334 publicly disclosed transactions where BMO Capital Markets played an advisory, financing or investing role, most recent first.
Oct 7, 2026
Partners Value Split Corp.
Co-lead underwriter · Financial Services
Partners Value Split Corp. announced a $125 million bought deal public offering of Class AA Preferred Shares, Series 18. Currency not confirmed from the snippet (the previous Series 17 was denominated in US dollars).
Oct 6, 2026
Canadian Utilities Limited and ATCO Ltd.
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to the Canadian Utilities special committee · Power & Utilities
Buyer Emera Inc.
Emera agreed an all-stock merger with Canadian Utilities and its parent ATCO, valuing the Alberta companies' shares at about $14.3 billion and implying a combined enterprise value of roughly $72 billion. ATCO's housing, defence and ports businesses would be spun out into a separately listed company. Expected to close in the second half of 2027.
Sep 28, 2026
Canadian Pacific Railway Company C$1.8 billion notes (guaranteed by CPKC)
Joint lead agent and joint active bookrunner · Transportation
CPKC's railway subsidiary offered C$1.8 billion of Canadian-dollar notes in four tranches maturing 2030 to 2056, mainly to refinance existing debt.
Sep 28, 2026
Apotex Health Corp. C$1.25 billion inaugural senior unsecured notes
Joint bookrunner · Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals
Apotex priced its first bond deal, C$1.25 billion of senior unsecured notes in three series due 2029, 2031 and 2033, to refinance existing debt.
Sep 22, 2026
Topaz Energy Corp. (bought deal secondary offering of common shares)
Underwriter · Oil & Gas / Royalties and Infrastructure
Seller Tourmaline Oil Corp.
Tourmaline agreed to sell 10 million Topaz common shares at C$28.75 to underwriters on a bought deal basis for about C$287.5 million, cutting its stake from about 12.9% to 6.4%, and said it would redeploy proceeds into share repurchases.
Sep 21, 2026
Silver Tiger Metals Inc. (bought deal offering of units)
Underwriter · Mining / Silver-Gold Development
Silver Tiger Metals agreed a C$87 million bought deal of 87 million units at C$1.00 (about C$100 million with the over-allotment option) to fund development of its El Tigre silver-gold project in Sonora, Mexico, alongside an updated capital cost estimate.
Sep 21, 2026
Vista Gold Corp.
Financial advisor to Artemis · Mining
Buyer Artemis Gold Inc.
Artemis Gold agreed to acquire Vista Gold, owner of the Mt Todd gold project in Australia, by plan of arrangement in a transaction valued at about US$427 million.
Sep 15, 2026
Sagen MI Canada Inc.
Co-lead agent · Insurance
Mortgage insurer Sagen MI Canada issued $300 million of 4.947% unsecured debentures due 2033 by private placement, largely to refinance its 2.955% debentures due 2027.
Sep 15, 2026
Dream Summit Industrial LP
Agent · Real Estate
Dream Summit Industrial LP priced a C$300 million private placement of 4.432% Series J senior unsecured debentures due March 2030, to repay debt and fund acquisitions.
Sep 14, 2026
Generation Mining Limited (bought deal public offering of common shares)
Lead underwriter and sole bookrunner · Mining / Copper-Palladium Development
As part of a C$340 million final funding package for its Marathon copper-palladium mine, Generation Mining sold 312.5 million shares at C$0.64 in a C$200 million bought deal public offering, alongside a C$40 million concurrent private placement to Canada Growth Fund. Endeavour Financial acted as project financing advisor.
Sep 14, 2026
Choice Properties REIT C$300 million Series Y senior unsecured debentures
Co-lead agent · Real Estate
Choice Properties agreed to issue C$300 million of 4.836% Series Y debentures due 2033 on a private placement agency basis to refinance its Series Q debentures maturing in November 2026.
Sep 10, 2026
Cannara Biotech Inc. C$80 million amended and restated syndicated credit facility
Administrative agent, syndication agent, sole bookrunner and co-lead arranger · Cannabis
Cannara expanded its BMO-led credit facility to C$80 million of committed capacity with TD joining, raising the revolver to C$40 million and extending maturity to 2029.
Sep 9, 2026
CGI Inc.
Lead agent · Technology
CGI priced a C$500 million private placement of senior unsecured notes in two C$250 million series (3.25-year and 4.75-year) to repay debt and for general corporate purposes.
Sep 9, 2026
Rogers Communications Inc. US$1 billion and C$600 million fixed-to-fixed rate subordinated notes due 2057
Co-manager (US notes); co-lead joint bookrunner (Canadian private placement) · Telecommunications
Rogers priced US$1 billion of hybrid subordinated notes in two series (7.150% and 7.400%, due 2057) in the US and a concurrent C$600 million 6.000% Canadian private placement, using proceeds to redeem or repurchase its 2081 and 2082 subordinated notes.
Sep 9, 2026
Fortis Inc. US$1 billion fixed-to-fixed rate junior subordinated notes due 2057
Underwriter (co-manager) · Utilities
Fortis priced two US$500 million tranches of hybrid junior subordinated notes (6.625% and 6.875%, both due 2057) to repay maturing debt and for general corporate purposes.
Sep 8, 2026
Fairstone Bank of Canada
Co-manager · Financial Services
Fairstone Bank closed a $500 million offering of 4.310% three-year senior unsecured deposit notes, upsized from a $400 million minimum after about $1.7 billion of orders.
Sep 8, 2026
Headwater Exploration Inc.
Financial advisor to the Headwater independent committee; fairness opinion · Oil & Gas
Buyer Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd.
Tamarack Valley and Headwater agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $10 billion, creating a Clearwater-focused oil producer and spinning out a new exploration company.
Aug 27, 2026
Avanti Gold Corp.
Underwriter (syndicate member) · Mining
Avanti Gold announced a C$35 million bought deal private placement of units at C$0.50, upsized to C$45 million on August 31; it closed on September 23 at C$51.75 million (103.5 million units) including the full over-allotment option, funding drilling and a PEA at the Misisi gold project in the DRC.
Aug 17, 2026
Ausgold Limited
Financial advisor to OceanaGold · Mining
Buyer OceanaGold Corporation
OceanaGold agreed to acquire ASX-listed Ausgold by Australian scheme of arrangement for 0.03365 OceanaGold shares per share, an implied equity value of about A$776 million.
Aug 11, 2026
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust
Financial advisor to CRAL · Real Estate
Buyer GO Residential REIT-led consortium (incl. Blackstone Real Estate funds, Crestpoint, PSP Investments and CRAL)
H&R REIT agreed to sell all of its assets to GO Residential REIT and a consortium of co-purchasers by plan of arrangement for $4.28 cash plus 0.5688 GO REIT units per unit, a transaction valued at about $6.7 billion.
Aug 10, 2026
Moneris Solutions Corporation
Financial advisor to Seller (BMO) · Payments
Buyer Francisco Partners · Seller BMO and Royal Bank of Canada
BMO and RBC agreed to sell their jointly owned payments processor Moneris to Francisco Partners for about C$2.0 billion cash, each holding 50%; closing expected by end of BMO's fiscal Q1 2027.
Aug 6, 2026
Jamieson Wellness Inc.
Financial advisor to Jamieson; fairness opinion · Consumer Health
Buyer Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
Kirin agreed to acquire Jamieson Wellness for C$45.75 per share in cash, a C$2.5 billion transaction following a sale process run by the special committee.
Jun 29, 2026
Euroz Hartleys Group (Australian capital markets business)
Acquirer (BMO Capital Markets acted as exclusive financial advisor to BMO) · Financial Services / Metals & Mining
Buyer BMO Financial Group · Seller Euroz Hartleys Group Limited
BMO agreed to buy Euroz Hartleys' mining-focused ECM and advisory business in Australia, adding about 40 staff to BMO Capital Markets; the wealth arm stays independent under a strategic alliance.
Jun 29, 2026
Euroz Hartleys Group capital markets business
Exclusive financial advisor to BMO · Financial Services / Investment Banking
Buyer BMO Financial Group · Seller Euroz Hartleys Group Limited
BMO agreed to acquire the Australia-based capital markets business of Euroz Hartleys to strengthen its global metals and mining franchise.
May 13, 2026
Orla Mining Ltd.
Financial advisor to Equinox; fairness opinion to the board · Mining
Buyer Equinox Gold Corp.
Equinox Gold and Orla Mining agreed to an at-market combination by plan of arrangement, creating a North American senior gold producer with an implied market capitalization of about $18.5 billion.
May 11, 2026
BMO Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance
Financial advisor to Seller (with BofA Securities) · Equipment Finance
Buyer Stonepeak · Seller BMO Financial Group
Stonepeak agreed to acquire BMO's transportation and vendor finance businesses, with closing targeted for Q4 2026.
May 11, 2026
BMO Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses
Financial advisor to BMO · Banking / Specialty Finance
Buyer Stonepeak · Seller BMO Financial Group
BMO agreed to sell its Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses, with about C$14.5 billion of loans and leases, to Stonepeak while keeping a 19.9% equity interest.
Apr 2026
Lumina Metals Corp.
Co-lead underwriter and joint bookrunner · Mining
Lumina Metals closed an upsized TSX initial public offering and secondary offering at $12.50 per share for total gross proceeds of about $406 million.
Mar 10, 2026
Dawn Foods, Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to Target (Dawn Foods) · Food & Bakery Ingredients
Buyer Puratos Group
Belgium-based Puratos agreed to acquire global bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier Dawn Foods; closing expected by end of 2026.
Mar 10, 2026
Frontera Energy Colombian E&P assets
Fairness opinion to the Frontera board (fixed fee) · Oil & Gas
Buyer Parex Resources Inc. · Seller Frontera Energy Corporation
Frontera agreed to sell its upstream Colombian exploration and production business to Parex for up to US$525 million of equity consideration plus assumed obligations, a firm value of about US$750 million.
Feb 22, 2026
Fruta del Norte life-of-mine silver stream
Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Mining Royalties
Buyer LunR Royalties Corp. · Seller Lundin Gold Inc.
LunR Royalties agreed (term sheet February 22, definitive agreements April 2) to acquire a life-of-mine silver stream on Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte mine in exchange for consideration to Lundin Gold.
Feb 2, 2026
Foran Mining Corporation
Financial advisor to Eldorado · Mining
Buyer Eldorado Gold Corporation
Eldorado Gold agreed to combine with Foran Mining in a share transaction implying an equity value for Foran of about C$3.8 billion.
Jan 5, 2026
Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust
Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Real Estate
Buyer Crestpoint Real Estate Investments LP and Minto Group
Minto Apartment REIT agreed to a $2.3 billion going-private transaction with a new Crestpoint–Minto Group partnership at $18.00 per unit in cash.
Dec 15, 2025
WSP Global Inc.
Joint bookrunner · Engineering Services
Bought-deal offering of common shares for gross proceeds of $732 million, announced alongside the TRC acquisition, with a concurrent private placement to La Caisse.
Dec 14, 2025
Equinox Gold Brazil operations
Financial advisor to Equinox Gold; fairness opinion · Mining (Gold)
Buyer CMOC Group · Seller Equinox Gold Corp.
Equinox Gold agreed to sell its Brazil operations to CMOC for total consideration of up to $1.015 billion ($900 million cash plus up to $115 million contingent).
Dec 8, 2025
Gold Royalty Corp.
Joint bookrunner · Mining (Royalties)
US$70.0 million bought-deal financing announced December 8, 2025 and subsequently upsized.
Dec 4, 2025
TELUS Corporation
Lead underwriter (US notes) · Telecommunications
TELUS priced US$1.5 billion of fixed-to-fixed rate junior subordinated notes in two series, alongside a concurrent C$ offering, to support deleveraging.
Dec 3, 2025
Canfor Pulp Products Inc.
Financial advisor to Canfor · Forest Products
Buyer Canfor Corporation
Canfor agreed to acquire the Canfor Pulp shares it does not already own; Stifel's formal valuation put fair market value at $0.08 to $0.52 per share.
