Robert Veitch

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Farris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Mergers
  Acquisitions: Counsel to CapriCMW Insurance Services General Partnership in its merger with Rogers Insurance Ltd. to form Acera Insurance Services Ltd. ('Acera')
  concurrent $100 million minority investment in Acera by certain affiliated funds of Clairvest Group Inc.
  Clairvest Equity Partners VI
  related new senior credit facilities provided to Acera by a lending syndicate including the Royal Bank of Canada
  the Bank of Montreal.
  Counsel to the founder of Traction Sales
  Marketing Inc. in the sale of the company to Salesforce.com, Inc.
  Counsel to the founder of Traction Guest Inc. in the sale of the company to an affiliated fund of Providence Strategic Growth Partners L.L.C., a Boston based private equity firm.
  Counsel to the shareholders of Minds Automation Inc., a leader in providing asphalt plant control systems
  related software, in the sale of the company to Astec Industries, Inc., a Nasdaq listed company.
  Counsel to the vendors in the sale of Boundary Electric (1985) Ltd. to Ampere Alliance Ltd.
  Counsel to the vendor in the sale of Drop Sprockets to a subsidiary of LFM Capital in a private transaction.
  Counsel to the shareholders of Great Canadian Heli-Skiing
  Heather Mountain Lodge in the sale of those companies to an affiliate of Heli.
  Acted for the vendors in the sale of Fairmont Hot Sprints Resort in a private transaction.
  Acted for the vendor in the sale of well known ski resort in the interior of British Columbia in a private transaction.
  Acted for the vendor in the sale of four long term care facilities in British Columbia in a private transaction.
  Counsel to the independent committee of directors of Pure Multi-Family REIT LP, a limited partnership listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in connection with an all-cash going private transaction with an affiliate of Cortl
  Partners, LLC valued at approximately US$1.2 billion including net debt.
  Acted for the vendor in the sale of its pet-food business to a large US private equity firm for an undisclosed amount.
  Acted for the vendor in the sale of its architecture business to a multi-billion dollar US design-build firm for an undisclosed amount,
  subsequent re-acquisition of the business.
  Represented WEQ Holdings Inc. in the sale of its equipment rentals
  heat business to United Rentals of Canada, Inc. for Cdn$120 million.
  Acted for Diversified Royalty Corp. in its acquisition of the AIR MILES trademarks from a subsidiary of Aimia Inc. for Cdn$53.75 million.
  Financings: Counsel to Diversified Royalty Corp. in various bought deal public offerings of common shares
  convertible debentures.
  Counsel to American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP in connection with a US$50 million strategic investment in preferred shares
  warrants by BentallGreenOak Real Estate Advisors LP
  Highgate Capital Investments LP on a private placement basis.
  Counsel to NexGen Energy Ltd. in its strategic convertible debenture financing of US$110 million with Queen's Road Capital Investment Ltd.
  Washington H Soul Pattinson
  Company Limited.
  Represented Arbutus Biopharma Corporation in its US$116 million strategic financing with Roivant Sciences Ltd.
  Represented A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund in a bought deal secondary offering of $69.5 million units.
  Counsel to American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP in its various bought deal public offerings of units
  convertible debentures.