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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
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Jeff Glass advises leading investment dealers, asset management companies and
senior issuers on public fi nancings, governance and securities regulatory matters, with
extensive experience in the structuring and regulation of structured products. Glass has
been involved in the reformulation of the policies of the Ontario Securities Commission
and has assisted the Toronto Stock Exchange in a review of its policies and procedures
for the regulation of listed entities. Glass has been recognized as one of Canada's leading
lawyers in the following independent surveys and guides: ! e 2014 Lexpert®/American
Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Finance & Securities,
Investment Funds & Asset Management), the 2014 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/
Canada Cross-borderCorporate Lawyers in Canada, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2013
(Corporate Law and Securities Law), ! e Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's
Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Lawyers (Investment Funds).
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Partner in the capital markets practice. Worked on a variety of transactions, including
domestic and cross-border public and private off erings of debt and equity, mergers
& acquisitions, loan fi nancings and private-equity related transactions. Regularly
provides advice to publicly listed companies in connection with their ongoing corporate
governance and securities law compliance obligations. Recently involved in Barrick
Gold Corporation's $3-billion bought deal off ering and associated tender off er for
its outstanding debt securities. Also acted as counsel to Pershing Square Capital
Management in connection with its secondary off ering by way of a cross-border Multi-
Jurisdictional Disclosure System prospectus of $835 million of Canadian Pacifi c Railway
common shares. Named one of Lexpert®'s "Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40" in
2013. Recognized by ! e Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner in the area of
securities law. Taught the corporate law component of the Bar Admission course. LLB,
Osgoode Hall Law School (1997). Called to Ontario Bar (1999).
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Partner. Practices corporate/securities law, focusing on corporate fi nance and
M&A. Represents public and private companies and REITs. Also regularly represents
underwriters for public off erings of debt and equity securities. Has structured and
implemented many debt and equity fi nancings, including domestic and cross-border
public off erings, and has been extensively involved in the development of the Canadian
REIT sector. Represents issuers and underwriters in IPOs and follow-on fi nancings
and has acted on a number of income fund conversions and restructurings. Recognized
as a leading lawyer by ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Corporate Finance/
Securities and Corporate Mid-market), Lexpert®'s Special Edition on Canada's Leading
Energy Lawyers in the Globe & Mail 's Report on Business magazine and by Chambers
Global (Corporate/M&A). Served on the OSC's Small Business Advisory Committee
(2011‒2012) and the Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee (2008‒2010). Editor
and contributor to REALpac's Canadian REIT Handbook. Involved in the fi rm's CLE
and has presented at numerous conferences.
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Member, Executive Committee. Co-chair of Corporate/Securities Group. Lead
counsel, Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for third-party ABCP Restructuring
(2007–9). Highest ranking for past 12 years for corporate/M&A by Chambers Global.
Named "Toronto Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers and one
of top 30 capital markets and M&A lawyers worldwide in Euromoney's ! e Best of the
Best. Representative M&A clients/matters: Canadian Tire in acquisition of Forzani
Group; Green Mountain Coff ee Roasters in acquisitions of Timothy's and Van Houtte,
TOTAL in acquisition of UTS Energy; Norilsk Nickel in acquisition of LionOre
Mining; Avion Group in acquisition of Atlas Cold Storage; Fortress Investment
in acquisition of Intrawest; Royal Group Technologies, in response to Cerberus's
unsolicited bid and sale to Georgia Gulf; Hummingbird in acquisition by Open Text;
Mackenzie Financial in response to CI Fund Management's hostile bid and sale to
Investors Group; and Schneider in response to hostile bid by Maple Leaf and sale to
Smithfi eld. Bars of Ontario, Alberta and Québec.
Jeff Glass
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (416) 863-4162
Fax: (416) 863-2653
Toronto
Mindy B.
Gilbert
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (416) 367-6907
Fax: (416) 863-0871
Toronto
William (Bill)
Gorman
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4118
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
Stephen H.
Halperin
Goodmans LLP
Tel: (416) 597-4115
Fax: (416) 979-1234
Toronto
jeff .glass@blakes.com
mgilbert@dwpv.com
wgorman@goodmans.ca
shalperin@goodmans.ca
