Sébastien Roy

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Sébastien Roy

Sébastien Roy

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Sébastien advises on significant public and private mergers and acquisitions.

He also represents issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, in both Canada and the U.S. He works extensively with REITS, financial institutions and financial technology and life science companies. Sébastien has also represented investors with their investments in Canadian mining companies and is a member of the China practice group. Clients regularly turn to him for assistance with securities regulation compliance and corporate governance advice.

Sébastien is co-lecturer in Securities Regulation at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. He is a long-standing contributor to Montréal’s vital arts scene, both as a fundraiser and as a volunteer, and chairs the board of directors of Fondation de la Maison Théâtre.

Sébastien Roy

Partner

Sébastien advises on significant public and private mergers and acquisitions.

He also represents issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, in both Canada and the U.S. He works extensively with REITS, financial institutions and financial technology and life science companies. Sébastien has also represented investors with their investments in Canadian mining companies and is a member of the China practice group. Clients regularly turn to him for assistance with securities regulation compliance and corporate governance advice.

Sébastien is co-lecturer in Securities Regulation at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. He is a long-standing contributor to Montréal’s vital arts scene, both as a fundraiser and as a volunteer, and chairs the board of directors of Fondation de la Maison Théâtre.

Lantic Inc.

Acted for Lantic Inc. in its C$100-million offering of 3.49% senior guaranteed notes due April 30, 2031

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acting for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in Dialogue Health Technologies Inc.'s initial public offering.

National Bank Financial Inc.

Acted for National Bank Financial Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters in a $650-million offering of Videotron Ltd.'s 3.125% senior notes due January 15, 2031. 

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in connection with its US$50-million at-the-market offering.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in its strategic transaction with Neuberger Berman, which comprised a non-brokered private placement of common shares of the company for gross proceeds of approximately C$2.1 million and a loan purchase agreement with a fund managed by Neuberger Berman for up to US$150 million per year over the next two years.

Lantic Inc.

Acted for Lantic Inc. in its strategic collaboration with DouxMatok to deliver a unique sugar reduction solution on cane sugar to food companies in North America.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its US$40-million public offering in the United States.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its private placement of $150 million of 5.95% Series 12 senior unsecured debentures due May 5, 2025.

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in its acquisition of the BLU-5937 and related P2X3 antagonists intellectual property assets from adMare BioInnovations' NEOMED Institute.

BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities

Acted as Canadian counsel to the syndicate of initial purchasers led by BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities in an offering of US$450 million of senior secured notes of Garda World Security Corporation.

Health & Happiness (H&H) Hong Kong Limited

Acted for NewH2 Limited, a subsidiary of Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited, in its private placement of C$5.75 million in Else Nutrition Holdings Inc., an Israel-based company, as part of an aggregate private placement offering of up to C$8.0 million.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in connection with the offering by Metro Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of Series I, 3.413% senior unsecured notes due February 28, 2050.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Caisse) and CDP Financial Inc. in CDP Financial's establishment and launch of a US$20-billion senior notes program guaranteed by Caisse, including four subsequent offerings by CDP Financial totalling US$8.5 billion in senior notes under the program.

Gelpac Inc. and Namakor Holdings

Acted for Namakor Holdings and its portfolio company Gelpac Inc., a Canadian leader of high-performance packaging solutions, in the strategic acquisition of WBC Extrusion Products, Inc., a U.S. specialty manufacturer of single-use blown polymer films.

BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities

Acted as Canadian counsel to the syndicate of initial purchasers led by BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities in an offering of US$779 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2027 of Garda World Security Corporation and to the solicitation agents in respect of the offer to purchase and consent to solicitation in respect of Garda World's US$625 million 8.75% senior notes due 2025.

TD Securities Inc.

Acted for TD Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters in a $800-million offering of Videotron Ltd.'s 4.5% senior notes due 2030.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted as counsel to BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in its delivery of an independent fairness opinion to the board of Transat A.T. Inc. in respect of its acquisition by Air Canada.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted as counsel to BELLUS Health Inc. in its US$70-million initial public offering in the United States.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in the public offering of its 4.5% Series 11 senior unsecured debentures due May 15, 2024, for the principal amount of $200 million.

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in the filing of a base shelf prospectus.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its $35-million overnight marketed offering of common shares to support the development of its lead drug candidate BLU-5937 for chronic cough.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in the purchase of a block of shares of Stella-Jones Inc. from Stella Jones International S.A. for approximately $182 million pursuant to a private placement.

Rogers Sugar Inc.

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in connection with the issuance, on a bought deal basis, of $97,750,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its $20-million overnight marketed offering of common shares.