Dec 2025
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation
Co-lead underwriter · Food Products
Premium Brands completed $600 million of public subscription receipt and convertible debenture offerings plus a concurrent private placement; the original launch date is not given in the cited release.
Nov 19, 2025
Brookfield Corporation
Joint bookrunner · Asset Management / Diversified
Bought-deal issue of 8,000,000 Class A Preference Shares, Series 54 (C$200 million, up to C$250 million with option).
Nov 13, 2025
ECN Capital Corp.
Financial advisor to the purchaser · Specialty Finance
Buyer Investor group led by Warburg Pincus
A Warburg Pincus-led group agreed to acquire ECN Capital for C$3.10 per common share in cash, an enterprise value of about C$1.9 billion.
Nov 6, 2025
Canadian National Railway Company
Underwriter (syndicate member) · Transportation (Rail)
CN announced a US$700 million public debt offering in two tranches.
Nov 3, 2025
New Gold Inc.
Financial advisor to Coeur · Mining & Metals
Buyer Coeur Mining, Inc.
Coeur agreed to acquire New Gold by plan of arrangement in an all-share deal implying an equity value of about $7 billion, creating an all-North American precious metals producer.
Oct 28, 2025
Kiwetinohk Energy Corp.
Financial advisor to Carlyle · Oil & Gas
Buyer Cygnet Energy Ltd.
Private E&P Cygnet, backed by NGP, ARC Financial and Carlyle, agreed to acquire Kiwetinohk for $24.75 per share in cash (enterprise value about $1.4 billion) after a strategy review.
Oct 15, 2025
Taseko Mines Limited
Co-lead manager and joint bookrunner · Mining (Copper)
Bought-deal offering of common shares at US$4.05 (issue amount about US$150.3 million); gross proceeds reached US$170 million at closing.
Oct 8, 2025
Rockpoint Gas Storage Inc.
Underwriter (syndicate member) · Energy Infrastructure (Gas Storage)
Rockpoint priced an upsized IPO of 32 million Class A shares at C$22.00 for gross proceeds of about C$704 million (date is the pricing announcement).
Oct 1, 2025
Collective Mining Ltd.
Lead underwriter and joint bookrunner · Mining (Gold/Copper)
Bought-deal public offering of common shares at C$19.00 for about C$125.4 million.
Sep 9, 2025
Teck Resources Limited
Financial advisor to Teck; fairness opinion to the Teck board · Mining & Metals
Buyer Anglo American plc
Teck and Anglo American agreed an at-market merger of equals by plan of arrangement to form Anglo Teck, a copper-focused miner with its global head office in Canada. No single transaction value was stated in the release.
Sep 5, 2025
Maritime Resources Corp.
Financial advisor to New Found Gold; fairness opinion · Mining (Gold)
Buyer New Found Gold Corp.
New Found Gold agreed to acquire Maritime Resources by plan of arrangement at an implied equity value of about $292 million, creating an emerging Newfoundland gold producer.
Sep 2, 2025
TELUS Digital Experience (TELUS International (Cda) Inc.)
Independent valuator and financial advisor to the special committee · Technology Services
Buyer TELUS Corporation
TELUS agreed to acquire the shares of TELUS Digital it did not already own for US$4.50 per share, aggregate consideration of US$539 million (total transaction value about US$2.9 billion).
Aug 21, 2025
Canada Goose Holdings Inc.
Lead arranger and joint bookrunner · Apparel
Refinancing amendment to Canada Goose's term loan credit agreement dated August 21, 2025.
Aug 15, 2025
Osisko Development Corp.
Joint lead manager and joint bookrunner · Mining (Gold)
Underwritten offering under an underwriting agreement dated August 15, 2025 (date used is the agreement date).
Aug 11, 2025
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
Dealer (syndicate member) · Insurance
Fairfax launched a C$700 million offering of senior notes.
Jul 27, 2025
First National Financial Corporation
Independent valuator and financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Financial Services (Mortgage Lending)
Buyer Birch Hill Equity Partners and Brookfield (Regal Bidco Inc.)
Birch Hill and Brookfield agreed to acquire First National at an implied equity value of about $2.9 billion, with founders Stephen Smith and Moray Tawse rolling part of their stakes.
Jul 24, 2025
GO Residential Real Estate Investment Trust
Joint active bookrunner · Real Estate (Multifamily REIT)
GO Residential REIT filed its final prospectus and completed a US$410 million IPO of trust units at US$15.00 (date is the final prospectus announcement).
Jul 7, 2025
Sandstorm Gold Ltd. and Horizon Copper Corp.
Financial advisor to Sandstorm; fairness opinion · Mining & Metals (Royalties/Streaming)
Buyer Royal Gold, Inc.
Royal Gold agreed to acquire Sandstorm in an all-share deal valued at about $3.5 billion, and concurrently Horizon Copper in an all-cash deal of about $196 million.
Jun 19, 2025
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
Exclusive financial advisor to Buyer (BMO) · Wealth Management
Buyer BMO Financial Group
BMO agreed to buy independent wealth manager Burgundy (about C$27 billion AUM) for roughly C$625 million in BMO shares, including a holdback, plus a possible earn-out.
Jun 13, 2025
Adriatic Metals plc
Financial advisor to DPM · Mining - Precious & Base Metals
Buyer Dundee Precious Metals Inc.
Dundee Precious Metals proposed to acquire Adriatic Metals, owner of the Vareš mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina, valuing its share capital at about US$1.3 billion in cash and DPM shares.
Jun 12, 2025
Perpetua Resources Corp.
Co-lead underwriter, bought deal · Mining - Gold/Antimony
Perpetua Resources upsized its bought-deal offering to about US$325 million of common shares at US$13.20.
Jun 6, 2025
Mrs. Paul's and Van de Kamp's brands
Exclusive financial advisor to High Liner Foods · Consumer - Food
Buyer High Liner Foods Incorporated · Seller Conagra Brands, Inc.
High Liner Foods agreed to buy the Mrs. Paul's and Van de Kamp's breaded seafood brands from Conagra for US$55 million.
May 27, 2025
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust
Financial advisor to InterRent; fairness opinion to the board of trustees and special committee · Real Estate - Multifamily REIT
Buyer CLV Group and GIC
CLV Group, in partnership with GIC, agreed to acquire InterRent REIT for $13.55 per unit in cash in a roughly $4 billion transaction.
May 21, 2025
Solaris Resources Inc. (Warintza project financing)
Financial advisor to Solaris · Mining - Copper
Buyer Royal Gold
Solaris entered into a US$200 million stream and royalty financing package with Royal Gold to repay senior debt and advance the Warintza copper-gold project.
May 21, 2025
Frontera Energy Corporation
Financial advisor and dealer manager · Energy - Oil & Gas E&P
Frontera set the terms of a C$91 million (US$65 million) substantial issuer bid for its common shares.
May 15, 2025
MEG Energy Corp.
Financial advisor to MEG · Energy - Oil Sands
Buyer Strathcona Resources Ltd.
Strathcona announced, then on May 30 formally commenced, an unsolicited take-over bid for MEG Energy; MEG's board and special committee engaged advisors and urged shareholders to take no action.
May 14, 2025
Strathcona Resources' Kakwa Montney asset
Lead financial advisor to Strathcona on the Kakwa sale · Energy - Oil & Gas E&P
Buyer ARC Resources Ltd. · Seller Strathcona Resources Ltd.
Strathcona agreed to sell its Kakwa asset to ARC Resources for about $1.695 billion in total value, one of three sales disposing of its Montney business.
May 14, 2025
Strathcona Resources' Grande Prairie Montney asset
Exclusive financial advisor to Strathcona on the Grande Prairie sale · Energy - Oil & Gas E&P
Seller Strathcona Resources Ltd.
Strathcona agreed to sell its Grande Prairie asset for about $850 million in total value; the buyer was not named in the release.
May 11, 2025
MAG Silver Corp.
Co-financial advisor to MAG; fairness opinion to the MAG board · Mining - Silver
Buyer Pan American Silver Corp.
Pan American agreed to acquire MAG Silver, owner of an interest in the Juanicipio silver mine joint venture, for total consideration of about US$2.1 billion ($20.54 per share) in cash and shares.
May 5, 2025
Parkland Corporation
Financial advisor to the special committee · Energy - Fuel Distribution & Refining
Buyer Sunoco LP
Sunoco agreed to acquire all outstanding Parkland shares in a cash-and-equity deal valued at about US$9.1 billion including assumed debt, following Parkland's strategic review.
Apr 21, 2025
Lumina Gold Corp.
Financial advisor to CMOC · Mining - Gold
Buyer CMOC Group Limited
CMOC agreed to acquire Lumina Gold, an Ecuador-focused gold developer, for C$1.27 per share in cash, about C$581 million.
Mar 10, 2025
Veren Inc.
Financial advisor to Veren; fairness opinion to the Veren board · Energy - Oil & Gas E&P
Buyer Whitecap Resources Inc.
Whitecap and Veren agreed to an all-share combination, described as a $15 billion transaction (combined enterprise value), creating a large Alberta Montney and Duvernay light oil and condensate producer.
Feb 25, 2025
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.
Financial advisor to Innergex; fairness opinion to the board and special committee · Power & Renewables
Buyer CDPQ
CDPQ agreed to acquire Innergex for $13.75 per share in cash, a total enterprise value of about $10.0 billion including project-level debt.
Feb 23, 2025
Calibre Mining Corp.
Financial advisor to Equinox; fairness opinion to the Equinox board · Mining - Gold
Buyer Equinox Gold Corp.
Equinox Gold and Calibre agreed to an at-market all-share combination, with Equinox and Calibre shareholders owning about 65% and 35% of the combined company.
Feb 4, 2025
Livingston International
Joint bookrunner and co-lead arranger, acquisition financing · Transportation & Logistics
Buyer Purolator · Seller Platinum Equity
Purolator acquired customs broker Livingston International from Platinum Equity, with a bank-financed acquisition facility.
Jan 27, 2025
Porcupine Complex (Timmins, Ontario)
Sole bookrunner, public offering · Mining - Gold
Buyer Discovery Silver Corp. · Seller Newmont Corporation
Discovery agreed to buy Newmont's Porcupine gold complex for US$425 million in total consideration, financed with Franco-Nevada funding and a public offering.
Dec 2, 2024
iA Financial Corporation
Agent · Insurance
iA Financial Group launched a C$400 million offering of 4.131% fixed/floating unsecured subordinated debentures due 2034 on a best-efforts agency basis.
Nov 25, 2024
Topaz Energy Corp.
Co-lead underwriter (bought deal secondary) · Oil & Gas (royalties)
Seller Tourmaline Oil Corp.
Tourmaline sold Topaz Energy common shares in a bought deal secondary offering, initially C$242 million and upsized to C$300 million on Nov. 26, 2024.
Nov 25, 2024
CI Financial Corp.
Financial advisor to Mubadala Capital · Asset & Wealth Management
Buyer Mubadala Capital
Mubadala Capital agreed to take CI Financial private for C$32.00 per share in cash, an equity value of about C$4.7 billion and enterprise value of about C$12.1 billion.
Nov 14, 2024
Paramount Resources Ltd. (Karr and Wapiti Montney assets)
Lead financial advisor to Paramount · Oil & Gas (E&P)
Buyer Ovintiv Inc. · Seller Paramount Resources Ltd.
Paramount Resources agreed to sell its Karr and Wapiti Montney assets in Alberta to Ovintiv for about C$3.325 billion in cash (US$2.377 billion).
Oct 25, 2024
Whitecap Resources Inc.
Agent · Oil & Gas (E&P)
Whitecap priced an inaugural C$400 million offering of 4.382% investment-grade senior unsecured notes due 2029.
Oct 24, 2024
Collective Mining Ltd.
Sole bookrunner · Mining (gold-copper exploration)
Collective Mining announced a C$30 million bought deal of 6 million common shares at C$5.00, increased to C$35 million the next day.
Oct 4, 2024
SilverCrest Metals Inc.
Financial advisor to Coeur · Mining (silver)
Buyer Coeur Mining, Inc.
