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Stuber, Ron Dentons Canada LLP
(604) 443-7129 ron.stuber@dentons.com
Mr. Stuber is the National Co-lead of Dentons' Renewable Energy team.
His practice focuses on the development and financing of projects and major
commercial transactions, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sec-
tors. He has extensive international experience advising proponents,
lenders and others involved in major projects and transactions.
Story, Craig A. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9098 cstory@stikeman.com
Mr. Story is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses on
corporate, securities and M&A law, with an emphasis on private-equity and
venture-capital funds (both fund formation and portfolio investments and dis-
positions), and including mergers and acquisitions, public and private capital
markets offerings and corporate governance.
Stenger, Geoff Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3642 stengerg@bennettjones.com
Mr. Stenger's practice is focused on infrastructure projects, including in the
oil & gas, industrial, transmission, renewable, pipeline, LNG, and government
infrastructure industries, both in Canada and internationally. His experience
includes assistance on a variety of EPC, EPCM, DB(FM), OEM supply and
JV agreements as well as on RFP, lien and performance security (LC, PCG,
bonds) matters.
Stefaniuk, John D. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
(204) 934-2597 jds@tdslaw.com
Mr. Stefaniuk engages in a broad practice in energy, mining, natural resources
and environmental law, property and project development, and government
relations. He has particular experience in resource development, permitting
and licensing, power sales, wind farms, regulatory approvals, agreements
with government, mineral tenure, Indigenous consultation, negotiation,
closure and rehabilitation.
Squibb, Bradley G. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(403) 266-9079 bsquibb@stikeman.com
Mr. Squibb is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses
on securities, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate
governance and securities regulatory compliance matters.
Sproule, James T. McKercher LLP
(306) 664-1322 j.sproule@mckercher.ca
Mr. Sproule practises corporate commercial law with a focus on corporate
governance and commercial real estate financings, natural resources law
and securities law. His experience includes incorporations, organization and
governance, small business advice, asset and share purchase acquisitions,
securities offerings using exemptions or prospectus, partnership agreements
and commercial real estate issues.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
ed tax counsel by Brent Perry, Byron Beswick and
Erica Hennessey of Felesky Flynn LLP.
Xtreme was represented by Bradley Squibb,
Bradley Ashkin, Haifeng Hu, Rhonda Parhar
(Corporate) and Kevin Guenther (Tax) of Stike-
man Elliott LLP.
CANACCORD GENUITY
ACQUISITION CORP. COMPLETES
QUALIFYING ACQUISITION
OF SPARK POWER CORP.
On November 14, 2018, Canaccord Genuity
Acquisition Corp. ("CGAC"), a special purpose
acquisition corporation, completed its qualifying
acquisition and merged with Spark Power Corp.
("Spark Power"). CGAC was renamed Spark
Power Group Inc. ("the Company"). e quali-
fying acquisition had no redemptions.
Spark Power provides electrical power services
and solutions to North American industrial,
commercial, institutional, renewable and agri-
cultural customers, as well as utility markets in-
cluding municipalities, universities, schools and
hospitals. Spark Power also maintains and oper-
ates over 2,000 solar and wind energy assets. It
has over 600 megawatts of renewable power un-
der management and manages two of the largest
renewable energy co-ops in Canada.
e Qualifying Acquisition was completed
through the purchase of certain shares of Spark
Power for cash, the exchange of all remaining
shares of Spark Power for common shares of
CGAC, and the exchange of certain warrants
to acquire Spark shares for warrants to acquire
common shares (each, a "warrant"). In addition,
certain outstanding options to acquire Spark
shares were exchanged for options to acquire
common shares.
Following closing, each of CGAC's class A
restricted voting units separated into common
shares and warrants, with the underlying class
A restricted voting shares having automati-
cally converted into common shares on a one-
for-one basis immediately prior to such sepa-
ration. Following closing, the Company had
44,920,316 common shares and 11,776,653
warrants outstanding.
e Company was represented in-house by
Martin MacLachlan, General Counsel and ex-
ternally by Goodmans LLP with a team led by
Stephen Pincus and including William Gorman,
Victor Liu, David Coll-Black, Seth Klerer, Bryan
Flatt (Corporate/M&A), Celia Rhea, Danielle
Knight and Lisa Hawker (Finance), Kabir Jamal
(Tax) and David Rosner (Competition).
Spark Power was represented by Miller om-
son LLP with a team that included Lawrence
Wilder, Tom Koutoulakis, Jay Sernoskie and De-
ven Rath (Corporate/M&A).