BNP Paribas S.A.

Acted for BNP Paribas S.A. in connection with an investment by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in Innocap Investment Management Inc.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. on the following private placement by Metro Inc. to partially finance its acquisition of The Jean-Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.: $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.68% Series F senior unsecured notes due December 5, 2022; 3.39% Series G senior unsecured notes due December 6, 2027; and 4.27% Series H senior unsecured notes due December 4, 2047.

Rogers Sugar Inc.

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in the $40-million acquisition by its subsidiary L.B. Maple Treat Corporation of Decacer, a major bottler and distributor of branded and private label maple syrup and maple sugar, based in Dégelis, Québec.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for the Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and National Bank of Canada, which together have committed bank facilities of $3.4 billion to finance the cash portion of Metro Inc.'s $4.5 billion acquisition of The Jean Coutu Group Inc.

Rogers Sugar Inc.

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in connection with the $160.3 million acquisition of L.B. Maple Treat Corporation; and the issuance of $69.2 million subscription receipts on a bought deal basis, and $57.5 million of extendible convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with a private placement financing, with a brokered and a non-brokered portion, of approximately $3.5-million in common shares of the company.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in connection with the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Thallion Pharmaceuticals Inc., to Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc., including all the rights to the drug candidate ShigamabT.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Acted for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Videotron Ltd.'s high-yield offering of US$600-million aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% senior notes due 2027.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in connection with the exclusive worldwide licence agreement with The Neomed Institute to develop and commercialize BLU-5937 for the treatment of chronic cough.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in connection with a $400-million offering of Series E floating rate senior unsecured notes due February 27, 2020 by Metro Inc.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with its $2.3-million non-brokered private placement of common shares.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its $200-million offering of trust units on a bought deal basis.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acted for the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with its initial $25-million investment in LASIK MD, Canada's largest vision correction leader, to help finance the acquisition of a minority interest in Vision Group Holdings, an American leader in vision correction, as well as its undertaking to provide for additional investments to finance future acquisitions.

Export-Import Bank of China

Acting for the Export-Import Bank of China in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Alter NRG Corp. by Harvest International New Energy, Co., Ltd.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its offering of 4.247% Series 10 Senior Unsecured Debentures due May 23, 2023 in the principal amount of $225 million.

La Coop fédérée

Acted for La Coop fédérée in connection with the combination of its Sonic division with Groupe Filgo for the purpose of merging their energy products distribution activities and their service stations operations.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with the issuance by way of private placement of $10.5 million of 10% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due December 31, 2020.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a public offering of its 4.164% Series 9 senior unsecured debentures due June 1, 2022 in the principal amount of $300 million.

RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

Acted for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters on Videotron Ltd.'s $375-million aggregate issuance of 5.75% senior notes due January 15, 2026.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with its successful response to Qwave Capital LLC's unsolicited partial takeover bid, including in injunctive proceedings asserting a breach by Qwave of a confidentiality agreement.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its public offering of 7,901,650 trust units at a price of $19.65 per unit to a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. and BMO Capital Markets for total net proceeds of approximately $148.8 million.

CIBC World Markets Inc. (and a syndicate of underwriters)

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. in a $200-million offering by Cogeco Cable of 5.15% senior secured debentures due in 2020.

AM Total Investments (GP)

Acted for AM Total Investments (GP), a general partnership wholly owned by the Dallaire family, which concluded a transaction to monetize one million units of Cominar REIT.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its $115-million public offering, after full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its bought deal public offering of $86-million principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

CDP Financial Inc.

Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in connection with an offering of $2 billion of senior notes, comprised of $1 billion of FRN (floating rate note) senior notes due 2015 and $1 billion of senior notes due 2020.

RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters

Acted for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters in a $300-million offering of Videotron Ltd.'s senior notes due 2020.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its takeover bid for Overland Realty Limited in an all-cash deal that valued Overland at $70.9 million.

CDP Financial Inc.

Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in connection with an offering of US$5 billion of senior notes in the United States. This offering was the largest non-government guaranteed offering by any Canadian issuer in US dollars at the time.

Rossy and Assaly families

Acted for the founders of Dollarama Inc. in connection with the corporation's $300 million initial public offering of common shares.

IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms—Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity

Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A

The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Corporate Finance and Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions

The Best Lawyers in Canada—Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities Law

Bar Admissions

Québec, 2003

Education

Harvard Law School, Executive Education: Accelerated Leadership Program, 2016
McGill University, BCL/LLB (with Great Distinction), 2002
McGill University, BA Philosophy (with Distinction), 1999

Board Memberships

The Canadian Club of Montréal, director
BELLUS Health Inc., corporate secretary
Fondation de la Maison Théâtre, chairman

Teaching Engagements

Sébastien is co-lecturer in Securities Regulation at McGill University’s Faculty of Law.

