andrew bunston

ANDREW BUNSTON
Associé
T 416.367.6717
F 416.361.2794
Toronto
[email protected]
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Financement des entreprises et valeurs mobilières
Valeurs mobilières, marchés financiers et sociétés
ouvertes
Comités de gouvernance et comités spéciaux
Droit minier
Capital d'investissement
Fusions et acquisitions
Marché des capitaux d’emprunt
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Windsor, 2007
Andrew Bunston is a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets Group at our Toronto
office. Andrew's practice focuses on corporate and securities law, including mergers
and acquisitions and corporate finance. Andrew's practice encompasses:
BA (Hons.) in Politics, Queen's
University, 2003
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Advising clients in connection with securities law matters as well as general
corporate and commercial law, including contracts, and corporate governance.
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Advising both underwriters and issuers in various types of financings by public
offering and private placement, including offerings under the Multijurisdictional
Disclosure System (MJDS).
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Advising buyers, sellers and boards of directors in relation to mergers and
acquisitions.
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Advising on joint ventures and structuring of investments, including crossborder structures, limited partnerships, trusts and other investment vehicles.
Ontario, 2008
Activités professionnelles
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Member, International Bar Association
Member, Canadian Venture Capital &
Private Equity Association
Andrew has particular industry experience in REITs, mining, agriculture, healthcare and
in acting for private equity investors.
Andrew has seconded at the Ontario Securities Commission Corporate Finance and
Take-Over Branch in 2006 and at two TSX-listed companies in 2010 and 2011.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Corporate Finance Transactions
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Acting for Loblaw Companies Limited in connection with its issuance of $225million of Second Preferred Shares, Series B.
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Acting for Cynapsus Therapeutics Inc. in connection with its USD $72.5-million
southbound-only offering of common shares under the MJDS. The offering
was the first southbound-only underwritten offering of equity securities by an
issuer under MJDS.
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Acting for the agents in connection with Cameco Corporation's $500-million
offering of unsecured Series G debentures.
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Acting for George Weston Limited in connection with its offering of $200-million
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Acting for Loblaw Companies Limited in connection with its issuance of $1.6billion aggregate principal amount of Series 2019 and Series 2023 notes.
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Acting for the agents in connection with a private placement of commercial
mortgage pass-through securities in connection with the securitization of more
than $200-million of commercial mortgage loans.
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Acting for Loblaw Companies Limited and Choice Properties REIT in
connection with the conveyance of approximately $7-billion of real estate
assets by the Loblaw group to create Choice Properties REIT and the
corresponding initial public offering of units of Choice Properties REIT and
issuance of debentures.
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Acting for the agents in connection with Cameco Corporation's $500-million
offering of unsecured Series E and Series F debentures.
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Acting for Northland Power Inc. in connection with its $150-million preferred
share offering.
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Acting for the underwriters in connection with Chartwell REIT's $130-million
unit offering.
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Acting for the dealer managers in connection with TimberWest Forest Corp.'s
$150-million rights offering and private placement.
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Acting for Loblaw Companies Limited in the establishment of a medium term
note program and the issuance of $350-million principal amount of medium
term notes under the new program.
Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
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Acting for Softchoice Corporation in connection with its $412-million going
private transaction by way of plan of arrangement involving Birch Hill Equity
Partners.
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Acting for JLL Partners, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Patheon Inc.
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Acting for Health Care REIT in connection with its $1-billion acquisition of
HealthLease Properties REIT.
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Acting for Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited in connection with its $95-million
acquisition of Weyburn Inland Terminal Ltd.
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Acting for the principal shareholder of Acuity Funds Ltd. in connection with
AGF Management Limited's $339-million acquisition of the Acuity group of
companies.
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Acting for Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Halsall
Associates Ltd., an engineering and project management firm.
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Acting for AIC Limited in connection with Manulife Financial Corporation's
acquisition of AIC's retail investment fund business.
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Acting for Hewlett-Packard in connection with the Canadian integration of its
businesses resulting from its $13.9-billion acquisition of EDS.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Author, Canada chapter, Securities World, 3rd Edition, The European Lawyer
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