Coeur Mining agreed to acquire SilverCrest, owner of the Las Chispas silver-gold mine in Mexico, at an exchange ratio of 1.6022 Coeur shares per SilverCrest share, implying equity value of about US$1.7 billion.
Sep 12, 2024
Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust
Exclusive financial advisor to the REIT; fairness opinion · Real Estate (REIT)
Buyer Melcor Developments Ltd.
Melcor Developments agreed to acquire the units of Melcor REIT it did not already own (about 45%) for C$4.95 per unit in cash via plan of arrangement; the deal was later amended in November 2024.
Sep 9, 2024
Veren Inc. Alberta Montney infrastructure interests
Strategic advisor to Veren · Oil & Gas (midstream)
Buyer Pembina Gas Infrastructure · Seller Veren Inc.
Veren entered a long-term infrastructure partnership with Pembina Gas Infrastructure covering certain Alberta Montney assets, receiving C$400 million of net cash proceeds earmarked for debt reduction.
Aug 8, 2024
TELUS Corporation
Lead agent · Telecommunications
TELUS priced C$700 million of 7-year senior unsecured notes through an agency syndicate.
Jul 29, 2024
Filo Corp.
Financial advisor to Filo · Mining (copper)
Buyer BHP and Lundin Mining Corporation
BHP and Lundin Mining agreed to acquire all Filo shares they did not already own for C$33.00 per share via plan of arrangement, valuing Filo at about C$4.5 billion, and to form a 50/50 joint venture for the Filo del Sol and Josemaria projects.
Jul 15, 2024
Stelco Holdings Inc.
Financial advisor to Stelco; fairness opinion to the board · Steel
Buyer Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Cleveland-Cliffs agreed to acquire Stelco for C$60.00 in cash plus 0.454 Cliffs shares per Stelco share (C$70 per share), a total enterprise value of about C$3.4 billion (US$2.5 billion).
Jul 15, 2024
Foran Mining Corporation
Co-lead agent and joint bookrunner (brokered private placement) · Mining (copper-zinc)
Foran announced a financing package of up to C$315 million, including strategic investments by Fairfax and Agnico Eagle and a brokered private placement of up to C$222 million of common and flow-through shares, plus an upsized Sprott project credit facility, to fund McIlvenna Bay construction.
Jul 11, 2024
Héroux-Devtek Inc.
Financial advisor to Platinum Equity and lead arranger of the financing · Aerospace & Defence
Buyer Platinum Equity
Platinum Equity agreed to take Héroux-Devtek private for C$32.50 per share in cash, an enterprise value of about C$1.35 billion, with senior management rolling over part of their shares.
Jun 19, 2024
Veren Inc.
Joint bookrunner · Oil & Gas
Veren priced CDN$1.0 billion of investment-grade senior unsecured notes in five- and ten-year tranches to repay its bank term loan.
Jun 13, 2024
Sagicor Financial Company Ltd.
Agent (syndicate member) · Insurance
Sagicor priced a C$250 million Canadian private placement of 6.359% senior unsecured notes due 2029.
Jun 11, 2024
Copperleaf Technologies Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Software
Buyer IFS AB (Industrial and Financial Systems)
IFS agreed to acquire Copperleaf for $12.00 per share in cash by plan of arrangement, a total equity value of about $1.0 billion on a fully diluted basis.
May 31, 2024
Sprott Physical Copper Trust
Joint bookrunner · Asset Management / Commodities
Sprott filed the final prospectus for the IPO of Sprott Physical Copper Trust: 10 million units at US$10.00 for US$100 million.
May 21, 2024
Hudbay Minerals Inc.
Joint bookrunner · Mining (Copper)
Hudbay launched a US$300 million bought deal of common shares at US$9.50, upsized the next day to US$350 million.
May 21, 2024
IAMGOLD Corporation
Bookrunner · Mining (Gold)
IAMGOLD agreed a US$300 million bought deal of 72 million shares at US$4.17 to fund the repurchase of a 9.7% interest in the Côté Gold mine from Sumitomo Metal Mining.
May 14, 2024
CES Energy Solutions Corp.
Joint active bookrunning manager · Oilfield Services
CES agreed to sell $200 million of 6.875% senior unsecured notes due 2029 by private placement.
May 9, 2024
Intact Financial Corporation
Co-lead agent · Insurance
Intact agreed to issue $300 million of Series 15 unsecured medium term notes by private placement.
Apr 26, 2024
Adventus Mining Corporation
Financial advisor to Silvercorp · Mining (Base metals)
Buyer Silvercorp Metals Inc.
Silvercorp agreed to acquire Adventus and its El Domo project in Ecuador by plan of arrangement at 0.1015 Silvercorp shares per Adventus share (about C$0.50), alongside a C$25.6 million share placement into Adventus.
Apr 23, 2024
Greenstone Gold Mine GP Inc. (Orion 40% interest)
Joint bookrunner, concurrent bought deal equity offering · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Equinox Gold Corp. · Seller Orion Mine Finance funds
Equinox agreed to buy Orion's 40% interest in the Greenstone mine for US$995 million in cash and shares, funded partly by a new US$500 million term loan and a bought deal equity offering.
Apr 22, 2024
Reunion Gold Corporation
Financial advisor to Reunion Gold and its board · Mining (Gold)
Buyer G Mining Ventures Corp.
G Mining and Reunion Gold agreed to combine by plan of arrangement, with GMIN acquiring the Oko West project in Guyana; the deal implied about $0.65 per Reunion share and an equity value of about $875 million, plus a SpinCo of Reunion's other assets.
Apr 17, 2024
Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust
Co-lead underwriter · Real Estate (Manufactured Housing)
Flagship announced its largest acquisition (about US$93.0 million) together with a US$60 million bought deal of 3.91 million units at US$15.35.
Apr 3, 2024
Snowline Gold Corp.
Co-lead underwriter · Mining (Gold exploration)
Snowline agreed a C$25.0 million bought deal private placement of flow-through shares.
Apr 2, 2024
Indigo Books & Music Inc.
Independent valuator and financial advisor to the special committee (formal valuation and fairness opinion) · Retail
Buyer Trilogy Retail Holdings and Trilogy Investments
Indigo agreed to be taken private by its controlling shareholder Trilogy at $2.50 per share, an 11% increase over Trilogy's February proposal, following negotiation by a special committee.
Feb 25, 2024
Osino Resources Corp.
Financial advisor to the Osino board; fairness opinion · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Yintai Gold Co., Ltd
Yintai agreed to acquire Osino for C$1.90 per share in cash by plan of arrangement, about C$368 million, superseding an earlier agreed deal.
Feb 22, 2024
Cogeco Communications Inc.
Lead agent and joint bookrunner · Telecommunications
Cogeco Communications priced $275 million of 6.125% senior unsecured notes due 2029 through an agency syndicate.
Feb 21, 2024
Enerplus Corporation
Co-financial advisor to Enerplus · Oil & Gas
Buyer Chord Energy Corporation
Chord and Enerplus agreed to combine through a plan of arrangement in a stock-and-cash transaction described as approximately US$11 billion (combined enterprise value), with Enerplus shareholders owning about 33% of the Williston-focused combined company.
Feb 21, 2024
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Joint bookrunner · Mining (Copper)
First Quantum agreed a bought deal of 121.68 million shares at C$11.10 for about C$1,351 million (about US$1.0 billion) as part of a broader refinancing.
Feb 20, 2024
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust
Agent (syndicate member) · Real Estate
H&R REIT agreed to sell $250 million of Series T senior unsecured debentures on a private placement best-efforts agency basis.
Feb 12, 2024
TMX Group Limited
Lead agent · Exchanges / Financial Services
TMX priced a $1.1 billion Canadian private placement of senior unsecured debentures in three series (2029, 2032 and a longer series).
Feb 6, 2024
Dream Summit Industrial LP
Lead agent · Real Estate (Industrial)
Dream Summit Industrial priced a C$250 million private placement of 5.111% Series E senior unsecured debentures due 2029.
Jan 22, 2024
Farmers Edge Inc.
Financial advisor and independent valuator to the special committee · Agtech
Buyer Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (15635594 Canada Inc.)
Majority shareholder Fairfax agreed to take Farmers Edge private at C$0.35 per share by plan of arrangement, a 218% premium to the pre-proposal price.
Jan 17, 2024
Dye & Durham Limited
Underwriter (syndicate member) · Legal Technology
Dye & Durham agreed a bought deal of 10.4 million shares at C$12.10 (about $126 million); with the over-allotment exercised it closed at about $145 million.
Jan 2, 2024
Care Pharmacies (majority interest)
Exclusive financial advisor to Care Pharmacies · Retail / Pharmacy
Buyer Calgary Co-op
A Calgary Co-op subsidiary agreed to become the majority shareholder of Care Pharmacies, with closing expected in the first quarter of 2024.
Nov 13, 2023
Elk Valley Resources (Teck steelmaking coal business)
Financial advisor to the Teck special committee; opinion to the special committee · Mining
Buyer Glencore plc (77%) and Nippon Steel Corporation (20%) · Seller Teck Resources Limited
Teck agreed to sell its entire steelmaking coal business, Elk Valley Resources, with a majority stake to Glencore at an implied enterprise value of US$9.0 billion on a 100% basis and a minority stake to Nippon Steel.
Nov 13, 2023
Sio Silica Corporation
Exclusive financial advisor to Sio · Industrial Minerals
Buyer Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp.
High-purity silica producer Sio Silica agreed to go public through a business combination with SPAC Pyrophyte, with about $150 million of capital secured.
Nov 6, 2023
Hammerhead Energy Inc.
Financial advisor to Crescent Point; verbal opinion to the board · Oil & Gas
Buyer Crescent Point Energy Corp.
Crescent Point agreed to acquire Alberta Montney producer Hammerhead Energy by plan of arrangement for total consideration of about $2.55 billion including debt.
Sep 21, 2023
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (C$800 million 5.592% Series 7 senior unsecured notes due 2030)
Agency syndicate member · Retail / Convenience
Couche-Tard priced a C$800 million private placement of 5.592% senior unsecured notes due 2030 to repay debt and for general purposes.
Sep 8, 2023
Nova Royalty Corp.
Capital markets advisor to Metalla · Mining Royalties
Buyer Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd.
Metalla agreed to acquire Nova Royalty by plan of arrangement after an auction run by Nova, alongside a C$65 million strategic partnership with Beedie Capital.
Aug 1, 2023
Pipestone Energy Corp.
Exclusive financial advisor to the Pipestone special committee · Oil & Gas
Buyer Strathcona Resources Ltd.
Strathcona agreed to acquire Pipestone in an all-share transaction that created a public company with an initial enterprise value of about C$11.5 billion.
Jul 12, 2023
Liminal BioSciences Inc. (minority shares)
Independent financial advisor and formal valuator to the special committee · Healthcare / Biotech
Buyer Structured Alpha LP
Structured Alpha LP, Liminal BioSciences' controlling shareholder, agreed to take the company private, paying minority shareholders US$8.50 per share in cash.
Jul 5, 2023
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company
Advisor to Brookfield Reinsurance · Insurance
Buyer Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd.
Brookfield Reinsurance agreed to acquire U.S. annuity provider American Equity (AEL) in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about US$4.3 billion.
Jun 14, 2023
South Texas Gateway Terminal LLC
Joint bookrunner, $350 million subscription receipt bought deal · Midstream
Buyer Gibson Energy Inc. · Seller Buckeye Partners, L.P. and co-owners
Gibson Energy agreed to acquire the South Texas Gateway crude oil export terminal for US$1.1 billion, with a concurrent $350 million bought deal of subscription receipts.
Mar 28, 2023
Spartan Delta Corp.'s Montney assets
Strategic advisor to Crescent Point · Oil & Gas
Buyer Crescent Point Energy Corp. · Seller Spartan Delta Corp.
Crescent Point agreed to acquire Spartan Delta's oil and liquids-rich Alberta Montney assets for $1.7 billion in cash.