Sébastien advises on significant public and private mergers and acquisitions.

He also represents issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, in both Canada and the U.S. He works extensively with REITS, financial institutions and financial technology and life science companies. Sébastien has also represented investors with their investments in Canadian mining companies and is a member of the China practice group. Clients regularly turn to him for assistance with securities regulation compliance and corporate governance advice.

Sébastien is co-lecturer in Securities Regulation at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. He is a long-standing contributor to Montréal’s vital arts scene, both as a fundraiser and as a volunteer, and chairs the board of directors of Fondation de la Maison Théâtre.

Lantic Inc.

Acted for Lantic Inc. in its C$100-million offering of 3.49% senior guaranteed notes due April 30, 2031

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acting for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in Dialogue Health Technologies Inc.'s initial public offering.

National Bank Financial Inc.

Acted for National Bank Financial Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters in a $650-million offering of Videotron Ltd.'s 3.125% senior notes due January 15, 2031. 

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in connection with its US$50-million at-the-market offering.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in its strategic transaction with Neuberger Berman, which comprised a non-brokered private placement of common shares of the company for gross proceeds of approximately C$2.1 million and a loan purchase agreement with a fund managed by Neuberger Berman for up to US$150 million per year over the next two years.

Lantic Inc.

Acted for Lantic Inc. in its strategic collaboration with DouxMatok to deliver a unique sugar reduction solution on cane sugar to food companies in North America.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its US$40-million public offering in the United States.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its private placement of $150 million of 5.95% Series 12 senior unsecured debentures due May 5, 2025.

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in its acquisition of the BLU-5937 and related P2X3 antagonists intellectual property assets from adMare BioInnovations' NEOMED Institute.

BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities

Acted as Canadian counsel to the syndicate of initial purchasers led by BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities in an offering of US$450 million of senior secured notes of Garda World Security Corporation.

Health & Happiness (H&H) Hong Kong Limited

Acted for NewH2 Limited, a subsidiary of Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings Limited, in its private placement of C$5.75 million in Else Nutrition Holdings Inc., an Israel-based company, as part of an aggregate private placement offering of up to C$8.0 million.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in connection with the offering by Metro Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of Series I, 3.413% senior unsecured notes due February 28, 2050.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Caisse) and CDP Financial Inc. in CDP Financial's establishment and launch of a US$20-billion senior notes program guaranteed by Caisse, including four subsequent offerings by CDP Financial totalling US$8.5 billion in senior notes under the program.

Gelpac Inc. and Namakor Holdings

Acted for Namakor Holdings and its portfolio company Gelpac Inc., a Canadian leader of high-performance packaging solutions, in the strategic acquisition of WBC Extrusion Products, Inc., a U.S. specialty manufacturer of single-use blown polymer films.

BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities

Acted as Canadian counsel to the syndicate of initial purchasers led by BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays, J.P. Morgan and TD Securities in an offering of US$779 million of 9.50% senior notes due 2027 of Garda World Security Corporation and to the solicitation agents in respect of the offer to purchase and consent to solicitation in respect of Garda World's US$625 million 8.75% senior notes due 2025.

TD Securities Inc.

Acted for TD Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters in a $800-million offering of Videotron Ltd.'s 4.5% senior notes due 2030.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted as counsel to BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in its delivery of an independent fairness opinion to the board of Transat A.T. Inc. in respect of its acquisition by Air Canada.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted as counsel to BELLUS Health Inc. in its US$70-million initial public offering in the United States.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in the public offering of its 4.5% Series 11 senior unsecured debentures due May 15, 2024, for the principal amount of $200 million.

Bellus Health Inc.

Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in the filing of a base shelf prospectus.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its $35-million overnight marketed offering of common shares to support the development of its lead drug candidate BLU-5937 for chronic cough.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acted for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in the purchase of a block of shares of Stella-Jones Inc. from Stella Jones International S.A. for approximately $182 million pursuant to a private placement.

Rogers Sugar Inc.

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in connection with the issuance, on a bought deal basis, of $97,750,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in its $20-million overnight marketed offering of common shares.

BNP Paribas S.A.

Acted for BNP Paribas S.A. in connection with an investment by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in Innocap Investment Management Inc.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. on the following private placement by Metro Inc. to partially finance its acquisition of The Jean-Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.: $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.68% Series F senior unsecured notes due December 5, 2022; 3.39% Series G senior unsecured notes due December 6, 2027; and 4.27% Series H senior unsecured notes due December 4, 2047.

