Karam Putros (he, him, his) Associate | Toronto

About Karam

Karam's practice focuses on advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, venture finance and capital markets transactions. He also advises clients on corporate governance and securities regulatory matters, including the continuous disclosure obligations of public issuers.

Karam joined Blakes as a second-year summer student and subsequently articled with the Firm.

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Representative transactions include acting for:

Mergers & Acquisitions

BCE Inc. on the C$4.7-billion sale of its ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to Rogers Communications Inc.
Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. on its acquisition of CMG Partners, Inc. (Caliva) and Left Coast Ventures, Inc. (LCV) and partnership with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Roc Nation
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. on the US$2.5-billion sale of its renewables business to LS Power
Sycamore Partners in connection with its acquisition of the Canadian business of Lowe's Companies
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of the Neo Exchange
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.

Venture Finance

Ten Coves Capital as lead investor in the Series C financing of Blue J Legal Inc.
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. in connection with its Series A financing for US$40-million led by Brevan Howard Digital and Morgan Creek Digital
FORUS Therapeutics Inc. in connection with its Class B financing round
Cognota Inc. in connection with its Series A financing for US$5.5-million
Cinchy Inc. in connection with its Series B financing and secondary offering for US$14.5-million

Capital Markets

BMO Capital Markets as sole agent in connection with the C$575-million private placement of common shares of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. in connection with its initial public offering and listing on the TSX, pursuant to the secondary offering of its common shares by ABC Group Canada LP, an entity indirectly controlled, through one or more intermediate entities, by Cerberus Capital Management L.P., for total gross proceeds to ABC Group Canada LP of C$110-million
A Canadian financial institution in connection with public offerings of preferred shares and senior notes
Magnet Forensics Inc. in connection with its C$74-million secondary offering of subordinate voting shares