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About Elliot

Elliot's securities and corporate law practice focuses on venture finance, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.

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Representative transactions include acting as counsel to:

Venture Finance

  • Centana Growth Partners as lead investor on the C$27-million Series B financing of Plooto and C$33-million Series B financing of Athennian

  • The lead investor in the US$150-million Series F financing of GaN Systems, valuing GaN at US$650-million

  • Huron Digital Pathology in its Series A preferred share financing for up to C$15-million

  • CarDoor in its seed round for C$3-million

  • Investors in ApplyBoard Inc.'s Series D financing for C$375-million, valuing ApplyBoard at C$4-billion

  • The lead investor in Tenstorrent Inc.'s Series C financing for over US$200-million, valuing Tenstorrent at US$1-billion

  • Aya Payments in connection with its seed preferred share and convertible note financing for gross proceeds of approximately C$4-million

  • Cinchy in connection with its Series A financing for C$10-million led by Information Venture Partners

  • Shareholders of a technology company in a C$125-million secondary and share buyback transaction

  • The lead investor in the US$150-million Series F financing of GaN Systems and the US$200-million Series C financing of Tenstorrent

  • The lead investors in the C$375-million Series D financing of ApplyBoard

  • Centana Growth Partners as lead investor on the US$25-million Series B financing of Operto Guest Technologies, C$27-million Series B financing of Plooto and C$33-million Series B financing of Athennian

  • Cognota in its Series A financing for US$5.5-million

  • Cinchy in its Series B financing and secondary offering for US$14.5-million and its prior Series A financing for C$10-million

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Sycamore Partners on its acquisition of Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s Canadian retail business including Lowe's Canada and Rona stores

  • Converge Technology Solutions on its acquisition of Newcomp Analytics

  • Portage Cybertech, a spin-off of Converge Technology Solutions, on its acquisitions of OPIN Digital and 1CRM

  • Electrical Components International, Inc. on the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of BHC Cable Assemblies Inc.

  • Taal Distributed on its acquisition of a clean-powered bitcoin mining facility

  • Sagen MI Canada Inc. (formerly, Genworth MI Canada Inc.) on its C$1.6-billion acquisition by Brookfield Business Partners L.P.

  • Driven Brands Inc. on its acquisition of two auto body shops in Southwestern Ontario

  • Green Rise Foods Inc. in connection with a settlement transaction involving an exempt issuer bid and the sale of a control block of shares

  • The Special Committee of Callidus Capital Corporation on its going private transaction by way of plan of arrangement with Braslyn Ltd.

  • Sycamore Partners on its acquisition of Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s Canadian retail business including Lowe's Canada and Rona stores

  • DFW Capital Partners on its acquisition of Sixsense Strategy Group

  • Converge Technology Solutions on its acquisition of Newcomp Analytics

  • Portage Cybertech, a spin-off of Converge Technology Solutions, on its acquisitions of OPIN Digital and 1CRM

  • Electrical Components International, Inc. on the acquisition of BHC Cable Assemblies Inc.

  • Sagen MI Canada Inc. (formerly Genworth MI Canada Inc.) on its C$1.6-billion acquisition by Brookfield Business Partners L.P.

Capital Markets and Shareholder Activism

  • Open Text Corporation on various matters, including its share repurchase plan, continuous disclosure and cross-border US$1.5-billion offering of senior unsecured notes

  • A group of concerned shareholders of FSD Pharma Inc. on their successful proxy contest and replacement of the company's board of directors

  • Ninepoint Partners LP in its flow-through limited partnership offerings for aggregate proceeds of over C$178-million

  • A Canadian financial institution on its multi-billion dollar medium term notes (principal at risk structured notes) program

  • Open Text Corporation on various matters, including its share repurchase plan, continuous disclosure and cross-border US$1.5-billion offering of senior unsecured notes

  • A group of concerned shareholders of FSD Pharma Inc. on their successful proxy contest and replacement of the company’s board of directors

Education

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2018
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School – 2017
BComm (Hon.), Queen's University – 2014

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