Russell Johnson, London

About Russell

Russell's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions, including financings, public offerings and private placements of securities. He also advises clients on corporate governance and securities regulatory matters, including the continuous disclosure obligations of public issuers and stock exchange matters.

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Mergers, Acquisitions and Reorganizations

Rupert Resources Ltd. on its C$2.9-billion acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
ABC Technologies Holdings on its take-private transaction led by Apollo Global and Oaktree Capital
ABC Technologies Holdings on its acquisition of Windsor Mold Group Technologies
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust and Granite Real Estate Inc. in connection with the court-approved plan of arrangement to replace Granite’s stapled unit structure with a conventional REIT trust unit structure
Firan Technology Group Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Flyht Aerospace Solutions Ltd. by way of statutory plan of arrangement
Oxford Economics on its acquisition of a majority stake in Alpine Macro
Thermogenics in connection with multiple roll-up transactions

Capital Markets

Element Fleet Management Corp. in connection with various US$ senior note offerings
A major Canadian financial institution and various issuers on maple bond issuances
A major Canadian financial institution on its principal-at-risk structured notes program
Various foreign issuers and exempt international dealers on compliance with Canadian securities laws in connection with issuances of foreign securities to Canadian investors
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a public offering of senior unsecured debentures

Other

Various companies on securities compliance matters, including corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations, executive compensation and shareholder meetings