26 LEXPERT MAGAZINE
|
MAY 2018
BIG DEALS
commercial). White & Case LLP acted for
Roivant with a team comprised of Chang-Do
Gong, Colin Diamond and Cecile Yang.
Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
acted as corporate and lead Canadian secu-
rities counsel for Arbutus Biopharma Corp.
with a team led by Hector MacKay-Dunn,
QC, and Ronald Murray, and including
Robert Veitch, Ronald Chin and Denise
Nawata. Dorsey & Whitney LLP acted as
US securities counsel to Arbutus Biopharma
Corp., with a team led by Daniel Miller.
Health Research
Advertising & Marketing
E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
CANNABIS STRATEGIES
ACQUISITION CORP.
COMPLETES IPO
CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 21, 2017
On December 21, 2017, Cannabis Strategies
Acquisition Corp. (CSAC), and Mercer Park
CB, LP as sponsor, completed the initial pub-
lic offering of Class A restricted voting units
of CSAC (including the partial exercise of
the over-allotment option) for an aggregate
of $134,750,000.
CSAC is Canada's first cannabis-focused
special purpose acquisition corporation.
e offering was underwritten by Canac-
cord Genuity Corp.
CSAC and Mercer Park were represented
in Canada by a Stikeman Elliott LLP team
comprising Simon Romano, Matt Hunt,
Kristina Vranjkovic and Spencer Burger (se-
curities), and John Lorito, Jill Winton and
Lindsay Gwyer (tax).
Canaccord was represented by a Good-
mans LLP team comprising Bill Gorman,
Victor Liu, Money Khoromi and David
Coll-Black (corporate/securities), and Jon
Northup and Kabir Jamal (tax).
Consumer Services Energy & Power Pipelines
Aerospace & Defence Automotive Materials
Utilities Financials Health Research
Media & Entertainment Recreation & Leisure Advertising & Marketing
E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
FORTISBC ENERGY INC.
COMPLETES $175M
BOND OFFERING
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2017
On October 30, 2017, FortisBC Energy
Inc. (FortisBC) completed a public offering
of $175 million principal amount medium
term note debentures with a coupon rate of
3.69 per cent and a 30-year term.
FortisBC is a British Columbia-based
energy company that serves more than 1.1
million customers across the province.
e offering was conducted through a
syndicate of agents, led by Scotia Capital
Inc., and included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.,
RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Secur-
ities Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.,
National Bank Financial Inc. and Casgrain
& Company Limited (the Agents).
FortisBC was represented by Farris,
Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP (Vancou-
ver) with a deal team that included David
Selley and Michael Rawluk (securities), and
Ron Dueck (tax).
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP acted
for the Agents with a team consisting of John
Christian, Aimee O'Donnell and Rowan
Groenwald (securities).
Master the Law.
Visit gpllm.law.utoronto.ca
Questions? gpllm@utoronto.ca
Apply today.
ONE YEAR
|
PART-TIME
|
FOR LAWYERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS
Canada's leading law school offers a graduate degree in four unique streams:
Business Law
Canadian Law in a Global Context
Innovation, Law and Technology
Law of Leadership
