Kai Duchnycz Associate | Vancouver

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Felix Spain Bidco S.L. in connection with its sale of vLex, a global legal intelligence platform, to Clio for US$1-billion

• New Found Gold Corp. in connection with its acquisition of Maritime Resources Corp. for C$292-million

• Capstone Copper Corp. in connection with a US$360-million investment by funds managed by Orion Resources Partners LP to acquire a 25% ownership interest in its Santo Domingo Project and Sierra Norte Project

• The founders and other foundational shareholders of Rated Labs Inc., a blockchain analytics firm, in connection with its sale to Figment

• Galaxy Digital Inc. in connection with its reorganization and domestication from the Cayman Islands to Delaware and listing on the Nasdaq, including its subsequent US$600-million primary and secondary U.S. public offering and concurrent Canadian private placement of class A common stock

• Equinox Gold Corp. in connection with its acquisition of 40% of the Greenstone Mine for US$995-million and the associated US$300-million bought deal equity offering and US$500-million debt facility

• Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. in connection with a US$90-million investment by Peugeot Citroen Argentina S.A., a subsidiary of Stellantis N.V. to acquire 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of Argentina Litio y Energia S.A. and in connection with related exchange, offtake and investor rights agreements

• Maverix Metals Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. for C$700-million
  

• Great Bear Resources Ltd. in connection with its acquisition by Kinross Gold Corporation for C$1.8-billion and Great Bear Royalties Corp. in connection with its acquisition by Royal Gold for C$200-million

• Capstone Mining Corp. in connection with its C$1.1-billion business combination with Mantos Copper

Capital Markets and Corporate Finance

• Galaxy Digital Inc. on various transactions, including in connection with its US$1.3-billion offering of exchangeable senior notes and US$460-million placement of class A common stock

• Capstone Copper Corp. in connection with its C$431-million bought deal primary and secondary offering of common shares

• Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. in connection with its C$170-million bought deal public offering of ordinary shares

• Ero Copper Corp. in connection with its US$111-million bought-deal public offering of common shares

• New Found Gold Corp. on various transactions, including in connection with its C$63-million bought-deal public offering of charity flow-through common shares and its establishment of its US$100-million "at-the-market" equity program

• Equinox Gold Corp. in connection with its US$172.5-million bought deal offering of convertible senior notes

• Capstone Copper Corp. in connection with its C$328-million secondary offering of common shares
  

• Palisades Goldcorp Inc. in connection with its direct listing on the TSX Venture Exchange

• Artemis Gold Inc. in connection with its C$175-million public offering of common shares

Kai is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia. He serves as an advisor with respect to legal advocacy and emerging corporate and securities law issues for the Canadian Corporate/Securities Law Moot program at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.

Admitted to the British Columbia Bar – 2022
JD, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia – 2021
BA, University of British Columbia – 2018