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About Alyssa

Alyssa's practice focuses on advising clients on a variety of capital markets transactions, including financings, public offerings and private placements of securities, as well as mergers and acquisitions. She also advises clients on corporate governance and securities regulatory matters, including the continuous disclosure obligations of public issuers.

Alyssa summered at the Ontario Securities Commission following her second year of law school and completed her articles with Blakes upon graduation.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of ICPEI Holdings Inc. on its acquisition by Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc., key members of management and certain other investors

  • Great Hill Partners in connection with its investment in Auvik Networks Inc.

  • Great Hill Partners in connection with its acquisition of VersaPay Corporation for approximately C$126-million

  • Starlight Investments and KingSett Capital in connection with their C$4.9-billion acquisition of Northview Apartment REIT

Capital Markets

  • Intact Financial Corporation in connection with its issuance of C$300-million principal amount of 7.338% limited recourse capital notes and related issuance of 300,000 Non-Cumulative Rate Reset Class A Shares, Series 12

  • Syndicate of underwriters in connection with the renewal of Toronto Hydro Corporation's C$1-billion medium term note program and public offering of notes for C$200-million

  • Syndicate of underwriters in connection with the establishment and renewals of the Ontario Power Generation Inc. C$4-billion medium term note program, five public offerings of notes aggregating C$2.2-billion and five public offerings of green bonds aggregating C$2.45-billion, including its inaugural nuclear green bond

  • Flagship Communities REIT in connection with its US$46.5-million bought deal offering of trust units

  • Great-West Lifeco Inc. in connection with its issuance of C$1.5-billion principal amount of 3.60% limited recourse capital notes and related issuance of 1,500,000 Non-Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset First Preferred Shares, Series U

  • Underwriters in connection with LifeSpeak Inc.'s initial public offering and secondary offering for total gross proceeds of C$125-million

  • Converge Technology Solutions Corp. in connection with its public offering of common shares for approximately C$172.5-million

  • Syndicate of underwriters in connection with Westport Fuel System Inc.'s public offering of common shares for approximately US$115-million

  • Algonquin Power Co. in connection with its private placement of C$400-million principal amount of green bonds

  • Various issuers on "at-the-market" equity distribution programs
Education

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2019
JD, Queen's University – 2018
BA (Hon., With High Distinction), University of Toronto – 2014

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