Evan Straight Partner | Vancouver

About Evan

Evan advises clients on corporate and securities law matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions. In addition, he has extensive experience advising clients with respect to Canadian securities law compliance, corporate structuring, corporate governance and commercial agreements. Evan has extensive experience acting for public and private issuers, private equity funds and investment dealers in a broad range of industries, including mining and mineral exploration, digital assets and technology.

Evan was previously based in the Firm's New York office, where he developed cross-border transactional expertise focusing on Canada/U.S. cross-border M&A transactions and financings.

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Recent representative transactions include acting as counsel to:

Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

BRC Group Holdings, Inc. on its proposed US$204-million acquisition of Sangoma Technologies Corporation
Capstone Copper Corp. on its proposed sale of the Cozamin copper-silver-zinc-lead mine located in Zacatecas, Mexico for total consideration of up to US$385-million
The Metals Royalty Co. on its acquisition of a royalty interest in the Mesabi Metallics iron ore project
Capstone Copper Corp. in connection with a US$360-million investment by funds managed by Orion Resources Partners LP to acquire a 25% ownership interest in its Santo Domingo Project and Sierra Norte Project
Endeavour Silver Corp. on its US$145-million acquisition of Compañia Minera Kolpa S.A. and related bought deal financing and stream agreement
Filo Corp. on its C$4.5-billion acquisition by BHP and Lundin Mining Corporation
Carbon Engineering Ltd. on its acquisition by Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation
IAA, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated for US$7.3-billion
Sierra Wireless, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Semtech Corporation for US$1.2-billion
Capstone Mining Corp. in connection with its C$1.1-billion business combination with Mantos Copper to form Capstone Copper Corp.
Private equity sponsors on Canadian investment and acquisition transactions, including Energy Capital Partners, American Securities, Providence Equity, Blue Sea Capital and FTV Capital

Capital Markets and Corporate Finance

Lundin Gold Inc. in connection with its distribution of common shares of LunR Royalties Corp. to Lundin Gold shareholders
Galaxy Digital in connection with its reorganization and domestication from the Cayman Islands to Delaware and listing on the Nasdaq, including its subsequent US$600-million primary and secondary US public offering and concurrent Canadian private placement of Class A common stock
Galaxy Digital on various transactions, including in connection with its US$1.3-billion offering of exchangeable senior notes, US$460-million private placement of Class A common stock and C$170-million bought deal public offering of ordinary shares
Capstone Copper Corp. in connection with its C$431-million bought deal primary and secondary offering of common shares and C$285-million bought deal secondary offering of common shares
Ascot Resources Ltd. in connection with a C$29-million bought deal private placement and concurrent US$50-million financing package with Sprott Streaming and Nebari
Zymeworks Inc. in connection with its US$58.5-million initial public offering of common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange
The underwriters in connection with Aritzia Inc.'s C$460-million initial public offering by way of secondary offering of subordinate voting shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and C$350-million secondary offering of subordinate voting shares