Mar 24, 2023
Western Copper and Gold Corporation
Financial advisor to Western Copper and Gold · Mining
Buyer Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (strategic investment)
Mitsubishi Materials agreed to make a C$21.3 million strategic equity investment in Western Copper and Gold, with Rio Tinto entitled to participate under its participation right.
Mar 10, 2023
AIR MILES Reward Program business (LoyaltyOne)
Financial advisor to BMO · Financial Services / Loyalty
Buyer Bank of Montreal · Seller Loyalty Ventures Inc. / LoyaltyOne, Co.
BMO confirmed an agreement to acquire LoyaltyOne's AIR MILES Reward Program business, sold alongside the seller's restructuring proceedings.
Feb 27, 2023
Millennial Precious Metals Corp.
Joint bookrunner, bought deal subscription receipts · Mining
Buyer Integra Resources Corp.
Integra and Millennial agreed to an at-market merger, alongside a strategic investment from Wheaton Precious Metals and a bought deal subscription receipt financing.
Feb 13, 2023
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.
Financial advisor to Sabina · Mining
Buyer B2Gold Corp.
B2Gold agreed to acquire Sabina, owner of the Back River gold project in Nunavut, in an all-share deal with a total equity value of about C$1.1 billion.
Jan 31, 2023
Lithium Americas Corp.
Financial advisor to Lithium Americas · Mining / Lithium
Buyer General Motors Co. (equity investment)
General Motors agreed to make a US$650 million equity investment in Lithium Americas to support the Thacker Pass lithium project.
Dec 20, 2022
IAMGOLD Bambouk assets (Senegal, Mali, Guinea)
Financial advisor to IAMGOLD · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Managem · Seller IAMGOLD Corporation
IAMGOLD agreed to sell its Boto project and surrounding West African exploration assets to Managem for about US$282 million.
Dec 20, 2022
Arena Minerals Inc.
Financial advisor to Lithium Americas · Mining (Lithium)
Buyer Lithium Americas Corp.
Lithium Americas agreed to acquire the Arena Minerals shares it did not own, consolidating the Pastos Grandes basin, at a 100% transaction value of US$227 million.
Nov 7, 2022
Summit Industrial Income REIT
Exclusive financial advisor to Summit; fairness opinion to the trustees · Real Estate
Buyer GIC and Dream Industrial REIT joint venture
A GIC/Dream Industrial REIT joint venture agreed to acquire Summit in an all-cash deal valued at about C$5.9 billion including assumed debt, at $23.50 per unit.
Nov 3, 2022
Lithium Americas Corp.
Financial advisor to Lithium Americas on the separation · Mining (Lithium)
Lithium Americas announced a plan to separate its North American and Argentine businesses into two independent public companies.
Nov 2022
Yamana Gold Inc.
Financial advisor to Pan American; fairness opinion to the board · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Pan American Silver Corp. and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Pan American agreed to acquire Yamana while Agnico Eagle bought Yamana's Canadian assets, including its interest in Canadian Malartic, by plan of arrangement. The proposal superseded the Gold Fields agreement; the arrangement agreement was signed on November 8.
Oct 11, 2022
Westinghouse Electric Company
Financial advisor to the sellers in the strategic process · Power & Utilities (Nuclear)
Buyer Brookfield Renewable Partners (51%) and Cameco Corporation (49%) · Seller Brookfield Business Partners and institutional partners
Cameco and Brookfield Renewable formed a partnership to buy Westinghouse from Brookfield Business Partners at a total enterprise value of US$7.875 billion. BBU's independent committee obtained a formal valuation because the sale was a related-party transaction.
Sep 5, 2022
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.
Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Mining (Copper)
Buyer Rio Tinto plc
Rio Tinto agreed to acquire the roughly 49% of Turquoise Hill it did not own for C$43.00 per share in cash, following an unsolicited proposal earlier in 2022. The special committee obtained an MI 61-101 formal valuation.
Aug 25, 2022
Micro Focus International plc
Lead arranger on acquisition financing · Technology
Buyer Open Text Corporation
OpenText agreed to acquire UK software company Micro Focus for 532 pence per share in cash, an enterprise value of about US$6.0 billion, backed by committed financing.
Aug 2, 2022
Sierra Wireless, Inc.
Financial advisor to Sierra Wireless; fairness opinion · Technology (IoT)
Buyer Semtech Corporation
Semtech agreed to acquire Sierra Wireless for US$31.00 per share in cash by plan of arrangement.
Jul 6, 2022
Resolute Forest Products Inc.
Acquisition financing provider · Forest Products
Buyer The Paper Excellence Group (through Domtar Corporation)
Paper Excellence, through Domtar, agreed to acquire Resolute for US$20.50 per share plus a contingent value right tied to softwood lumber duty refunds, an enterprise value of about US$2.7 billion.
Jul 5, 2022
Petrogas Energy Corp. (25.97% interest)
Financial advisor to Idemitsu · Energy Midstream
Buyer AltaGas Ltd. · Seller Idemitsu Canada Corporation
AltaGas bought Idemitsu's 25.97% stake in Petrogas for $285 million in cash, taking full ownership.
Jul 5, 2022
Alexco Resource Corp.
Financial advisor to Hecla · Mining (Silver)
Buyer Hecla Mining Company
Hecla agreed to acquire the Alexco shares it did not own for 0.116 of a Hecla share each, adding the Keno Hill silver district.
May 13, 2022
Just Energy Group Inc.
Financial advisor to Just Energy · Utilities (Retail Energy)
Just Energy entered a support agreement and backstop commitment for a going-concern recapitalization under a CCAA plan of compromise and arrangement.
May 2, 2022
Nomad Royalty Company Ltd.
Financial advisor to Sandstorm; fairness opinion to the board · Mining (Royalties & Streams)
Buyer Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
Sandstorm agreed to acquire Nomad by plan of arrangement at an implied equity value of about US$590 million.
May 2, 2022
BaseCore Metals royalty and stream package
Financial advisor to Sandstorm · Mining (Royalties & Streams)
Buyer Sandstorm Gold Ltd. · Seller BaseCore Metals LP
Sandstorm agreed to buy nine royalties and one stream from BaseCore Metals as part of the US$1.1 billion portfolio expansion it announced alongside the Nomad acquisition.
Feb 26, 2022
KSM Mining ULC (secured note exchangeable for KSM silver royalty)
Financial advisor to Seabridge · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp. and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan · Seller Seabridge Gold Inc.
Seabridge's KSM subsidiary agreed to sell a US$225 million secured note, to be exchanged for a silver royalty on KSM, to Sprott and Ontario Teachers'.
Dec 20, 2021
Josemaria Resources Inc.
Fairness opinion to the Josemaria special committee and board · Mining (Copper / Gold)
Buyer Lundin Mining Corporation
Lundin Mining agreed to acquire Josemaria Resources, owner of the Josemaria copper-gold project in Argentina, for an implied equity value of about C$625 million.
Nov 17, 2021
Definity Financial Corporation
Global coordinator and joint bookrunner; private placement agent · Insurance (Property & Casualty)
Definity priced its demutualization IPO of 63.6 million common shares at $22, together with cornerstone private placements, for about $2.1 billion in total.
Nov 17, 2021
Coveo Solutions Inc.
Joint bookrunner · Technology (Software)
Coveo priced its TSX initial public offering of 14.34 million subordinate voting shares at C$15.00, raising C$215.1 million.
Nov 8, 2021
Pretium Resources Inc.
Financial advisor to Pretivm · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Newcrest Mining Limited
Newcrest agreed to acquire Pretivm for C$18.50 per share in cash and shares, a total equity value of about C$3.5 billion, adding the Brucejack mine in British Columbia.
Nov 3, 2021
D2L Inc.
Co-lead underwriter and joint bookrunner · Technology (Education Software)
D2L completed its TSX initial public offering of 8.825 million subordinate voting shares at $17.00 for gross proceeds of about $150 million.
Oct 24, 2021
Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to the REIT · Real Estate (Diversified REIT)
Buyer Iris Acquisition II LP (consortium led by Canderel)
A Canderel-led consortium agreed to acquire Cominar for $11.75 per unit in cash (about $5.7 billion), with Mach Capital buying about $1.5 billion of properties as part of the deal, ending Cominar's strategic review.
Sep 28, 2021
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.
Financial advisor to Kirkland Lake Gold · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Agnico Eagle and Kirkland Lake Gold agreed to an all-share merger of equals to create a senior gold producer with a dominant position in Canada.
Aug 9, 2021
American National Group, Inc.
Debt financing · Insurance
Buyer Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners Ltd.
Brookfield Reinsurance agreed to acquire American National for US$190 per share in an all-cash deal valued at about US$5.1 billion.
Aug 3, 2021
The Bow office tower (Calgary) and Bell Campus (Mississauga)
Financial advisor on the sale to Oak Street · Real Estate (Office)
Seller H&R Real Estate Investment Trust
H&R REIT announced transactions valued at $1.67 billion involving the Bow office tower and the sale of the Bell office campus to Oak Street, for combined gross proceeds of about $1.47 billion.
Jul 27, 2021
Noront Resources Ltd.
Financial advisor to BHP · Mining (Nickel / Base Metals)
Buyer BHP
BHP made a board-supported all-cash takeover offer of C$0.55 per share for Noront (equity value C$325 million), later raised, before Noront accepted a superior Wyloo Metals offer in December 2021.
Jun 22, 2021
Astra Oil Corp.
Strategic advisor to Surge · Oil & Gas (Exploration & Production)
Buyer Surge Energy Inc.
Surge agreed to acquire southeast Saskatchewan light oil producer Astra Oil by arrangement for about $160 million.
May 31, 2021
INV Metals Inc.
Financial advisor to INV Metals · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Dundee Precious Metals Inc.
Dundee Precious Metals agreed to acquire the INV Metals shares it did not own in an all-share deal at an implied C$0.80 per share (equity value about C$132 million), adding the Loma Larga project in Ecuador.
May 27, 2021
Softchoice Corporation
Underwriter (syndicate member) · Technology (IT Services)
Softchoice priced its initial public offering of 17.5 million common shares at C$20.00 for gross proceeds of C$350 million.
May 24, 2021
Algoma Steel
Financial advisor to Legato · Steel
Buyer Legato Merger Corp.
Algoma Steel agreed to go public through an all-stock merger with SPAC Legato, valuing the combined company at an enterprise value of about $1.7 billion including contingent consideration.
May 20, 2021
dentalcorp Holdings Ltd.
Joint active bookrunner · Health Care (Dental Services)
dentalcorp priced its IPO of 50 million subordinate voting shares at $14.00 (about $700 million), with concurrent private placements bringing gross proceeds to about $950 million.
May 18, 2021
Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc.
Co-lead underwriter · Health Care (Pharmacy)
Neighbourly priced its IPO of 10.3 million common shares at $17.00 for gross proceeds of about $175 million, upsized from $150 million.
Apr 27, 2021
Magnet Forensics Inc.
Co-lead underwriter and joint bookrunner · Technology (Digital Forensics Software)
Magnet Forensics priced its TSX IPO of 5.89 million subordinate voting shares at C$17.00 for gross proceeds of about C$100.1 million.
Apr 26, 2021
Roxgold Inc.
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to Roxgold · Mining (Gold & Silver)
Buyer Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.
Fortuna and Roxgold agreed to a share-based business combination valuing Roxgold at about C$1.1 billion, creating an intermediate precious metals producer with West African and Latin American assets.
Apr 21, 2021
Thinkific Labs Inc.
Joint bookrunner · Technology (Software)
Thinkific priced its IPO of 12.31 million subordinate voting shares at $13.00 for gross proceeds of about $160 million.
Apr 12, 2021
LendCare Capital
Financial advisor to goeasy; lead underwriter of the $130 million bought deal · Financial Services (Consumer Lending)
Buyer goeasy Ltd.
goeasy agreed to acquire point-of-sale lender LendCare for $320 million, alongside a $130 million bought-deal offering of subscription receipts.
