An Insightful and Innovative Practitioner, Emily Assists Clients on a Broad Range of Corporate and Commercial Matters
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An insightful and innovative practitioner, Emily assists clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. Emily has acted for clients on a variety of corporate transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, financing and banking transactions and other corporate matters. She also advises clients on their ongoing public disclosure and corporate law obligations. REPRESENTATIVE WORK Emily Uza Associate The Blackstone Group Inc. Acted for real estate funds managed by The Blackstone Group Inc. and their Office affiliates in Blackstone's $6.2billion allcash acquisition of Dream Global Real Toronto Estate Investment Trust and the separation of its external asset manager, Dream Asset Management. Tel 416.367.7531 FCF Co. Ltd. Acted as Canadian counsel for FCF Co., Ltd. in its US$928million acquisition of Email all the assets of Clover Leaf Foods and Bumble Bee Foods, North America's [email protected] largest branded shelfstable seafood companies, under a sale proceeding conducted under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the U.S. Expertise Bankruptcy Code. Corporate Capital Markets & Securities Xplornet Communications Inc. Mergers & Acquisitions Acted for Xplornet Communications Inc., a portfolio company of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and Canada's leading rural broadband provider, in its Bar Admissions acquisition of Corridor Communications Inc., which operates CCI Wireless., a Ontario, 2015 provider of broadband solutions to rural homes in Alberta, along with enterprise clients across western Canada. Waterton Global Resource Management, Inc. Acted for Waterton Global Resource Management, Inc. in its sale of the Getchell gold project in Nevada to Premier Gold Mines Limited for consideration of up to US$85 million. Ironbridge Equity Partners Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition and related financing of Avena Foods Limited, a leading supplier of glutenfree oats to the North American market. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited Acted for Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its allcash acquisition of TMAC Resources Inc. by way of assignment to Agnico Eagle from Shandong Gold of an arrangement agreement between Shandong Gold and TMAC pursuant to a courtapproved plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). The transaction had a total equity value of approximately C$287 million and, in connection with the acquisition, Agnico Eagle also retired TMAC's outstanding debt and deferred interest of approximately US$135 million. Enerflex Ltd. Emily Uza | Lawyer Profile Acted for Enerflex Ltd. in the negotiation and establishment of a $725million 1 of 5 second amended and restated revolving credit facility. Epiq Systems, Inc. Acted as Canadian counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc., a global leader in the legal services industry, in its acquisition of H&A eDiscovery, a leading Canadian eDiscovery and litigation support firm. Epiq Systems, Inc. Acted as Canadian counsel for Epiq Systems, Inc., a global leader in the legal services industry, in its acquisition of Bruneau Group, Inc., a prominent bilingual Canadian settlement administrator. Ipsen S.A. Acted for French biopharmaceutical company Ipsen in the acquisition of Québec based Clementia Pharmaceuticals for a purchase price of US$25.00 per share in cash upfront, plus a contingent value right (CVR) of US$6.00 per share, for a total transaction value of up to US$1.31 billion. Fortis Inc. Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500million atthemarket public offering of common shares, which will be sold through the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or on any other marketplace in Canada or the United States on which the common shares are traded. Axium Infrastructure Inc. Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in its $540million acquisition of TransCanada's Ontario solar portfolio, consisting of eight facilities totalling approximately 105 MW of installed capacity. Lundin Mining Corporation Acted for Lundin Mining Corporation in its A$4.3million subscription for 14.3% of the shares of PolarX Limited, which secures an option for Lundin Mining to earn a 51% interest in PolarX's Stellar Project by staged spending of US$24 million on exploration and staged payments to PolarX of US$20 million over three years. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited Acted for Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its US$80million acquisition of the Santa Gertrudis gold project in Mexico from GoGold Resources Inc. In connection with the acquisition, Agnico Eagle provided GoGold with a US$7.5 million term loan, secured by a second ranking charge on all of GoGold's assets, which will be set off against the purchase price at the closing of the acquisition. GSO Capital Partners LP Acted for GSO Capital Partners LP and its affiliates in the negotiation and establishment of two credit facilities, and the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of GraftonFraser Inc., former owner of Tip Top Tailors and other men's retail chains across Canada, pursuant to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. Barrick Gold Corporation Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its US$428million acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Acacia Mining plc (Acacia) not already owned by Barrick by way of a courtsanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (United Kingdom). Xplornet Communications Inc. Acted for Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's largest ruralfocused broadband service provider, in its acquisition of Swift High Speed, a facilities based rural broadband service provider in Manitoba. StratoDem Analytics Acted for StratoDem Analytics, an earlystage company offering datascienceas aservice for the real estate sector, in its sale to Altus Group. Fortis Inc. Acted for Fortis Inc. in its $500million public offering of 2.18% senior unsecured notes due May 15, 2028. Waterton Global Resource Management LP Acted for Waterton Global Resource Management LP in its sale to Galane Gold Ltd. of the Summit Mine and the infrastructure constituting the Banner Mill in New Mexico from Pyramid Peak Mining, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waterton. WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. Acted for WeCommerce Holdings Ltd. in establishing a US$80million senior secured credit facility with a syndicate of lenders led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to finance its acquisition of Stamped.io Pte. Ltd., a leading Softwareasa Service (SaaS) platform. Blackstone Growth Acting as Canadian counsel to funds managed by Blackstone Growth in their minority investment, alongside Atairos, in GeoComply Solutions Inc., a leading geolocation and compliance technology company. Waterton Global Resource Management LP Acted for Waterton Global Resource Management LP in the sale of Nevada properties from Clover Nevada LLC to Millennial Silver Corp. and the resulting business combination to form Millennial Precious Metals Corp. Xplornet Communications Inc. Acted for Xplornet Communications Inc., a portfolio company of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and Canada's leading rural broadband provider, in its acquisition of Ocdotus Inc., a fibrebased service provider in southern Ontario operating under the name Metro Loop. Northleaf Capital Partners Acted for Northleaf Capital Partners in its strategic sale of a noncontrolling interest to Mackenzie Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of IGM Financial Inc., and GreatWest Lifeco Inc. Ironbridge Equity Partners Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in its acquisition (and related financing) of a controlling interest in GNI Management Group Inc., a leading provider of insulation services, from Mill Street & Co. Plenary Health Vaughan LP Acted for Plenary Health Vaughan LP in its $1.3billion fixedprice contract to design, build, finance and maintain the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital in Ontario. The Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital will be the first hospital to be built in the city of Vaughan, and the first new hospital to be built in the York Region in the last 30 years. It will also be the first hospital in Canada to feature fully integrated "smart" technology to maximize information exchange. Birch Hill Equity Partners Acted for Birch Hill Equity Partners in connection with the sale of control of TSC Stores LP to Peavey Industries LP. Ironbridge Equity Partners Acted for Ironbridge Equity Partners in connection with its investment in Thermogenics Inc., an industrial manufacturer of coiltube steam, hotwater boilers and related equipment. RBC Dominion Securities and BMO Nesbitt Burns Acted for a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities and BMO Nesbitt Burns in connection with a $500million public offering of senior mediumterm notes of 407 International Inc. under its shelf prospectus. Etobicoke Healthcare Partnership LP (Axium Infrastructure Inc. and DIF Management Canada Ltd.) Acted as transaction counsel for Etobicoke Healthcare Partnership LP (EHP) in its winning bid for the approximately $330million design, build, finance, operation and maintenance of the Etobicoke General Hospital Phase 1 Patient Tower Project. Funds managed by Axium Infrastructure Inc. and DIF Management Canada Ltd. are equity sponsors of EHP. Davies acted as lead transaction counsel for the consortium, including in the negotiation of the project documents with Infrastructure Ontario and William Osler Health System, the designbuild documentation with the construction contractor, the operation and maintenance documentation with the service provider and the financing agreements with the lenders, as well as the shareholder arrangements