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Hurst, Michael A. Dentons Canada LLP
(403) 268-3046 michael.hurst@dentons.com
Mr. Hurst's energy law expertise embraces oil and gas upstream, midstream
and pipeline acquisitions; structuring greenfield projects; financing;
and product sales arrangements. He works on infrastructure projects
in Canada and South America.
Huot, Jean Marc Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3276 jmhuot@stikeman.com
Mr. Huot is a partner and a member of the Corporate Group. His practice
focuses on securities, M&A and governance. He acts for issuers, underwriters
in the context of public offerings and private placements in Canada and
abroad, public corporations, investment funds, purchasers and sellers.
He has experience in international tender offers and privatizations.
Hudec, Albert J. Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
(604) 661-9356 ahudec@farris.com
Mr. Hudec is a senior solicitor experienced in mergers & acquisitions, equity
and debt financings, private equity, corporate governance and independent
committee representation, with focus on the resource and technology
industries in Western Canada. He is also knowledgable on commercial
issues relating to First Nations as well as the Canadian wine industry.
Houston, Thomas A. Dentons Canada LLP
(613) 783-9611 tom.houston@dentons.com
Mr. Houston advises on corporate finance, venture capital, M&A and
corporate governance matters, across various industry sectors, with an
emphasis on the technology and not-for-profit sectors. He has particular
expertise in technology start-ups and has assisted many companies
from formation through successful exits. Many transactions have involved
cross-border investments and acquisitions.
Horner, Clay Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6590 chorner@osler.com
Vice-Chair of the firm, Mr. Horner counsels senior management and boards
of directors on significant M&A matters. He has acted as principal counsel
on many of Canada's most noteworthy transactions.
Horn, Sidney M. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3342 smhorn@stikeman.com
Mr. Horn is senior partner specializing in commercial, corporate and
securities law. He advises large domestic and international corporations
on complex questions concerning finance, M&A, debt restructurings and
corporate governance. He was recognized as having the highest rating ("AV")
under the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.
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example we've seen so far of the risk of redemp-
tions being mitigated," says Romano. "Other folks
are announcing their transactions and trying to
find money while in the process of selling it to
their shareholders."
Yaskiel, however, points out that the only way to
practically mitigate the potential of redemptions
sabotaging the qualifying acquisition "is to make
sure you've chosen a target that you think you
can sell to the investors. Otherwise ... you better
be prepared to put up more of your own money,
founders and sponsors, to fill any gap that is caused
by redemptions."
Pincus, who was involved in three of the first six
SPACs, says the structure has a promising future in
Canada, because it can serve more than one pur-
pose. Yes, it can be a tool to do a reverse takeover
and take a private company public, aer which
the sponsors move on. But he cites Acasta's "roll
up" transaction — the first time globally where a
SPAC has bought three companies.
Aer the deal closed in January, Acasta an-
nounced it would become a private-equity man-
ager, seeking to invest in sectors such as infra-
structure, energy and high-end manufacturing.
"A SPAC is a powerful tool if it's structured well,
and if it has a strong management team behind it,"
Pincus says.
