Olivia Ells Associate | Toronto

• Definity Financial Corporation on its proposed acquisition of the Canadian operations of Travelers for C$3.3-billion, along with its concurrent C$351-million private placements of common shares

• NovaGold Resources Inc. in its joint acquisition with Paulson Advisers LLC of Barrick Gold Corporation's 50% interest in Donlin Gold LLC for US$1-billion

• Jam City, a U.S. mobile entertainment company, on the sale of Ludia, a Montréal-based mobile game studio, to a group of Canadian institutional investors and members of Ludia's management team

• BCE Inc. on the C$4.7-billion sale of its ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to Rogers Communications Inc.

• Apollo Global Management Inc. in its acquisition of The State Group from Blue Wolf Capital

• Avista Healthcare Partners in its acquisition of Trillium Healthcare Products Inc. from New Water Capital

• Fission Uranium Corp. in its C$14-billion acquisition by Paladin Energy

• GMS Inc. in its acquisition of Yvon Building Supply Inc., Yvon Insulation Corporation, 2704026 Ontario Ltd. (d/b/a Yvon Insulation Windsor), Laminated Glass Technologies, Inc. and Right-Fit Foam Insulation Ltd.

• Equinox Gold Corp. in its US$995-million acquisition of Orion Mine Finance Management LP's 40% interest in Greenstone Gold Mine GP

• Advent International on its US$6.3-billion acquisition of Canadian fintech payment platform Nuvei Corporation

• Orla Mining Ltd. in its C$11.3-million acquisition of Contact Gold Corp.

• Novo Holdings and Novo Nordisk in connection with Novo Holdings' US$16.5-billion acquisition of Catalent, Inc. and the subsequent acquisition of three Catalent facilities by Novo Nordisk

• Vantiva in connection with its acquisition of competitor CommScope's Home Networks division

• Carbon Engineering Ltd. on its US$1.1-billion acquisition by Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation

• Canadian counsel to Apollo Global Management Inc. in its acquisition of a minority stake in PetSmart from BC Partners LLP

• Northview Fund on its recapitalization transaction that included the acquisition of three multi-family property portfolios for C$742-million and its conversion into Northview Residential REIT, a C$2.7-billion, internally managed, traditional open-ended real estate investment trust focused on national multi-family properties

• Royal Bank of Canada on its C$13.5-billion acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada

Olivia serves as a chair of the Young Lawyers Committee of the Canadian Bar Association's Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section and as a young lawyer representative on the Foreign Investment and National Security Committee of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section.

• Moderator : Trade Tensions and National Security
  Buckle Up – The Future of Competition & Investment in Canada, Young Lawyers Committee Conference, Canadian Bar Association, May 23, 2025.
• Organizer and Moderator : CBA Competition Law Section's Young Lawyers Half Day Symposium
  Young Lawyers Committee Conference, Canadian Bar Association, May 23, 2025.
• Organizer and Moderator : CBA Competition Law Section’s Young Lawyers Half Day Symposium
  Young Lawyers Committee Conference, Canadian Bar Association, May 3, 2024
• Moderator : The Byte-Sized Barristers: Navigating Competition in the AI Era for NextGen Lawyers
  Young Lawyers Committee Seminar, Canadian Bar Association, December 13, 2023.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2021
JD, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University – 2020
BA, St. Francis Xavier University – 2017