Transactional and Investment Matters:

• Advising believeco:partners in the consolidation of six businesses in Canada in the marketing industry.
• Advised Peloton Capital in its investment in Victoria Park Medispa, a Canadian network of premium, physician-led medical aesthetics clinics.
• Advised Maverix Private Equity in its investment in the C$250 million initial financing round of global digital and social innovation group Viral Nation Inc.
• Represented Parkland in its C$322 million acquisition of M&M Food Market, a leading Canadian retailer of frozen foods, from Searchlight Partners, L.P.
• Represented Opticann in its sale to Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corp.
• Represented Imperial Capital in the sale of its majority stake in VetStrategy to Berkshire Partners LLC.
• Represented Parkland Fuel in its $1.21 billion transformational business combination with SOL Limited, the largest independent fuel marketer in the Caribbean.
• Represented Dental Corporation of Canada Holdings, a portfolio company of Imperial Capital Group Ltd. and OPTrust Private Markets Group, in a significant strategic investment by L Catterton. 
• Represented Scotiabank in its acquisition of the consumer and small- and medium-enterprise operations of Citibank in Colombia, which will be absorbed by Scotiabank’s subsidiary Banco Colpatria Multibanca Colpatria S.A.
• Represented Hawthorne Canada in its acquisition of Can-Filters Group Inc., a manufacturer of air filtration systems for safer workplaces and environments for top brands.
• Advised Caledon Capital Management in its sale of a majority stake to CBRE Group, Inc.
• Advised Thomvest, Relay Ventures, and EDC in their investment alongside Amazon Alexa Fund of $35 million in ecobee, Inc., which developed the world's first smart WiFi thermostat.
• Advised HarbourVest Partners in its growth capital investment in Q4 Inc., a provider of cloud-based investor relations and capital markets solutions.
• Advised Thomvest Seed Capital in its investments in ProMetic Life Sciences Inc., including loan and warrant arrangements.
• Represented Scotiabank in the acquisition of Citigroup's retail and commercial banking assets in Panama and Costa Rica.
• Represented Searchlight Capital Partners in its acquisition and financing of a majority stake in a leading Canadian lifestyle brand, Roots Canada Ltd.
• Advised ReichmannHauer Capital Partners in its sale of The Allan Candy Company Limited to Hershey Canada Inc. 
• Advised an Ontario governmental pension plan in its co-investment in a U.K.-based utility.
• Advised Imperial Capital Group and OPTrust Private Markets Group in their joint C$121 million investment in Dental Corporation of Canada Holdings Inc.
• Represented AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation) and Callisto Capital in negotiations of the sale of all Town Shoes Limited holdings to DSW Inc.
• Provided strategic advice to Imperial Capital on its C$17 million acquisition of STI Technologies Limited.
• Represented a Canadian financial institution in its secondary sale of a significant private equity fund portfolio.
• Represented Imperial Capital in the sale of the Clinical Services business of AIM Health Group Inc.
• Represented Town Shoes, and its majority shareholders, Callisto Capital and AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation), in a C$17.5 million asset acquisition from Sterling Shoes LP, Inc.
• Represented Callisto Capital and AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation) in acquiring Town Shoes Limited.
• Represented AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation) in a C$590 million co-investment with Sterling Capital Partners for the acquisition of Mosaid Technologies Inc. from Wi-LAN Inc.
• Represented Ursataur Capital, Bingley Capital and Export Development Canada in acquiring Mansour Mining, Inc. (now Mansour Mining Technologies Inc.) 
• Represented Ernst & Young in its acquisition of the assets of RSM Richter, LLP.
• Advised Scotiabank in its acquisition agreement for the Chilean corporate and commercial banking operations of Royal Bank of Scotland.
• Counseled 411 Local Search Corp. in its sale of its 411.ca brand and equity interest to Yellow Media Limited, part of the Yellow Pages Group.
• Advised TD Bank in the spinout of its private equity fund and co-investment arm, TD Capital Private Equity Investors, to Northleaf Capital Partners.
• Represented K+S Aktiengesellschaft, as Canadian counsel, in its $1.675 billion purchase of Morton International, Inc. from The Dow Chemical Company subsidiary Rohm and Haas Company.
• Represented ReichmannHauer Capital Partners in its sale of Black Photo Corporation to Telus Corporation for C$28.5 million.
• Represented China Investment Corporation in its acquisition of a 17% equity interest in Teck Resources Limited for C$1.7 billion.
• Advised Broadcom in its C$141.5 million acquisition of the digital TV business of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• Represented Gerdau Ameristeel in its acquisition of Metro Recycling, Inc.
• Advised a Middle-Eastern sovereign wealth fund in its investment in a Canadian technology company.  
• Represented Nike, as Canadian counsel, in its $200 million sale of its subsidiary Nike Bauer Hockey, Inc. (now Bauer Performance Sports Ltd.) to an investor group led by Kohlberg & Company L.L.C. and Canadian businessman W. Graeme Roustan.
• Represented ReichmannHauer Capital Partners in acquiring Black Photo Corporation from Fujifilm Canada, Inc.
• Represented The Carlyle Group, through its sponsored entity EPD, in its $1.475 billion acquisition of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's rubber products business, Goodyear Engineered Products (now Veyance Technologies, Inc.). 
• Represented TransWorks Information Services, Aditya Birla Group, and ReichmannHauer Capital Partners, in TransWorks' C$126 million acquisition of Minacs Worldwide Inc. (now Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Inc.).
• Advised EdgeStone Capital Partners in its acquisition of New Food Classics, partially funded by a concurrent senior and mezzanine debt financing.
• Counseled The Carlyle Group in Sunshine Acquisition Corporation's $941 million acquisition of SS&C Technologies, Inc.
• Represented Sentinel Capital Partners in its $64 million leveraged buyout of Madill Equipment Canada Ltd., a heavy equipment manufacturer for the logging industry, from Key Bank, which involved negotiating senior and mezzanine debt.
• Advised Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in its exit from Trimac Corporation via Trimac Income Fund's C$90 million initial public offering and the disposal of its interest in Trimac's Canadian trucking and bulk plus businesses.
• Represented IP Co. in its acquisition of Prospectus Group Inc. (now Route1 Inc.) by way of a reverse takeover.
• Represented Sentinel Capital Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its C$70 million leveraged buyout of Spinrite LP, a Canadian textile business, a transaction associated with the recapitalization of Spinrite through a cross-border hybrid structure.

Fund Formation Matters:

• Advised SeaFort Capital Fund II, a Canadian growth-focused buyout fund managed by SeaFort Capital Inc., in its organization, formation, and fund-raising activities, including securing C$110 million in initial commitments from Canadian institutional and other sophisticated investors.
• Counseled Maverix Private Equity on the organization of Maverix Growth Equity Fund I, L.P., its inaugural fund focused on technology-enabled growth and disruption, as well as fund formation and fund-raising activities.
• Advised Amplitude Ventures in the organization, fund formation, and fund-raising activities for Amplitude Ventures Fund I, L.P., a private equity fund focused on investments across the health and life sciences sectors.
• Advised several Latin American fund sponsors in connection with the Canadian aspects of the organization, fund formation, and fund-raising activities for their private equity funds that invest in Latin America.
• Advised TD Bank and Birch Hill in the transfer of control of the general partners of the TD Capital Canadian Private Equity Partners group of private equity funds (which were renamed Birch Hill Equity Partners II) from TD Bank to Birch Hill.