Apr 8, 2021
The Supreme Cannabis Company, Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor and fairness opinion to Supreme Cannabis · Cannabis
Buyer Canopy Growth Corporation
Canopy Growth agreed to acquire Supreme Cannabis in a share-based arrangement valued at about $435 million on a fully diluted basis.
Apr 8, 2021
Williston Basin assets of Hess Corporation
Strategic advisor to Enerplus · Oil & Gas (Exploration & Production)
Buyer Enerplus Corporation · Seller Hess Corporation
Enerplus agreed to buy Williston Basin assets from Hess for US$312 million in cash.
Mar 25, 2021
US$390 million grocery-anchored portfolio
Co-lead underwriter of the subscription receipt offering · Real Estate (Retail REIT)
Buyer Slate Grocery REIT
Slate Grocery REIT agreed to acquire a US$390 million grocery-anchored portfolio and launched a subscription receipt offering of about C$133 million to fund it.
Mar 21, 2021
Kansas City Southern
Financial advisor to Canadian Pacific · Transportation & Rail
Buyer Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
CP agreed to acquire KCS in a stock-and-cash deal at an enterprise value of about US$29 billion (including US$3.8 billion of KCS debt) to create a U.S.-Mexico-Canada rail network. After a competing CN bid, KCS declared CP's revised offer superior in September 2021.
Mar 15, 2021
Gold X Mining Corp.
Financial advisor to the Gold X special committee · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Gran Colombia Gold Corp.
Gran Colombia agreed to acquire Gold X and its Toroparu project in Guyana in an all-share arrangement valued at about C$315 million (C$4.10 per share).
Mar 10, 2021
GT Gold Corp.
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to GT Gold · Mining (Gold / Copper)
Buyer Newmont Corporation
Newmont agreed to acquire the GT Gold shares it did not own for C$3.25 per share in cash, about C$456 million on a fully diluted basis.
Mar 9, 2021
Tervita Corporation
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to SECURE · Energy Services & Environmental
Buyer SECURE Energy Services Inc.
SECURE and Tervita agreed to an all-share merger creating a midstream infrastructure and environmental solutions business with an implied enterprise value of about $2.3 billion.
Feb 22, 2021
Inter Pipeline Ltd.
Joint financial advisor to Brookfield Infrastructure · Energy Infrastructure (Midstream)
Buyer Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (with institutional partners)
Brookfield Infrastructure launched an unsolicited takeover bid for Inter Pipeline in February 2021 and raised it several times; Inter Pipeline's board recommended the revised Brookfield offer in late July 2021 after ending its agreement with Pembina.
Feb 17, 2021
Shell Canada Kaybob Duvernay assets
Financial advisor to Crescent Point · Oil & Gas (Exploration & Production)
Buyer Crescent Point Energy Corp. · Seller Shell Canada Energy
Crescent Point agreed to buy Shell's Kaybob Duvernay assets in Alberta for $900 million ($700 million cash plus shares).
Feb 2, 2021
TELUS International (Cda) Inc.
Underwriter (syndicate member) · Technology (Digital Customer Experience)
TELUS International priced its NYSE/TSX initial public offering of 37 million subordinate voting shares (treasury and secondary) at US$25.00, totalling US$925 million.
Jan 5, 2021
TMAC Resources Inc.
Financial advisor to TMAC · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Agnico Eagle agreed to acquire TMAC for C$2.20 per share in cash (total equity value about C$286.6 million), adding the Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut.
Sep 17, 2020
Nuvei Corporation
Joint active bookrunner · Fintech / Payments
Nuvei priced its TSX initial public offering of 26.9 million subordinate voting shares at US$26 (about US$700 million); with a concurrent private placement, total proceeds at closing were US$833 million.
Sep 15, 2020
Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust
Financial advisor on the strategic review · Real Estate
Cominar's board launched a formal strategic review overseen by a special committee of independent trustees, retaining two banks as financial advisors.
Sep 9, 2020
Lightspeed POS Inc.
Joint lead book-running manager · Technology
Lightspeed priced its US initial public offering and NYSE listing at US$30.50 per share, raising US$305 million for the company plus a secondary sale by CDPQ.
Sep 1, 2020
GoGold Resources Inc.
Sole bookrunner · Mining (Silver)
GoGold agreed a C$30 million bought deal of 20 million common shares at C$1.50.
Jul 29, 2020
IPL Plastics Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to IPL; fairness opinion to the special committee and board · Industrials / Packaging
Buyer Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP Funds)
Madison Dearborn Partners agreed to acquire IPL Plastics for C$10.00 per share in cash, valuing IPL at C$555 million on an equity basis and C$981 million on an enterprise basis.
Jul 13, 2020
Dye & Durham Limited
Joint bookrunner · Technology / Legal Software
Dye & Durham priced its TSX initial public offering and secondary offering of 20 million common shares at $7.50 per share (17 million from treasury).
Jul 2020
StorageVault Canada Inc.
Underwriter · Real Estate / Self Storage
StorageVault closed a $75 million bought deal offering of 5.75% senior unsecured hybrid debentures.
Jun 25, 2020
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation
Joint bookrunner · Food
Premium Brands announced about $300 million of new capital: a $120 million bought deal of common shares, $150 million of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures and a $30 million private placement.
May 26, 2020
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust
Joint bookrunner · Real Estate
InterRent REIT agreed a bought deal of 13.66 million trust units at $14.65 for gross proceeds of about $200 million.
Mar 23, 2020
SEMAFO Inc.
Fairness opinion to the Endeavour board · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Endeavour Mining Corporation
Endeavour Mining agreed to combine with SEMAFO in an all-share plan of arrangement implying an equity value for SEMAFO of about C$1.0 billion; completed in July 2020.
Mar 16, 2020
TerraForm Power, Inc.
Financial advisor to Brookfield Renewable · Power & Renewables
Buyer Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. / Brookfield Renewable Corporation
Brookfield Renewable agreed to acquire the shares of TerraForm Power it did not already own for 0.381 of a BEP unit (or BEPC share) per TerraForm share.
Feb 27, 2020
Midas Gold Corp.
Co-lead agent, brokered offering · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Paulson & Co. Inc. (lead investor)
Midas Gold entered funding agreements for US$35 million, led by convertible notes for Paulson & Co. plus a brokered offering of up to C$13.3 million.
Feb 25, 2020
GFL Environmental Inc.
Joint lead book-running manager · Environmental Services
GFL Environmental priced its initial public offering of subordinate voting shares at US$19.00 together with a concurrent tangible equity unit offering, about US$2.2 billion in total.
Feb 10, 2020
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation
Joint bookrunner · Gaming & Leisure
Great Canadian announced a $180 million bought deal of 5.25% senior unsecured debentures due 2026 alongside a substantial issuer bid for up to $500 million of its shares.
Jan 31, 2020
S&D Coffee and Tea
Exclusive financial advisor to Cott · Consumer / Beverages
Buyer Westrock Coffee Company, LLC · Seller Cott Corporation
Cott agreed to sell its S&D Coffee and Tea business to Westrock Coffee for US$405 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis as part of its shift to a pure-play water company.
Dec 16, 2019
Leagold Mining Corporation
Exclusive financial advisor to the acquirer; fairness opinion to the board · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Equinox Gold Corp.
Equinox Gold and Leagold agreed to an at-market merger creating an Americas-focused gold producer, with a concurrent US$670 million financing package.
Dec 13, 2019
Power Financial Corporation (minority shares)
Financial advisor to Power Corporation · Financial Services (Holding Company)
Buyer Power Corporation of Canada
Power Corporation announced a reorganization to acquire the Power Financial shares it did not own, exchanging each for 1.05 Power Corporation subordinate voting shares plus $0.01.
Dec 2, 2019
FirstService Corporation
Co-lead underwriter · Real Estate Services
FirstService agreed to a US$200 million bought deal of 2,165,000 common shares at US$92.50.
Nov 25, 2019
Detour Gold Corporation
Financial advisor to the target · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.
Kirkland Lake Gold agreed to acquire Detour Gold in an all-share deal implying C$27.50 per share and an equity value of about C$4.9 billion.
Nov 25, 2019
Fortis Inc.
Underwriter · Power & Utilities
Fortis announced a C$1.1 billion common share offering: a C$600 million bought deal plus a concurrent C$500 million placement with an institutional investor.
Nov 18, 2019
Denison Mines Corp. (flow-through shares)
Underwriter · Mining (Uranium)
Denison completed a C$4.7 million bought deal private placement of flow-through shares.
Oct 22, 2019
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (October 2019 bought deal)
Co-lead underwriter · Real Estate (Industrial REIT)
Granite REIT announced a C$200 million bought deal of stapled units, upsized to about C$256 million and closed at C$294 million including the over-allotment.
Oct 2, 2019
The Stars Group Inc.
Financial advisor to the target; fairness opinion · Gaming
Buyer Flutter Entertainment plc
Flutter and The Stars Group entered into an arrangement agreement to combine the two online gaming groups.
Oct 1, 2019
Docebo Inc.
Underwriter · Technology (Software)
Docebo priced its TSX IPO of 4,687,500 common shares at C$16.00 for gross proceeds of C$75 million.
Sep 10, 2019
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (4.65% convertible debentures)
Underwriter · Mining (Silver)
Fortuna closed a US$40 million bought deal of 4.65% convertible debentures.
Sep 3, 2019
Uinta Basin assets and non-core southeast Saskatchewan assets
Financial advisor to the seller (Uinta sale); fairness opinion · Energy (Oil & Gas)
Buyer Undisclosed buyers · Seller Crescent Point Energy Corp.
Crescent Point agreed to sell its Uinta Basin asset and certain southeast Saskatchewan conventional assets for total cash of about $912 million.
Aug 21, 2019
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited and Cochin Pipeline (U.S. portion)
Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Energy (Midstream)
Buyer Pembina Pipeline Corporation · Seller Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Pembina agreed to acquire Kinder Morgan Canada Limited and the U.S. portion of the Cochin Pipeline from Kinder Morgan Inc. for a total of about $4.35 billion.
Aug 15, 2019
Lightspeed POS Inc. (secondary offering)
Joint bookrunner · Technology (Software)
Seller DHIDasilva Holdings, CDPQ, Inovia Capital and management
Selling shareholders sold 5,399,602 Lightspeed subordinate voting shares at $35.00 per share in a marketed secondary offering.
Aug 2019
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
Underwriter (syndicate member) · Mining (Copper)
Northern Dynasty closed a bought deal offering of about US$11.5 million including the over-allotment.
Jul 31, 2019
Sundial Growers Inc.
Joint book-running manager · Cannabis
Sundial priced its upsized U.S. IPO of 11,000,000 common shares at US$13.00 per share.
Jul 11, 2019
Gold Standard Ventures Corp.
Lead underwriter · Mining (Gold)
Gold Standard Ventures agreed to a C$15 million bought deal of 12.3 million common shares at C$1.22.
Jun 27, 2019
Transat A.T. Inc.
Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Airlines & Travel
Buyer Air Canada
Air Canada agreed to acquire Transat for $13 per share (about $520 million); the price was raised in August 2019 to $18 per share (about $720 million).
Jun 11, 2019
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (4.23% Senior Notes due 2029)
Joint bookrunner · Insurance
Fairfax issued C$500 million of 4.23% senior notes due 2029.
May 14, 2019
Corus Entertainment Inc. Class B shares (secondary offering)
Underwriter · Media & Telecom
Seller Shaw Communications Inc.
Shaw sold its 80.6 million Corus Class B shares through a secondary offering for gross proceeds of about $548 million.
Apr 11, 2019
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (April 2019 bought deal)
Co-lead underwriter · Real Estate (Industrial REIT)
Granite REIT completed a bought deal equity offering of stapled units announced at C$200 million and closed at C$231 million.
Mar 7, 2019
Lightspeed POS Inc.
Lead underwriter and joint bookrunner · Technology (Software)
Lightspeed priced its upsized TSX initial public offering of 15,000,000 subordinate voting shares at C$16 for gross proceeds of C$240 million.
Jan 14, 2019
Goldcorp Inc.
