Liz Litwack-Landsberg Associate | Toronto

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Maple Leafs Food Inc. on its "butterfly" spin-off of its pork operations to form Canada Packers Inc.

• dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. on its proposed C$2.2-billion acquisition by investment funds affiliated with GTCR LLC

• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Horizon Copper Corp. on its acquisition by Royal Gold Inc.

• Ceres Global Ag. Corp. on its acquisition by Bartlett Grain Company

• Advent International on its US$6.3-billion acquisition of Nuvei Corporation

• Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. on the sale of its non-regulated renewable energy business (excluding the company's hydro fleet) to a wholly-owned subsidiary of LS Power for total consideration of up to US$2.5-billion

• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources Limited in connection with collapsing its dual class voting structure and subsequent sale of its steelmaking coal business through a sale of a majority stake to Glencore plc for an implied enterprise value of US$9.0-billion and a sale of a minority stake to Nippon Steel Corporation

• IGM Financial Inc. in connection with its sale of Investment Planning Counsel for approximately C$575-million

• The vendors on the US$75.3-million of the sale of limestone quarry and port operations of Atlantic Minerals Limited to CEMEX Inc.

• Cyclica Inc. on its acquisition by Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of IBI Group Inc. on its C$873-million acquisition by Arcadis N.V.

• RIV Capital Inc. on its US$247-million acquisition of Etain, LLC

• Deciem Beauty Group Inc. on the agreement by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. to increase its investment to approximately 76% from 26% at a current enterprise valuation of approximately US$2.2-billion and to purchase the remaining interests after a three-year period

• Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp. on its acquisition of Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. with an enterprise value of US$690-million and listing on Nasdaq

• Cboe Global Markets on its acquisition of TriAct Canada Market Place LP

• Canaccord Genuity Growth Corp. on its acquisition of Columbia Care Inc. valued at US$1.35-billion

Capital Markets

• 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, its C$100-million bought deal offering of subordinate voting shares and its C$100-million bought deal treasury and secondary offering of subordinate voting shares

• Celestica Inc. in connection with secondary offerings by Onex Corporation of subordinate voting shares of Celestica Inc.

• Various SPACs, including Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. and Choice Consolidation Corp., on their initial public offerings

• Great-West Lifeco Inc. in connection with its public offerings of C$1.5-billion principal amount of 3.60% limited recourse capital notes, C$500-million principal amount of 2.981% debentures due July 2050, C$600-million principal amount of 2.379% debentures due May 2030 and 8,000,000 First Preferred Shares, Series Y for gross proceeds of C$200-million

• A Canadian financial institution in connection with Canadian and US public offerings of subordinated debentures, senior notes and preferred shares (NVCC)

• Element Fleet Management Corp. in connection with its public offering of C$150-million of 4.25% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures

• Underwriters on numerous public offerings of equity and debt securities, including offerings by Score Media and Gaming Inc., Aurora Cannabis Inc. and Trisura Group Ltd.

Governance/Advisory

• Various public companies and boards of directors on securities compliance and strategic matters, including corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations, stock exchange matters, executive compensation and shareholder meetings

• Co-author : Protecting the Deal: Recent Trends in Canadian Public M&A Lock-Up Agreements
  Blakes Bulletin on Mergers & Acquisitions, September 5, 2025.
• Co-author : Key Considerations Relating to “Superior Proposals” in Canada
  Blakes Bulletin on Mergers & Acquisitions, June 24, 2025.