Evan Schmid

Recent representative matters include advising:

Mergers & Acquisition

• Vistra Energy as Canadian counsel on its US$378-million acquisition of all of the assets of Crius Energy Trust Advising CID Capital

• CID Capital on its acquisition of Giftcraft, a provider of fashion, decor, giftware, health, wellness and gourmet consumer products

• Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. on its acquisition of Atoka Cranberries Inc. from The Bieler Group

• Lavazza S.p.A. on its 80% acquisition of Kicking Horse Coffee Co. Ltd. from Swander Pace Capital

• Cronos Group Inc. on its US$300-million acquisition of Redwood Holding Group, LLC

• L Catterton Management Company LLC in its significant strategic investment in Dental Corporation of Canada Holdings, Inc., the largest network of general and specialist dental clinics in Canada

• BlueCat Networks, Inc. on its sale to Madison Dearborn Partners LLC

• JCF Capital ULC in connection with its acquisition of the former Trump Tower, Toronto, a mixed hotel/residential condominium

Capital Markets

• The dealers in connection with the establishment of Ontario Power Generation Inc.'s C$2-billion medium term note program

• WPT Industrial REIT in connection with its bought deal treasury and secondary offerings and private placement of REIT units totaling US$200-million from July 2016 to June 2017

• A syndicate of underwriters led by TD Securities, JPMorgan and Citi in connection with Air Canada's public offering of C$500-million of voting shares and US$650-million of convertible senior notes

• BMO Capital Markets Corp. and a syndicate of initial purchasers on a private placement offering by Aurora Cannabis Inc. of US$345-million of 5.5% convertible senior notes due 2024

Evan is recognized in the following publication:

•  Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada 2024 (Tax Law)

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2014
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School – 2013
BSc, Dalhousie University – 2010