Rogers Sugar Inc.

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in the $40-million acquisition by its subsidiary L.B. Maple Treat Corporation of Decacer, a major bottler and distributor of branded and private label maple syrup and maple sugar, based in Dégelis, Québec.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for the Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and National Bank of Canada, which together have committed bank facilities of $3.4 billion to finance the cash portion of Metro Inc.'s $4.5 billion acquisition of The Jean Coutu Group Inc.

Rogers Sugar Inc.

Acted for Rogers Sugar Inc. in connection with the $160.3 million acquisition of L.B. Maple Treat Corporation; and the issuance of $69.2 million subscription receipts on a bought deal basis, and $57.5 million of extendible convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with a private placement financing, with a brokered and a non-brokered portion, of approximately $3.5-million in common shares of the company.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in connection with the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Thallion Pharmaceuticals Inc., to Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc., including all the rights to the drug candidate ShigamabT.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Acted for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Videotron Ltd.'s high-yield offering of US$600-million aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% senior notes due 2027.

BELLUS Health Inc.

Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in connection with the exclusive worldwide licence agreement with The Neomed Institute to develop and commercialize BLU-5937 for the treatment of chronic cough.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of agents co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and TD Securities Inc. in connection with a $400-million offering of Series E floating rate senior unsecured notes due February 27, 2020 by Metro Inc.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with its $2.3-million non-brokered private placement of common shares.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its $200-million offering of trust units on a bought deal basis.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Acted for the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with its initial $25-million investment in LASIK MD, Canada's largest vision correction leader, to help finance the acquisition of a minority interest in Vision Group Holdings, an American leader in vision correction, as well as its undertaking to provide for additional investments to finance future acquisitions.

Export-Import Bank of China

Acting for the Export-Import Bank of China in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Alter NRG Corp. by Harvest International New Energy, Co., Ltd.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its offering of 4.247% Series 10 Senior Unsecured Debentures due May 23, 2023 in the principal amount of $225 million.

La Coop fédérée

Acted for La Coop fédérée in connection with the combination of its Sonic division with Groupe Filgo for the purpose of merging their energy products distribution activities and their service stations operations.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with the issuance by way of private placement of $10.5 million of 10% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due December 31, 2020.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a public offering of its 4.164% Series 9 senior unsecured debentures due June 1, 2022 in the principal amount of $300 million.

RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

Acted for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters on Videotron Ltd.'s $375-million aggregate issuance of 5.75% senior notes due January 15, 2026.

IOU Financial Inc.

Acted for IOU Financial Inc. in connection with its successful response to Qwave Capital LLC's unsolicited partial takeover bid, including in injunctive proceedings asserting a breach by Qwave of a confidentiality agreement.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its public offering of 7,901,650 trust units at a price of $19.65 per unit to a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. and BMO Capital Markets for total net proceeds of approximately $148.8 million.

CIBC World Markets Inc. (and a syndicate of underwriters)

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. in a $200-million offering by Cogeco Cable of 5.15% senior secured debentures due in 2020.

AM Total Investments (GP)

Acted for AM Total Investments (GP), a general partnership wholly owned by the Dallaire family, which concluded a transaction to monetize one million units of Cominar REIT.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its $115-million public offering, after full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its bought deal public offering of $86-million principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.

CDP Financial Inc.

Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in connection with an offering of $2 billion of senior notes, comprised of $1 billion of FRN (floating rate note) senior notes due 2015 and $1 billion of senior notes due 2020.

RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters

Acted for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and a syndicate of underwriters in a $300-million offering of Videotron Ltd.'s senior notes due 2020.

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its takeover bid for Overland Realty Limited in an all-cash deal that valued Overland at $70.9 million.

CDP Financial Inc.

Acted for CDP Financial Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in connection with an offering of US$5 billion of senior notes in the United States. This offering was the largest non-government guaranteed offering by any Canadian issuer in US dollars at the time.

Rossy and Assaly families

Acted for the founders of Dollarama Inc. in connection with the corporation's $300 million initial public offering of common shares.

IFLR1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms—Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity

Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A

The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Corporate Finance and Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions

The Best Lawyers in Canada—Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities Law

Bar Admissions

Québec, 2003

Education

Harvard Law School, Executive Education: Accelerated Leadership Program, 2016
McGill University, BCL/LLB (with Great Distinction), 2002
McGill University, BA Philosophy (with Distinction), 1999

Board Memberships

The Canadian Club of Montréal, director
BELLUS Health Inc., corporate secretary
Fondation de la Maison Théâtre, chairman

Teaching Engagements

Sébastien is co-lecturer in Securities Regulation at McGill University’s Faculty of Law.