Financial advisor to the acquirer · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Newmont Mining Corporation
Newmont agreed to acquire Goldcorp in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about US$10 billion (equity), creating Newmont Goldcorp.
Nov 14, 2018
Tahoe Resources Inc.
Fairness opinion to the Tahoe board and independent committee · Mining
Buyer Pan American Silver Corp.
Pan American Silver agreed to acquire Tahoe Resources by plan of arrangement for cash and shares worth about US$1.07 billion plus contingent value rights tied to the Escobal mine.
Nov 13, 2018
Johnson Controls Power Solutions business
Financial advisor to Brookfield; financing syndicate · Industrials
Buyer Brookfield Business Partners and institutional partners, with CDPQ · Seller Johnson Controls International plc
Brookfield Business Partners with institutional partners and CDPQ agreed to buy Johnson Controls' Power Solutions automotive battery business, funded with about $3 billion of equity and $10.2 billion of debt.
Sep 19, 2018
Mesquite Mine
Financial advisor to New Gold · Mining
Buyer Equinox Gold Corp. · Seller New Gold Inc.
New Gold agreed to sell its Mesquite gold mine in California to Equinox Gold for US$158 million in cash.
Sep 5, 2018
Nevsun Resources Ltd.
Financial advisor to Nevsun · Mining
Buyer Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.
Zijin Mining agreed to make a friendly C$6.00-per-share cash take-over bid for Nevsun, valued at C$1.86 billion, topping Lundin Mining's hostile bid.
Aug 29, 2018
Ballard Power Systems Inc.
Financial advisor to Ballard · Clean Technology
Buyer Weichai Power Co., Ltd.
Weichai Power agreed to a strategic equity investment of about $163 million for a 19.9% stake in Ballard alongside a fuel-cell joint venture in China.
Aug 2, 2018
Northern Empire Resources Corp.
Exclusive financial advisor to Coeur · Mining
Buyer Coeur Mining, Inc.
Coeur Mining agreed to acquire Northern Empire Resources, owner of the Sterling gold project in Nevada, in a deal valuing it at about C$117 million (US$90 million).
Aug 1, 2018
Enercare Inc.
Financial advisor to Brookfield · Utilities & Home Services
Buyer Brookfield Infrastructure and institutional partners
Brookfield Infrastructure agreed to acquire Enercare for C$29.00 per share in cash and units, a transaction valued at C$4.3 billion including debt.
Jul 31, 2018
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.
Financial advisor to Brookfield; financing syndicate · Real Estate
Buyer Brookfield Asset Management (real estate fund)
A Brookfield real estate fund agreed to acquire Forest City for $25.35 per share in cash in an $11.4 billion transaction.
Jul 10, 2018
Hiku Brands Company Ltd.
Financial advisor to Hiku; fairness opinion to the board · Cannabis
Buyer Canopy Growth Corporation
Canopy Growth agreed to acquire Hiku Brands in an all-share arrangement at 0.046 Canopy shares per Hiku share.
May 14, 2018
MedReleaf Corp.
Exclusive financial advisor to Aurora; fairness opinion to the Aurora board · Cannabis
Buyer Aurora Cannabis Inc.
Aurora Cannabis agreed to acquire MedReleaf in an all-share plan of arrangement, combining two of Canada's largest licensed cannabis producers.
Apr 24, 2018
Mitel Networks Corporation
Committed debt financing and financial advisory services to Searchlight · Technology
Buyer Searchlight Capital Partners (investor group)
An investor group led by Searchlight Capital agreed to take Mitel private for US$11.15 per share in cash, valued at about US$2.0 billion including net debt.
Feb 27, 2018
Student Transportation Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to the purchaser · Transportation
Buyer CDPQ and Ullico Inc. (purchaser group)
A purchaser group led by CDPQ with Ullico agreed to acquire Student Transportation for US$7.50 per share in cash by plan of arrangement.
Jan 9, 2018
Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust
Financial advisor to PIRET; fairness opinion to the special committee and board · Real Estate
Buyer Blackstone Property Partners
Blackstone Property Partners agreed to acquire industrial REIT PIRET for $8.10 per unit in cash by plan of arrangement, a transaction valued at about $3.8 billion.
Dec 14, 2017
MacDon Industries Ltd. and Group of Companies
Financial advisor to Linamar · Industrials (Agricultural Equipment)
Buyer Linamar Corporation
Linamar agreed to acquire harvesting equipment specialist MacDon for a C$1.2 billion cash purchase price, funded with a new term loan.
Oct 30, 2017
Alterra Power Corp.
Financial advisor to Innergex · Power & Renewables
Buyer Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.
Innergex agreed to acquire Alterra Power in a cash-and-share transaction valued at about $1.1 billion including Alterra's debt.
Oct 26, 2017
Aecon Group Inc.
Joint financial advisor to Aecon; fairness opinion · Construction & Infrastructure
Buyer CCCC International Holding Limited (CCCI)
Aecon agreed to be acquired by CCCI, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction, for $20.37 per share in cash.
Oct 11, 2017
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (shares held by Metro)
Joint bookrunner on the block trade · Retail
Buyer CDPQ / public investors / Couche-Tard · Seller METRO INC.
Metro agreed to sell most of its Couche-Tard holding for about $1.55 billion through a bought block trade, a private sale to CDPQ and a repurchase by Couche-Tard.
Oct 2, 2017
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.
Financial advisor to Metro · Retail (Grocery & Pharmacy)
Buyer METRO INC.
Metro agreed to acquire pharmacy chain Jean Coutu Group for $4.5 billion in cash and shares.
Sep 25, 2017
Cenovus Suffield crude oil and natural gas operations
Financial advisor to Cenovus · Energy (Oil & Gas)
Buyer International Petroleum Corporation · Seller Cenovus Energy Inc.
Cenovus agreed to sell its Suffield assets in southern Alberta to International Petroleum Corporation for $512 million in cash plus up to $36 million in deferred payments.
Sep 11, 2017
Richmont Mines Inc.
Financial advisor to Alamos and its board · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Alamos Gold Inc.
Alamos Gold agreed to acquire Richmont Mines in an all-share friendly transaction valued at about US$770 million (fully diluted equity value).
Sep 6, 2017
Pengrowth remaining Swan Hills properties
Financial advisor to Pengrowth · Energy (Oil & Gas)
Seller Pengrowth Energy Corporation
Pengrowth agreed to sell its remaining Swan Hills properties for $150 million, about $168 million including a deposit retained from an earlier terminated process.
Jul 19, 2017
Hydro One Limited
Co-lead underwriter · Utilities
Hydro One sold $1.4 billion of 4.00% convertible debentures represented by instalment receipts on a bought-deal basis to help fund the Avista acquisition.
Jun 9, 2017
Encana Piceance natural gas assets
Financial advisor to Encana · Energy (Oil & Gas)
Buyer Caerus Oil and Gas LLC · Seller Encana Corporation
Encana agreed to sell its Piceance natural gas assets to Caerus for US$735 million in cash, also reducing its midstream commitments by about US$430 million.
Jun 5, 2017
Orion Mine Finance royalty and stream portfolio
Financial advisor to Osisko · Mining (Royalties & Streams)
Buyer Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd · Seller Orion Mine Finance
Osisko Gold Royalties agreed to acquire a precious-metals royalty and stream portfolio from Orion Mine Finance for C$675 million in cash and C$450 million in Osisko shares.
May 15, 2017
Integra Gold Corp.
Fairness opinion to the special committee · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Eldorado Gold Corporation
Eldorado Gold agreed to acquire Integra Gold for cash and shares valued at about C$590 million.
Dec 12, 2016
Canadian Natural's interest in the Cold Lake Pipeline (Cold Lake Limited Partnership)
Financial advisor to Canadian Natural · Energy Infrastructure
Buyer Inter Pipeline Ltd. · Seller Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Canadian Natural agreed to sell its ownership interest in the Cold Lake Pipeline for $350 million in cash plus Inter Pipeline shares, about $527.5 million in total.
Nov 1, 2016
TransCanada Corporation
Co-lead underwriter · Energy Infrastructure
TransCanada agreed a bought-deal offering of 54.75 million common shares at $58.50 for gross proceeds of about $3.2 billion, plus an over-allotment option.
Sep 6, 2016
Spectra Energy Corp
Joint lead financial advisor to the Spectra Energy board · Energy Infrastructure
Buyer Enbridge Inc.
Enbridge agreed to combine with Houston-based Spectra Energy in a stock-for-stock merger that valued Spectra common stock at about C$37 billion (US$28 billion).
Jul 7, 2016
Postmedia Network Canada Corp.
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to the Postmedia board · Media & Entertainment
Postmedia announced support agreements for a CBCA recapitalization exchanging its second lien notes for equity and paying down and amending its first lien notes.
Apr 26, 2016
Jinfeng gold mine (Eldorado interest)
Financial advisor to Eldorado · Mining
Buyer China National Gold Group (subsidiary) · Seller Eldorado Gold Corporation
Eldorado agreed to sell its interest in China's Jinfeng gold mine to a China National Gold subsidiary for US$300 million in cash.
Feb 8, 2016
Lake Shore Gold Corp.
Financial advisor and fairness opinion to Lake Shore Gold · Mining
Buyer Tahoe Resources Inc.
Tahoe agreed to acquire Timmins-focused Lake Shore Gold in a share exchange implying an equity value of about C$945 million.
Jan 11, 2016
Enerplus Canadian natural gas properties (Alberta)
Exclusive financial advisor to Enerplus · Oil & Gas
Seller Enerplus Corporation
Enerplus agreed to sell various Alberta natural gas properties for total cash consideration of about $193 million.
Nov 16, 2015
Atlas Paper Holdings, Inc.
Financial advisor to Resolute · Forest Products
Buyer Resolute Forest Products Inc.
Resolute acquired Florida tissue maker Atlas Paper for US$156 million including working capital, announcing and closing the deal the same day.
Oct 2015
Hydro One Limited
Underwriter · Utilities
Seller Province of Ontario
The Province of Ontario sold common shares of Hydro One Limited in an initial public offering on the TSX underwritten by a 16-dealer syndicate.
Sep 10, 2015
General Electric Capital Corporation's Transportation Finance business
Financial advisor to BMO · Financial Services
Buyer BMO Financial Group · Seller General Electric Capital Corporation
BMO agreed to acquire GE Capital's U.S. and Canadian transportation finance business, which had about C$11.5 billion (US$8.7 billion) of net earning assets.
Jul 6, 2015
Fission Uranium Corp.
Strategic advisor to Fission · Mining
Buyer Denison Mines Corp.
Denison and Fission Uranium agreed to merge by plan of arrangement to combine Athabasca Basin uranium assets (the deal was later terminated after Fission shareholders did not approve it).
Jun 19, 2015
Enbridge Canadian Liquids Pipelines Business
Financial advisor to ENF and the Fund · Energy Infrastructure
Buyer Enbridge Income Fund · Seller Enbridge Inc.
Enbridge agreed to transfer its Canadian Liquids Pipelines business to its sponsored vehicle Enbridge Income Fund for consideration valued at $30.4 billion, subject to a vote of Enbridge Income Fund Holdings public shareholders.
May 26, 2015
Legacy Oil + Gas Inc.
Financial advisor to Crescent Point · Oil & Gas
Buyer Crescent Point Energy Corp.
Crescent Point agreed to acquire Legacy Oil + Gas by plan of arrangement for about $1.53 billion including roughly $967 million of assumed net debt, alongside a $600 million bought-deal financing.
Feb 17, 2015
Newstrike Capital Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor and fairness opinion to Timmins Gold · Mining
Buyer Timmins Gold Corp.
Timmins Gold agreed to combine with Newstrike Capital by share exchange, a total transaction value of about C$140 million.
Aug 26, 2014
Portfolio of 15 retail and office properties in Quebec and Ontario
Financial advisor to Cominar; co-lead underwriter of the $250 million bought deal · Real Estate
Buyer Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust · Seller Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc.
