Dentons’ Corporate group in Montréal has acted as counsel on securities and corporate finance transactions in various sectors over the last year, closing more than twice the number of deals over the same period in 2019.
“Our strong and dedicated team has seen a significant increase in deals in the small- to mid-market landscape since the beginning of 2020,” said Charles Spector, Partner and National Lead of the Firm’s Corporate group. “These transactions vastly reflect Dentons’ Montréal office’s ability to react and help position our clients for success despite fluctuating market conditions.”
The following is a sample list of transactions the team has closed:
- Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc.: Advised a syndicate of underwriters, led by Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., on a CA$35 million financing and concurrent TSX listing of GURU Beverages Inc.
- Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc.: Advised a syndicate of underwriters, led by Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., on a CA$23 million bought deal public offering of Tecsys Inc. common shares.
- Aya Gold & Silver Inc.: Advised Aya Gold & Silver Inc. in the upsizing and closing of its C$26,225,000 underwritten private placement (Canada, U.S. and Europe).
- Peak Fintech Group: Advised on a brokered financing of up to $10M of Secured Corporate Bonds and Warrants.
- Cascades Inc.: Advised on its CA$125 million bought-deal public offering of common shares.
- Cascades Inc.: Advised on its CA$300 million notes offering.
- Aéroports de Montréal: Advised Aéroports de Montréal on its private placement of C$500 million 3.030 per cent Revenue Bonds, Series R.
- Calian Group Ltd.: Advised Calian Group Ltd. in connection with its bought deal public offering of 1,568,600 common shares at a price of $44.00 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of over $69 million.
- ATW Tech Inc.: Advised ATW Tech Inc. on its C$1,500,000 private placement of 30,000,000 common shares and on the acquisition of Semeon Analytics Inc. for a purchase price of $2,955,000, payable at closing by the issuance to the vendors of 59,100,000 common shares of ATW Tech Inc.
“We are pleased to advise and assist this strong portfolio of growing clients with navigating the public markets,” said Scott Rozansky, Partner and National Lead of Dentons’ Securities and Capital Markets group. “Dentons remains well-positioned to help clients in Québec find solutions for the new and unfamiliar challenges that have been ushered in by the global pandemic.”
“It’s an honor to offer trusted legal advice on such complex transactions. We will continue to provide our clients local and global growth strategies using a combination of our in-depth understanding of the Montréal and international business and financial markets," said François Brabant, Montréal Partner in the Corporate Finance group.
Dentons’ Montréal office was recently recognized in the Chambers Canada 2021 client guide under the Corporate/Commercial: The Elite (Québec) category.
"This recognition from Chambers is a testament to the depth of expertise of our lawyers, our ability to deliver complex and high-profile matters both locally and internationally, and our position as leaders in the market," added Seon Kang, Lead of Montréal’s Corporate and Commercial law practice.
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