With nearly two decades of practice experience, Jennifer brings a unique perspective and insight to support both client interests and the firm’s overall legal talent management strategy.
Jennifer advises public and private clients in Canada and the United States on private M&A transactions across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, private equity, mining, industrials, retail and construction. She is trusted by clients for her pragmatic and business-minded approach to their critical issues.
As Professional Development Partner, Jennifer is responsible for developing, implementing and managing all continuing legal education and professional development activities for students and lawyers in Toronto. She is also involved in the firm’s client education programs. Jennifer plays a key role in fostering a culture of lifelong learning, ensuring that our lawyers continue to meet our clients’ changing needs.
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McKesson Corporation
Acted for McKesson Corporation, a leading international healthcare services and information technology company, in connection with its $3-billion acquisition of Rexall and Rexall Pharma Plus, which operate approximately 470 pharmacies in Canada, from Katz Group, one of Canada's largest privately owned enterprises.
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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.
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Arizona Mining Inc.
Acted for Arizona Mining Inc. in its sale to South32 Limited in an all-cash transaction valuing Arizona Mining at approximately $2.1 billion, by plan of arrangement.
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WIND Mobile Corp. and its shareholders
Acted for WIND Mobile Corp. (WIND) and its shareholders, including West Face Capital, in connection with the sale of WIND to Shaw Communications Inc. for approximately $1.6 billion.
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Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its $1.005-billion sale of a 50% interest in the Zaldívar copper mine in Chile to Chile-based Antofagasta Plc and related joint venture arrangements.
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Birch Hill Equity Partners
Acted for Birch Hill Equity Partners in the $101.6-million acquisition and related financing of non-core midstream and power assets in Canada from AltaGas Ltd. and in the $63.4-million acquisition of a 13.3% interest in Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd., a public company, from AltaGas.
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Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.
Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. in its $88.7-million acquisition of Endy, one of Canada's leading mattress-in-a-box e-commerce players, and the financing of this acquisition through an increase in and amendment to its $210-million senior secured syndicated credit facility.
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McKesson Canada
Acted for McKesson Canada in its acquisition of Well.ca, an online retailer of health, wellness, baby and beauty products.
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Augusta Investments Inc.
Acted for Augusta Investments Inc. with its minority investment in Tethyan Resources plc, a gold and base metal mineral exploration company incorporated in England & Wales.
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New Gold Inc.
Acted for New Gold Inc. in connection with the sale of its 30% interest in the El Morro copper-gold project in Chile to Goldcorp Inc. in exchange for a $90-million cash payment, a 4% gold stream on life-of-project gold production from the El Morro property and cancellation of a $93-million carried funding loan. In conjunction with the transaction, Goldcorp and Teck Resources Limited announced that they plan to combine their respective El Morro and Relincho properties into a 50/50 joint venture with the interim name of Project Corridor.
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AutoCanada Inc.
Acted for AutoCanada Inc., a multi-location North American automobile dealership group, in its acquisition of 11 dealerships from the Autopoint Group, a group that has operated for over 17 years across Southwestern Ontario with $345 million in annual revenue.
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Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.
Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc., Canada's leading omnichannel specialty sleep retailer, in its $25-million acquisition of a 52% majority stake in Hush Blankets, a Canadian-based direct-to-consumer sleep retailer.
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McKesson Corporation
Acting for McKesson Corporation in the sale of ClaimSecure Inc., an industry-leading healthcare management firm, to The Canada Life Assurance Company, a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc.
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Rexall Pharmacy Group
Acted for Rexall Pharmacy Group in the sale of its Ontario and northern Alberta long-term care pharmacy business to CareRx Corporation, Canada's leading provider of pharmacy services to seniors and other congregate care communities.
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Initial Purchasers
Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by Barclays, in multiple private placements of senior notes and senior secured notes of GFL Environmental Inc., in an aggregate principal amount of over US$5 billion.
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Premium Brands Holdings Corporation
Acted for Premium Brands Holdings Corporation in its groundbreaking partnership with a coalition of Mi'kmaq First Nations to jointly acquire Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated, Atlantic Canada's largest wild seafood company, for approximately $1 billion.
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Green Vision Holding B.V.
Acted as Canadian counsel to Green Vision Holding B.V. in the $155.9-million sale of HyGear, a Dutch-based leader in onsite hydrogen generation solutions for industrial and fuel cell electric vehicle refuelling applications, to Xebec Adsorption Inc., a global provider of clean energy solutions.
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The Pallinghurst Group
Acted for The Pallinghurst Group, a private investor in the global natural resources sector, in its joint 50-50 acquisition with Investissement Québec of Québec-based Nemaska Lithium Inc. pursuant to a sales process under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. The acquisition was structured as a credit bid with Nemaska's largest secured creditor, Orion Mine Finance, and achieved through a reverse vesting order granted by the Superior Court of Québec and upheld by the Québec Court of Appeal.
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Blackstone Tactical Opportunities
Acted for Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in its US$460-million sale with Orion Resource Partners of the gold prepay, stream facilities and an offtake agreement in respect of Lundin Gold Inc.'s Fruta del Norte mine to Newcrest Mining Limited.
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Bird Construction Inc.
Acted for Bird Construction Inc. in its acquisition of a 50% interest in Stack Modular, a modular construction company with operations in Canada and China.
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Birch Hill Equity Partners
Acted for Birch Hill Equity Partners in its acquisition of CCM Hockey from Adidas.
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Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its sale of a 25% stake in the Cerro Casale Project to Goldcorp, and the negotiation of a 50/50 regional joint venture over the Cerro Casale, Quebrada Seca and Caspiche projects in Chile's Maricunga district. This highly complex and multi-faceted transaction involved the acquisition by Goldcorp of Kinross' entire 25% interest in the Cerro Casale Project and a 25% interest in the project from Barrick, whose holding in the project will fall from 75% to 50%. Upon closing of the transaction, the joint venture was established.
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CASA Energy Services Inc. and West Face Capital Inc.
Acted for CASA Energy Services Inc. (CASA) and its 100% owner, West Face Capital Inc., in connection with an all-stock acquisition of CASA by Performance Energy Services Inc.
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Barrick Gold Corporation
Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its US$610-million sale to Kinross Gold Corporation of non-core assets in Nevada, including a 50% interest in the Round Mountain mine and 100% of the Bald Mountain mine, and related arrangements for a new 50-50 exploration joint venture with Kinross that will own a large land package on the Bald Mountain property.
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Birch Hill Equity Partners
Acted for Birch Hill Equity Partners and Sleep Country Canada in connection with the $300-million initial public offering of common shares of Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. and in connection with a new $175-million senior secured credit facility. The proceeds of the initial public offering were used to acquire Sleep Country Canada Inc.