Cominar agreed to buy a 15-property portfolio from Ivanhoé Cambridge for $1.527 billion (up to $1.63 billion with third-party interests), funded partly by a $250 million bought-deal unit offering.
Apr 23, 2014
CanEra Energy Corp.
Financial advisor to Crescent Point · Oil & Gas
Buyer Crescent Point Energy Corp.
Crescent Point agreed to acquire private southeast Saskatchewan producer CanEra Energy for about $1.1 billion in shares, cash and assumed net debt.
Apr 16, 2014
Osisko Mining Corporation
Financial advisor to Osisko · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and Yamana Gold Inc.
Agnico Eagle and Yamana agreed to jointly acquire Osisko Mining for about C$3.9 billion (C$8.15 per share in cash, shares and a spinco), defeating Goldcorp's hostile bid; Yamana's earlier April 2 agreement with Osisko was terminated.
Mar 31, 2014
Longview Oil Corp.
Financial advisor to Longview; fairness opinion · Oil & Gas
Buyer Surge Energy Inc.
Surge Energy and Longview Oil agreed to a $429 million strategic business combination by plan of arrangement.
Feb 27, 2014
Coastal Contacts Inc.
Financial advisor to the special committee · Retail / E-commerce
Buyer Essilor International
Essilor agreed to acquire online eyewear retailer Coastal.com for C$12.45 per share, a net equity value of about C$430 million.
Jan 28, 2014
F&C Asset Management plc
Financial advisor to BMO · Financial Services / Asset Management
Buyer Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group)
BMO agreed to acquire U.K. investment manager F&C Asset Management for about £708 million (C$1.3 billion).
Dec 16, 2013
Brigus Gold Corp.
Financial advisor to Primero · Mining (Gold)
Buyer Primero Mining Corp.
Primero agreed to acquire Brigus Gold by plan of arrangement at an implied value of about C$220 million, with Brigus' exploration assets spun out to shareholders.
Nov 19, 2013
Patheon Inc.
Independent valuator and fairness opinion to the independent committee · Healthcare / Contract Manufacturing
Buyer JLL/Delta Patheon Holdings, L.P. (JLL Partners and Royal DSM)
Patheon agreed to be taken private at US$9.32 per share in cash by a JLL Partners/DSM vehicle, implying an equity value of about US$1.4 billion; an independent committee oversaw the process.
Jul 16, 2013
Pengrowth Energy southeast Saskatchewan assets
Financial advisor to Pengrowth on the southeast Saskatchewan sale · Oil & Gas
Seller Pengrowth Energy Corporation
Pengrowth entered agreements completing its $700 million non-core asset disposition program to fund its Lindbergh thermal project.
May 31, 2013
GE Capital Canadian fleet portfolio
Financial advisor to Element · Financial Services / Fleet Leasing
Buyer Element Financial Corporation · Seller GE Capital
Element Financial agreed to buy GE Capital's Canadian fleet portfolio for C$570 million and form a cross-border fleet services alliance with GE Capital.
May 31, 2013
Rainy River Resources Ltd.
Financial advisor to Rainy River; fairness opinion · Mining (Gold)
Buyer New Gold Inc.
New Gold agreed to acquire Ontario gold developer Rainy River Resources by a supported take-over bid in cash and shares valuing its in-the-money equity, net of cash, at about $310 million.
Apr 8, 2013
ENMAX Envision Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to ENMAX in the sale process · Telecommunications
Buyer Shaw Communications Inc. · Seller ENMAX Corporation
Shaw agreed to acquire ENMAX's Calgary data communications subsidiary Envision for about $225 million.
Jan 24, 2013
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (10,000,000 Class B shares)
Bookrunner of the block trade · Retail / Consumer
Seller Metro Inc.
Metro agreed to sell 10 million Alimentation Couche-Tard Class B shares, part of its holding, through a bought-deal block trade.
Jan 14, 2013
Uranium One Inc.
Financial advisor to ARMZ · Mining (Uranium)
Buyer JSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ)
Uranium One agreed to a going-private transaction with its majority shareholder ARMZ at C$2.86 per share in cash, about C$1.3 billion to minority shareholders.
Dec 21, 2012
Pengrowth 10.01952% working interest in the Weyburn unit
Financial advisor to Pengrowth · Oil & Gas
Seller Pengrowth Energy Corporation
Pengrowth agreed to sell its non-core Weyburn working interest for expected proceeds of $315 million.
Oct 9, 2012
Ocampo mine and 50% of Orion project
Financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Mining
Buyer Minera Frisco · Seller AuRico Gold Inc.
AuRico agreed to sell its Ocampo mine and enter a joint venture on the Orion project with Minera Frisco for $750 million in cash.
Jul 23, 2012
Nexen Inc.
Financial advisor to CNOOC · Oil & Gas
Buyer CNOOC Limited
CNOOC agreed to acquire Nexen for US$27.50 per common share in cash, total cash consideration of about US$15.1 billion for its common and preferred shares.
Jun 28, 2012
Progress Energy Resources Corp.
Exclusive financial advisor to Progress; fairness opinion · Oil & Gas
Buyer PETRONAS (PETRONAS Carigali Canada Ltd.)
PETRONAS agreed to buy Progress Energy for C$20.45 per share in cash in a $5.5 billion transaction.
Jun 4, 2012
Q9 Networks Inc.
Financial advisor to Q9 · Technology
Buyer BCE Inc. with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners
An investor group of Teachers', Providence and Madison Dearborn, with Bell, agreed to acquire data centre operator Q9 Networks for C$1.1 billion.
Apr 3, 2012
Silvermex Resources Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to First Majestic; fairness opinion · Mining
Buyer First Majestic Silver Corp.
First Majestic agreed to acquire Silvermex in a friendly share-and-cash deal valuing Silvermex at about C$175.4 million.
Mar 23, 2012
NAL Energy Corporation
Financial advisor to NAL; fairness opinion · Oil & Gas
Buyer Pengrowth Energy Corporation
Pengrowth and NAL Energy agreed a business combination by plan of arrangement; Scotiabank valued the transaction at about $1.9 billion.
Feb 8, 2012
Lake Shore Gold Corp.
Financial advisor to Lake Shore Gold · Mining
Buyer Franco-Nevada Corporation
Franco-Nevada agreed to a $50 million royalty and equity investment in Lake Shore Gold, including a C$15 million private placement.
Jan 23, 2012
Minefinders Corporation Ltd.
Exclusive financial advisor to Minefinders and its board; fairness opinion · Mining
Buyer Pan American Silver Corp.
Pan American agreed to acquire Minefinders for cash and shares worth $15.60 per share, a total transaction value of about $1.5 billion.
Dec 18, 2011
European Goldfields Limited
Fairness opinion to the special committee and board · Mining
Buyer Eldorado Gold Corporation
Eldorado agreed to acquire European Goldfields in a share-based deal valued at about C$2.5 billion.
Nov 28, 2011
Fibrek Inc.
Financial advisor to Resolute · Packaging & Forest Products
Buyer Resolute Forest Products (AbitibiBowater Inc.)
Resolute announced a take-over bid for Fibrek at C$1.00 per share in cash and stock, valuing the offer at about C$130 million.
Nov 28, 2011
Canmarc Real Estate Investment Trust
Financial advisor to Cominar · Real Estate
Buyer Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust
Cominar announced an all-cash offer of $15.30 per unit for Canmarc REIT, later supported by Canmarc's special committee.
Jul 13, 2011
Primero Mining Corp.
Independent fairness opinion to the special committee and board · Mining
Buyer Northgate Minerals Corporation
Northgate and Primero agreed to combine via a share exchange, with Northgate offering about $4.215 per Primero share.
Jun 6, 2011
Compton Petroleum Corporation
Financial advisor to Compton · Oil & Gas
Compton proposed a recapitalization converting about US$240 million of notes to equity alongside a backstopped rights offering of about $50 million.
Feb 3, 2011
Fronteer Gold Inc.
Financial advisor to Newmont · Mining
Buyer Newmont Mining Corporation
Newmont agreed to acquire Fronteer Gold for cash, valuing Fronteer at about C$2.3 billion, with Fronteer's exploration assets spun out into Pilot Gold.
Dec 17, 2010
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
Financial advisor to BMO · Banking
Buyer BMO Financial Group (Bank of Montreal)
BMO agreed to acquire Milwaukee-based Marshall & Ilsley in an all-stock deal valued at about US$4.1 billion.
Oct 5, 2010
Atria Networks LP
Senior financial advisor to Birch Hill · Telecommunications
Buyer Rogers Communications Inc. · Seller Birch Hill Equity Partners
Rogers agreed to acquire Ontario fibre-optic network operator Atria Networks for $425 million in cash from owners including Birch Hill.
Sep 17, 2010
Continental Minerals Corporation
Sole financial advisor to Continental · Mining
Buyer Jinchuan Group Ltd
Jinchuan Group agreed to acquire Continental Minerals by plan of arrangement for cash of about C$432 million.
Sep 2, 2010
Andean Resources Limited
Financial advisor to Andean · Mining
Buyer Goldcorp Inc.
Goldcorp agreed to acquire Andean Resources, owner of the Cerro Negro project in Argentina, for about C$3.6 billion in cash and shares.
Aug 2, 2010
Red Back Mining Inc.
Senior financial advisor to Kinross; fairness opinion · Mining
Buyer Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross agreed to combine with Red Back Mining in a friendly share deal valued at about US$7.1 billion.
Jul 15, 2010
Terrane Metals Corp.
Financial advisor to Goldcorp (controlling shareholder) · Mining
Buyer Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.
Thompson Creek agreed to acquire Terrane Metals, owner of the Mt. Milligan project, for consideration of about C$650 million; Goldcorp supported the deal as controlling holder.
Oct 14, 2009
Aquiline Resources Inc.
Financial advisor to Aquiline's special committee; fairness opinion · Mining
Buyer Pan American Silver Corp.
Pan American Silver launched a friendly offer for Aquiline Resources valued at about $626 million.
Jun 5, 2009
Klondex Mines Ltd.
Financial advisor to Silvercorp · Mining
Buyer Silvercorp Metals Inc.
Silvercorp announced its intention to make a share-exchange offer for Klondex Mines, valuing Klondex at about C$70 million.
Apr 14, 2009
La Preciosa silver project joint venture (Orko Silver)
Financial adviser to Orko; fairness opinion · Mining
Buyer Pan American Silver Corp. · Seller Orko Silver Corp.
Pan American Silver and Orko Silver agreed to form a joint venture to advance the La Preciosa silver project, with a concurrent private placement.
Mar 31, 2009
Profound Energy Inc.
Exclusive financial advisor to PET · Energy
Buyer Paramount Energy Trust
Paramount Energy Trust agreed to make a supported take-over bid for Profound Energy for cash, trust units or a combination.
Mar 12, 2009
Capital Gold Corporation
Financial advisor to Gammon Gold · Mining
Buyer Gammon Gold Inc.
Gammon Gold signed a letter of intent to acquire Capital Gold in an all-share deal at 0.1028 Gammon shares per Capital Gold share.
Mar 4, 2009
Western Goldfields Inc.
Financial advisor to Western Goldfields · Mining
Buyer New Gold Inc.
New Gold agreed to acquire Western Goldfields by plan of arrangement in a one-for-one share exchange.
Jan 26, 2009
PDX Resources Inc.
Financial advisor to Detour Gold · Mining
Buyer Detour Gold Corporation
Detour Gold agreed to amalgamate with its largest shareholder PDX Resources, issuing 0.2571 Detour shares per PDX share.
Jul 31, 2008
Gold Eagle Mines Ltd.
Financial advisor to Gold Eagle · Metals & Mining
Buyer Goldcorp Inc.
Goldcorp agreed to acquire Gold Eagle and its Bruce Channel discovery by plan of arrangement for about $1.5 billion.
Jan 2008
Tembec Inc.
Financial advisor to Tembec; fairness opinion · Forest Products
Tembec proposed a plan-of-arrangement recapitalization exchanging its senior notes largely for new equity.
Dec 6, 2007
Northern Peru Copper Corp.
