Sukaina Afzal

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., owner of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, in connection with its C$4.3-billion going private acquisition by its controlling shareholder Rio Tinto plc

• Penn National Gaming, Inc. in connection with its US$2-billion acquisition of Score Media and Gaming, Inc., creating a leading North America digital sports content, gaming and technology company

Capital Markets

• Open Text Corporation in connection with its cross-border US$1-billion offering of senior secured notes

• dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. in connection with its C$700-million initial public offering and C$250-million concurrent private placement of subordinate voting shares for total proceeds of approximately C$950-million

• D2L Inc. in connection with its C$150-million initial public offering of subordinate voting shares

• Granite REIT Holdings LP in connection with its offering of senior unsecured debentures totalling C$500-million

• A major U.S. financial institution in connection with over C$1-billion of maple bond offerings and numerous other private placements of debt and preferred stock in Canada

• Various internationally based investment funds and private equity funds in connection with marketing and sales into Canada

• Co-author: Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Guidance on Automatic Securities Disposition Plans
  Blakes Bulletin on Capital Markets, December 17, 2020.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2020
JD, Western University – 2019
BSc (Hon.), Queen's University – 2015