David Bristow, Toronto

About David

David's practice focuses on a variety of capital markets transactions, including public and private financings and mergers and acquisitions. He also provides ongoing advice on general securities and corporate law matters to a variety of issuer clients including corporate governance, continuous disclosure and securities regulatory matters.

David has acted as counsel to issuers and dealers in a number of public financings and private placements of equity and debt securities. He has also acted for companies in share purchase transactions, statutory arrangements, take-over bids and reorganizations. These transactions have involved participants in industries such as financial services, insurance, technology and entertainment and gaming.

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Representative examples of David's experience include advising:

Strategic Transactions

Power Financial Corporation on its C$1.65-billion repurchase and cancellation of common shares pursuant to a substantial issuer bid and its tendering into Great-West Lifeco Inc.'s C$2-billion substantial issuer bid, and Power Corporation of Canada on its C$1.35-billion repurchase and cancellation of subordinate voting shares pursuant to a substantial issuer bid and its tendering of common shares into Power Financial Corporation’s substantial issuer bid

Corporate Finance

Equinix, Inc. in connection with its inaugural C$700-million maple bond offering through a wholly owned finance subsidiary
Intact Financial Corporation a syndicates of dealers in connection with various offerings by intact for an aggregate amount in excess of C$7-billion including offerings of Limited Recourse Capital Notes, subscription receipts, medium term notes and preferred shares
Sagen MI Canada Inc. in connection with various offerings for an aggregate amount of C$1.15-billion including offerings of debentures, preferred shares and hybrid notes
IGM Financial Inc. Inc. in connection with a public offering of C$300-million aggregate principal amount of debentures
The initial purchasers in connection with Blackberry Limited's US$200-million offering of convertible senior notes
The dealer managers in connection with Thomson Reuters’ US$1.8-billion exchange offer and related consent solicitations
dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. in connection with its C$250-million private placement of subordinate voting shares and subscription receipts that closed concurrently with its C$700-million initial public offering for total proceeds of approximately C$950-million
Issuers and underwriters in connection with numerous offerings of investment grade notes as well as other offerings of Canadian-dollar high-yield notes and maple bonds
Various dealers on “at-the-market” equity distribution programs

Mergers & Acquisitions

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Stelco Holdings Inc., a transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately C$3.4-billion
World Wide Technology Holding Co., LLC in connection with on its acquisition of Softchoice Corporation with an enterprise value of C$1.8-billion
IGM Financial Inc. in connection with its purchase of an approximately 20.5% equity interest in Rockefeller Capital Management for US$622-million
IGM Financial Inc. in connection with its sale of Investment Planning Counsel for C$575-million
Penn National Gaming, Inc. in its US$2-billion acquisition of Score Media and Gaming, Inc.
Delek Group Ltd. on its acquisition of all of the outstanding common shares in the capital of Ithaca Energy Inc., not already owned by Delek, by way of a supported takeover bid and subsequent compulsory acquisition which valued Ithaca's enterprise value at C$1.68-billion