Joseph’s practice covers a wide range of corporate and securities matters.
Joseph acts for clients across industry sectors in debt and equity financings and initial public offerings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions. He also has experience assisting clients with corporate governance issues and ongoing compliance with corporate and securities obligations.
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AiPharma Global Holdings LLC
Acting for AiPharma Global Holdings LLC, a private pharmaceutical research, development and commercialization company, in its 19.4% PIPE investment in Appili Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company sponsoring late-stage clinical trials evaluating the antiviral Avigan/Reeqonus for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19.
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Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Acted for Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its merger with Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. to create a $30-billion combined company and the gold industry's highest-quality senior producer.
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AirBoss of America Corp.
Acted for AirBoss of America Corp. to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to C$200 million of securities in Canada.
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RIV Capital Inc.
Acted for RIV Capital Inc., an acquisition and investment company specializing in cannabis, in connection with the US$150-million strategic investment by The Hawthorne Collective, a subsidiary of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company.
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Morgan Stanley
Acted as Canadian counsel to Morgan Stanley in a private placement of $1 billion in fixed-to-floating-rate senior notes due 2027 (maple bonds).
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Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
Acted for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., in its exercise of its participation right in connection with Tricon Residential Inc.'s $201-million bought deal equity offering, including the full exercise of the over-allotment option.
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Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation
Acted for Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation, a non-agent Crown corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Development Investment Corporation, in connection with Air Canada's approximately $6-billion financing agreements with the Government of Canada through the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) program.
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Highgate Capital Investments, LP and BentallGreenOak Real Estate Advisors LP
Acted as Canadian counsel to the joint venture limited partnership between Highgate Capital Investments, LP and BentallGreenOak Real Estate Advisors LP in its strategic US$50-million PIPE investment in American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (AHIP) and its subsidiary (AHIP REIT), through the issuance of newly-created series C preferred equity stock of AHIP REIT and warrants to acquire limited partnership units of AHIP, on a private placement basis.
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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 Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
Acted for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. in its US$240-million preferred equity investment in Tricon Residential Inc., a rental housing company focused on serving the middle-market demographic in North America.
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BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in the $750-million public offering of medium-term notes by 407 International Inc.