Sole financial advisor to the offerors · Metals & Mining
Buyer China Minmetals and Jiangxi Copper
China Minmetals and Jiangxi Copper agreed to bid C$13.75 per share in cash for Northern Peru Copper, valuing it at about C$455 million.
Oct 31, 2007
Canetic Resources Trust
Financial advisor to Canetic; fairness opinion · Oil & Gas
Buyer Penn West Energy Trust
Penn West and Canetic agreed to merge, creating North America's largest conventional oil and gas trust with an enterprise value above C$15 billion.
Oct 9, 2007
Miramar Mining Corporation
Sole financial advisor to Miramar · Metals & Mining
Buyer Newmont Mining Corporation
Newmont agreed to acquire Miramar for C$6.25 per share in cash by take-over bid, valuing it at about C$1.5 billion.
Jun 30, 2007
BCE Inc.
Financial advisor to BCE · Telecommunications
Buyer Investor group led by Teachers' Private Capital (OTPP), Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners
BCE agreed to an all-cash C$42.75 per share leveraged buyout by an OTPP-led consortium valued at C$51.7 billion including debt and preferred equity.
Jun 27, 2007
Meridian Gold Inc.
Financial advisor to Meridian; inadequacy opinion · Metals & Mining
Buyer Yamana Gold Inc. (unsolicited offer)
Yamana made an unsolicited cash-and-share bid for Meridian Gold; Meridian's board engaged advisors and recommended rejection of the initial offer.
Jun 11, 2007
Peru Copper Inc.
Financial advisor to Chinalco · Metals & Mining
Buyer Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco)
Chinalco agreed to make a friendly C$6.60 per share cash take-over bid for Peru Copper, with a concurrent C$70 million private placement.
Jun 4, 2007
Energy Metals Corporation
Exclusive financial advisor to Uranium One · Uranium
Buyer Uranium One Inc.
Uranium One agreed to acquire Energy Metals by plan of arrangement at 1.15 Uranium One shares per share (C$19.12 per share at signing).
Apr 4, 2007
Rio Narcea Gold Mines, Ltd.
Financial advisor to Rio Narcea; fairness opinion · Metals & Mining
Buyer Lundin Mining Corporation
Lundin Mining and Rio Narcea entered a support agreement for a cash take-over bid by Lundin; Red Back Mining took an option on the Tasiast mine.
Feb 6, 2007
TransCanada Corporation
Joint bookrunner and co-lead underwriter · Energy Infrastructure
Bought-deal offering of 39.47 million subscription receipts at C$38.00 each (about C$1.5 billion) by TransCanada.
Dec 2006
IAMGOLD bauxite interests in Guyana
Financial advisor to IAMGOLD · Mining & Metals
Buyer Bosai Minerals Group · Seller IAMGOLD Corporation
IAMGOLD agreed to sell its interests in Guyanese bauxite assets to China's Bosai Minerals Group for $46 million.
Nov 6, 2006
Bema Gold Corporation
Financial advisor to the Bema special committee; fairness opinion · Mining & Metals
Buyer Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross agreed to acquire Bema Gold by plan of arrangement (0.4447 Kinross share per Bema share) in a US$3.1 billion transaction.
Sep 14, 2006
Cambior Inc.
Financial advisor to Cambior; fairness opinion · Mining & Metals
Buyer IAMGOLD Corporation
IAMGOLD agreed to acquire Cambior by plan of arrangement in what the companies called a US$3 billion transaction creating a leading global gold producer.
Aug 31, 2006
Glamis Gold Ltd.
Strategic advisor to Goldcorp · Mining & Metals
Buyer Goldcorp Inc.
Goldcorp agreed to acquire Glamis by plan of arrangement (1.69 Goldcorp shares per Glamis share), billed as a US$21.3 billion combination creating a premier gold miner.
Jul 24, 2006
Contact Diamond Corporation
Financial advisor and dealer manager to Stornoway · Mining & Metals
Buyer Stornoway Diamond Corporation
Stornoway announced take-over bids for Contact Diamond and Ashton Mining; Contact's special committee obtained a formal valuation and fairness opinion on the Stornoway offer.
Jul 24, 2006
Ashton Mining of Canada Inc.
Financial advisor to Stornoway · Mining & Metals
Buyer Stornoway Diamond Corporation
Stornoway bid for Ashton Mining (C$1.25 cash or one Stornoway share plus $0.01); Ashton's special committee initially called the offer inadequate, and a second-step amalgamation followed with a Sprott fairness opinion.
Jun 9, 2006
Royal Group Technologies Limited
Independent financial advisor to the special committee; fairness opinion · Industrials
Buyer Georgia Gulf Corporation
Georgia Gulf agreed to acquire Royal Group by plan of arrangement, paying about $1.2 billion for the common shares, after a year-long sale process.
May 11, 2006
Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd.
Exclusive financial advisor to Petro-Canada · Oil & Gas
Buyer Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada announced an unsolicited US$7.50-per-share cash offer for Canada Southern (about US$113 million); Canada Southern rejected it and later accepted a higher bid from Canadian Oil Sands.
2006
Ketch Resources Trust
Financial advisor to Ketch; fairness opinion · Oil & Gas
Buyer Advantage Energy Income Fund
Advantage and Ketch merged by plan of arrangement, creating a gas-weighted trust with enterprise value of about $2.7 billion, while Advantage internalized its management.
Nov 10, 2005
Cascadia Forest Products Ltd.
Financial advisor to Western's board · Forest Products
Buyer Western Forest Products Inc. · Seller Brascan / Tricap
Western Forest Products agreed to acquire Cascadia from related party Tricap/Brascan and recapitalize, creating a coastal B.C. producer with 1.5 billion board feet of capacity.
Oct 5, 2005
Carlota Copper Project
Financial advisor to Cambior · Mining & Metals
Buyer Quadra Mining Ltd. · Seller Cambior Inc.
Cambior agreed to sell the Carlota copper project to Quadra Mining for $37.5 million in cash and gold payments.
Aug 15, 2005
Kensington Resources Ltd.
Financial advisor to the Kensington special committee; fairness opinion · Mining & Metals
Buyer Shore Gold Inc.
Shore Gold agreed to combine with Kensington Resources by plan of arrangement, making Kensington a wholly-owned subsidiary.
May 11, 2005
Call-Net Enterprises Inc.
Financial advisor to Call-Net; fairness opinion · Telecommunications
Buyer Rogers Communications Inc.
Rogers agreed to acquire Call-Net in an all-share plan of arrangement (one RCI share per 4.25 Call-Net shares), a fully diluted equity value of about $330 million.
May 4, 2005
Aurora Platinum Corp.
Financial advisor to FNX · Mining & Metals
Buyer FNX Mining Company Inc.
FNX agreed to acquire Aurora Platinum by share-exchange arrangement valuing Aurora at about C$39 million.
Mar 23, 2005
Northeast Alberta natural gas properties
Financial advisor to PET · Oil & Gas
Buyer Paramount Energy Trust
Paramount Energy Trust agreed to a $290 million acquisition of 48 MMcf/d of natural gas production in northeast Alberta.
Dec 6, 2004
Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.
Additional financial advisor to Wheaton River on the Goldcorp offer · Mining & Metals
Buyer Goldcorp Inc.
Goldcorp and Wheaton River agreed to combine via a Goldcorp share-exchange offer for Wheaton, creating a low-cost million-ounce gold producer; the deal survived a rival unsolicited proposal from Glamis.
Dec 2004
Paramount Resources Ltd. (Kaybob and Marten Creek assets)
Financial advisor to Paramount; fairness opinion · Oil & Gas
Paramount's board approved spinning out its Kaybob and Marten Creek properties into a new energy trust distributed to shareholders.
Jul 13, 2004
Magna Entertainment Corp. (minority shares)
Financial advisor to MID · Gaming & Leisure
Buyer MI Developments Inc.
MI Developments made an unsolicited proposal to acquire the Class A shares of Magna Entertainment it did not own.
Jun 15, 2004
BreitBurn Energy, LLC
Financial advisor to Provident · Oil & Gas
Buyer Provident Energy Trust
Provident acquired Los Angeles-based BreitBurn Energy for C$190 million, becoming the first Canadian energy trust to enter the U.S.
Jun 9, 2004
Prima Energy Corporation
Exclusive financial advisor to Petro-Canada · Oil & Gas
Buyer Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada agreed to acquire Prima Energy for US$39.50 per share in cash, a total of about US$534 million.
Jun 8, 2004
IAMGOLD Corporation
Financial advisor to Golden Star · Mining & Metals
Buyer Golden Star Resources Ltd.
Golden Star announced an unsolicited share-exchange offer for IAMGOLD as an alternative to the IAMGOLD-Wheaton combination; IAMGOLD's special committee deemed it inadequate.
2004
Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (minority shares)
Financial advisor to the independent committee; formal valuation and fairness opinion · Telecommunications
Buyer Rogers Communications Inc.
Rogers Communications made an exchange offer for the publicly held Rogers Wireless restricted voting shares after buying AT&T Wireless's stake; an independent committee obtained a formal valuation.
2004
Riverside Forest Products Limited
Opinion to the Riverside board on the Tolko offer · Forest Products
Buyer Tolko Industries Ltd.
Tolko made an unsolicited C$29.00-per-share offer for the Riverside shares it did not own; Riverside's board recommended rejection and pursued alternatives.
Feb 2003
Canada Life Financial Corporation
Financial advisor to Canada Life; fairness opinion · Insurance
Buyer Great-West Lifeco Inc.
Great-West Lifeco agreed in February 2003 to acquire Canada Life for cash and Lifeco shares after Canada Life weighed alternatives to the Manulife bid; BMO Nesbitt Burns and CSFB each gave fairness opinions dated Feb. 14, 2003 to the Canada Life board.
Dec 9, 2002
Canada Life Financial Corporation
Financial advisor to the Canada Life board · Insurance
Buyer Manulife Financial Corporation
Manulife announced an unsolicited offer for Canada Life valued at $6.4 billion; Canada Life later agreed instead to combine with Great-West Lifeco.
Dec 2002
Cognicase Inc.
Financial advisor to the Cognicase special committee · Technology - IT Services
Buyer CGI Group Inc.
CGI launched a cash-or-share take-over bid for fellow Montreal IT services firm Cognicase after locking up a major shareholder on Dec. 6, 2002; Cognicase's special committee hired BMO Nesbitt Burns, and the companies later signed a support agreement.
Oct 2002
Fording Inc.
Financial advisor and dealer manager to the offeror · Mining - Coal
Buyer Sherritt Coal Acquisition Inc. (Sherritt International / Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan)
Sherritt International and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan launched an unsolicited $29.00-per-share cash bid for Fording on Oct. 25, 2002, later enhanced, setting off a contest that ended in the Fording Canadian Coal Trust restructuring.
Oct 2002
Repadre Capital Corporation
Fairness opinion to the Repadre board · Mining - Gold
Buyer IAMGOLD Corporation
IAMGOLD and gold-royalty company Repadre agreed to combine by plan of arrangement; BMO Nesbitt Burns delivered a fairness opinion to the Repadre board.
Aug 26, 2002
Extensity, Inc.
Fairness opinion to Geac · Technology - Software
Buyer Geac Computer Corporation Limited
Geac agreed to acquire Extensity in a cash-or-share merger valued at roughly US$46-47 million.
Jun 10, 2002
Echo Bay Mines Ltd. and TVX Gold Inc.
Financial advisor to TVX · Mining - Gold
Buyer Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross, Echo Bay and TVX agreed to a three-way combination, with Kinross also acquiring Newmont's interest in the TVX Newmont Americas joint venture, creating a senior North American gold producer.
Dec 21, 2001
Paralex, Inc.
Financial advisor to the Cardiome board; fairness opinion · Healthcare - Biotech
Buyer Cardiome Pharma Corp.
Cardiome (formerly Nortran Pharmaceuticals) agreed to acquire Paralex for up to 33.3 million Cardiome shares; BMO Nesbitt Burns gave the board a fairness opinion on the price.