Elliot Seetner

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

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.

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

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