Melissa Smith

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Co-Author, Will the Coffey Class Action Have a Ripple Effect, BLG Cryptocurrency
  Blockchain Bulletin, August 2018.
  Counsel to the agents in connection with $84 million short form prospectus financing of Blackbird Energy Inc.
  Canadian counsel to SDX Energy Inc., an international oil
  gas company with assets in Egypt
  Morocco which is dual listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
  AIM, assisting with general corporate matters, compliance with Canadian corporate
  securities laws, including continuous disclosure obligations,
  Canadian stock exchange matters
  Counsel a private multinational software company in connection its significant acquisition of a private company in the software sector
  Counsel to both sellers
  buyers in connection with the sale of various professional practices, including oral surgeons, dentists, optometrists
  architects
  Counsel to Arsenal Energy in connection with cross-border plan of arrangement
  merger transaction with Lone Pine Resources Canada Ltd.
  its affiliates, to form Prairie Provident Resources Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed issuer
  Counsel to XPEL Technologies Corp. in connection with the acquisition of a Canadian private company
  a private placement
  Counsel to Mainstreet Equity Corp., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company, in connection with its substantial issuer bid whereby it repurchased its common shares for cancellation in an aggregate amount of $25 million
  Counsel to PetroNova Inc. in connection with a plan of arrangement with Petroamerica Corp.
  Counsel to Questerre Energy Corp., an oil
  gas company dual listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
  the Oslo Stock Exchange, in respect of securities compliance matters, continuous disclosure obligations
  multiple private placement
  prospectus offerings
  Counsel to multiple buyers
  sellers of private companies, by way of share or asset sales, amalgamations, take-over bids
  plans of arrangements
  Represented shareholders, including minority shareholders, in respect of various corporate matters, including shareholder disputes
  Counsel to both agents
  issuers in connection with capital pool companies, both in respect of the initial public offering
  the subsequent qualifying transaction
  Counsel to a TSX Venture Exchange listed corporation in connection with the acquisition of mining interests in Mali
  Counsel to Western Energy Services Corp. with respect to its private offering of senior notes for gross proceeds of approximately $91.5 million