University of Ottawa (LL.B. 2007), Queen’s University (B.A.H. 2003)

Call to the bar:

British Columbia 2008; Ontario 2016

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Represented the vendors in the Management Buy-Out of an oil & gas business.
• Acted for powersports distribution company Mountain Sports Distribution Inc. on the sale of all of its shares to a private equity firm KV Capital.
• Represented the purchasing group in connection with the acquisition of a run of river hydro project in British Columbia.
• Acted for Smile Innovations Group Inc. on several roll-up acquisitions of dental laboratories across Canada.
• Acted for the vendors on the concurrent spin-off sale of certain assets and the sale of all of the shares of an employee benefits and compliance business.
• Represented the purchasing group in the Management Buy-Out of VELscope from Planet DDS, Inc.
• Represented ABT Innovations Inc. and Sepset Biosciences Inc. on their indirect acquisition by ASEP Medical holdings Inc. (CSE: ASEP).
• Represented the vendors on the cross-border sale of all of the shares of Bubblebox Holdings, Inc. to Chicago-based VntCap Technologies, LLC.
• Acted for Nechako Group on the sale of substantially all of its assets to Emil Anderson Maintenance.
• Acted for CoPower, Canada’s first sustainable investment platform and a leading provider of financing to clean energy and energy efficiency projects, in its acquisition by Vancity Community Investment Bank.
• Local counsel to Motorola in connection with its $1.28 billion acquisition of Avigilon Corporation.
• Acted for Thunderbird Films Inc., a Vancouver-based film and television production company, in its separate acquisition of all of the shares of each of Great Pacific Media Inc., Soda Pictures Limited, and Atomic Cartoons Inc.
• Acted for Vancouver-based television production company in connection with the sale of a 49% equity interest to one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies.
• Acted for the purchaser in a Management Buy-Out of the leading real estate company in Whistler, BC.
• Represented Aligntrac Solutions, Inc. on the cross-border sale of all of its assets to 1WorldSync, a Battery Ventures company.
• Represented the vendor in connection with the cross-border sale of a Salesforce consulting business.
• Represented a private buyer on the purchase of all of the shares of Jumpstart Games Canada Inc.
• Acted for the purchaser in connection with the acquisition of all of the shares of a marine engineering firm.
• Acted for a metals recycling operation in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets.
• Acted for the purchaser in a Management Buy-Out of a construction management and quality control company.
• Acted for the vendors in the sale of all of the shares of a fire protection business.

FINANCE

• Vancity Community Investment Bank in connection with multiple renewable energy project finance facilities.
• Several major Canadian banks in connection with multiple asset-based lending facilities collateralized against receivables, inventory, and equipment.
• Co-counsel to Asian Coast Development Ltd. in the development of a destination resort and casino in Vietnam, advising equity financings over $850 million in aggregate, corporate governance, construction, and regulatory matters.
• Represented CAPE Fund, L.P., a private-sector investment fund founded by the Right Honourable Paul Martin, in connection with several investments in Aboriginal-owned businesses.
• An online retailer in connection with a cross-border asset-based lending facility collateralized against accounts receivable and inventory.
• Private equity fund in connection with financing by way of convertible debentures in a private technology company.
• Technology and logistics company in connection with a asset-based lending facility collateralized against receivables, inventory, and intellectual property.
• Early-stage technology companies in connection with SAFE financings.

Law Society of British Columbia
Law Society of Ontario
Canadian Bar Association
Vancouver Bar Association