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by J.P. Morgan, BMO Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets and Scotiabank on the US$2.2-billion cross-border initial public offering of subordinate voting shares and tangible equity units of GFL Environmental Inc., the fourth largest diversified environmental services company in North America. The offering is one of the largest IPOs in Canadian history.

Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd.

Acting for Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. in structuring and documenting the Royalty Capital Funds I-II and II-II, parallel funds offering interests to investors globally, together with a co-investment arrangement in a fund asset.

Management Systems Resources Inc.

Acted for Management Systems Resources Inc., a leading provider of automated global trade compliance software solutions, in the sale of the Visual Compliance and eCustoms business to Descartes Systems Group for $330 million.

Federal Budget 2022: Tax Highlights

Apr. 08, 2022 - On April 7, 2022 (Budget Day), the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance, delivered the Liberal Party’s federal budget (Budget 2022), the second budget since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the Trudeau government’s plan to “grow our...

Chapter 7: Business Interests, co-author

Dec. 24, 2021 - Drafting Wills in Canada: A Lawyer's Practical Guide, 3rd Edition (Toronto: LexisNexis)

The Permissibility of Surplus Stripping: A Brief History and Recent Developments, co-author

Apr. 28, 2021 - Canadian Tax Journal
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Canadian Tax Laws: A Review of 2019 and a Look Ahead to 2020

Jan. 30, 2020 - Each year at this time we look back at some of the more significant income tax developments in Canada affecting domestic and international business over the past year and look ahead to possible Canadian tax developments in the coming year. Review of Canadian Tax Developments in 2019 Tax...

Draft Legislation on the Taxation of Stock Options

June 19, 2019 - The federal government has released much anticipated draft legislation proposing changes to the rules relating to the taxation of stock options. The legislative proposals are expected to come into force on January 1, 2020, and to apply to option agreements entered into after 2019. The release, on...

Proposed Amendments to the GST/HST Treatment of Cryptocurrencies

May 27, 2019 - The Department of Finance (Canada) (Finance Canada) has released, for public comment, draft legislative proposals (Draft Proposals) to amend the Excise Tax Act (ETA) in order to address certain issues regarding the treatment of virtual currencies for the purposes of the goods and services...