Rogers Communications Inc.
Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$750 million U.S. public offering of floating rate senior notes due 2022 registered via the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.
Mathieu Taschereau
Associate
Expertise
Bar Admissions
- Ontario, 2019
Mathieu is developing a broad corporate practice.
He has assisted on a range of corporate matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, shareholder activism and hostile takeovers.
Mathieu holds a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and a Red Belt Black tip in Taekwondo.
Mathieu Taschereau
Associate
Mathieu is developing a broad corporate practice.
He has assisted on a range of corporate matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, shareholder activism and hostile takeovers.
Mathieu holds a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and a Red Belt Black tip in Taekwondo.
DIF Capital Partners
Acted for DIF Capital Partners, through its DIF Core Infrastructure Fund II (DIF CIF II), in its majority investment in Valley Fiber Ltd., a Manitoba-based telecommunications infrastructure company.
CIBC World Markets and BMO Capital Markets
Acted for CIBC World Markets and BMO Capital Markets as joint bookrunners with the offering of $100 million of trust units of Crombie REIT undertaken by a combination of a "bought deal" prospectus offering and a concurrent private placement.
Apotex Inc.
Acted as lead transaction and tax counsel to Apotex Inc. and ApoPharma USA Inc. on the sale of the ApoPharma business, including the global rights to Deferiprone, an iron chelator used to treat iron overload conditions resulting from blood transfusions, to Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc.
Acting for Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. in its response to the hostile bid launched by SolGold plc for Cornerstone, including Cornerstone's proposed requisition of a meeting of SolGold to change the board of SolGold.
Tech Mahindra Limited
Acted for Tech Mahindra Canada, Inc. with its acquisition of ObjectWise Consulting Group, a Canadian information technology consulting company.
Mistango River Resources Inc. and Orefinders Resources Inc.
Appointed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on application by shareholder activist Orefinders Resources Inc. to act as Independent Chair of the adjourned contested annual shareholders' meeting of Mistango River Resources Inc., at which Orefinders replaced the four-person board of directors with four new directors nominated by Orefinders, including its principals Stephen Stewart and Alex Stewart.
Digital Colony
Acted for Digital Colony, the global digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital, Inc., in its acquisition (and related bank financing) of Beanfield Technologies Inc., an independent bandwidth infrastructure provider serving the enterprise, carrier and multi-dwelling unit markets in Toronto and Montréal over its owned fibre network.
Mantle Ridge LP
Acted for Mantle Ridge LP in its accumulation of a material equity stake in Aramark and subsequent agreement with Aramark providing for the appointment of 6 new directors, including John Zillmer who was also appointed CEO, and Paul Hilal, founder and CEO of Mantle Ridge LP, who was also appointed as Vice Chairman of the board.
TransAlta Corporation
Acted for TransAlta Corporation in connection with the activist campaign, threatened proxy contest and contested meeting by Mangrove Partners and Bluescape Energy Partners with respect to TransAlta's 2019 annual and special meeting.
Guide
The Hostile Bid Is Dead. Long Live the Hostile Bid?
June 15, 2020 - With much of the world focused on the immediacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its heavy human and economic toll, we have cast our eyes optimistically on the (near, we hope) future when companies regain sufficient confidence to re-enter the public M&A market in large numbers. Although...
Bulletin
Supreme Court of Canada Rules in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v Araya
Feb. 28, 2020 - The Supreme Court of Canada has rendered its decision in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v Araya, stating that customary international law (CIL) norms are directly incorporated into Canadian law and that claims such as the ones advanced in this case may be considered by Canadian courts. The case...
McGill University Faculty of Law—J.S.D. Tory Writing Award
Bar Admissions
Ontario, 2019
Education
McGill University, BCL/LLB (Dean’s Honour List), 2017
McGill University, BA (Political Science & Management) (First Class Honours), 2014
Community Involvement
McGill Shareholder Activism Research Group (MSHARES), president and lecturer
