Stuart Is Developing a Diverse Corporate Practice
Stuart is developing a diverse corporate practice.
He has assisted clients on a variety of transactions, including private and public mergers and acquisitions, banking, securities offerings, corporate governance and other corporate matters.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Barrick Gold Corporation Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$4 billion of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system. Stuart Berger Associate Digital Colony Acted for Digital Colony, the global digital infrastructure investment platform of Office Colony Capital, Inc., in connection with the sale of the Canadian data centers Toronto and the associated colocation business of one of its portfolio companies, Aptum Technologies, to eStruxture Data Centers Inc. Tel 416.367.7586 Russel Metals Inc. Acted for Russel Metals Inc. in its Canadian private placement of $150 million of Email high yield notes due 2025 and the redemption of its outstanding high yield notes [email protected] due 2022.
Expertise Beanfield Technologies Inc. Corporate Acted for Beanfield Technologies Inc., a portfolio company of Digital Colony, in its acquisition of Epik Networks Inc., a Torontobased telecommunications service Bar Admissions provider. Ontario, 2017 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.
Axium Infrastructure Inc. Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in its acquisition from Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. of a 50% interest in a portfolio of nine solar farms located in Ontario.
Rogers Communications Inc. Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$750 million U.S. public offering of floating rate senior notes due 2022 registered via the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
BofA Securities, MUFG, Scotiabank and BMO Capital Markets Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by BofA Securities, MUFG, Scotiabank and BMO Capital Markets, in the private placement of US$600 million of notes of CCL Industries Inc.
Digital Colony Acted for Digital Colony in connection with the additional $148.5 million of bank financing raised to recapitalize Beanfield Technologies Inc. and the related tuck in acquisition by Beanfield of the fibre business of Aptum Technologies.
Rogers Communications Inc. Stuart Berger | Lawyer Profile 1 of 2 Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. to establish its Canadian shelf prospectus, qualifying up to $4 billion of future public offerings of debt securities in Canada, and its separate U.S. registration statement, registering up to US$4 billion of future public offerings of debt securities in the United States pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
RECOGNITIONS
Osgoode Hall Law School—Honourable F.H. Barlow Scholarship; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Prize (Commercial Law, Business Associations, Securities Regulation and Taxation)
EDUCATION
Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2016 Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, BA (Hons) (with Distinction), 2013 Stuart is developing a diverse corporate practice.
He has assisted clients on a variety of transactions, including private and public mergers and acquisitions, banking, securities offerings, corporate governance and other corporate matters.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Barrick Gold Corporation Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation to establish a base shelf prospectus qualifying up to US$4 billion of securities in Canada and the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
Digital Colony Acted for Digital Colony, the global digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital, Inc., in connection with the sale of the Canadian data centers and the associated colocation business of one of its portfolio companies, Aptum Technologies, to eStruxture Data Centers Inc.
Russel Metals Inc. Acted for Russel Metals Inc. in its Canadian private placement of $150 million of high yield notes due 2025 and the redemption of its outstanding high yield notes due 2022.
Beanfield Technologies Inc. Acted for Beanfield Technologies Inc., a portfolio company of Digital Colony, in its acquisition of Epik Networks Inc., a Torontobased telecommunications service provider.
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.
Axium Infrastructure Inc. Acted for Axium Infrastructure Inc. in its acquisition from Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. of a 50% interest in a portfolio of nine solar farms located in Ontario.
Rogers Communications Inc. Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$750 million U.S. public offering of floating rate senior notes due 2022 registered via the multijurisdictional disclosure system.
BofA Securities, MUFG, Scotiabank and BMO Capital Markets Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by BofA Securities, MUFG, Scotiabank and BMO Capital Markets, in the private placement of US$600 million of notes of CCL Industries Inc.
Digital Colony Acted for Digital Colony in connection with the additional $148.5 million of bank financing raised to recapitalize Beanfield Technologies Inc. and the related tuck Stuart Berger in acquisition by Beanfield of the fibre business of Aptum Technologies. Associate Rogers Communications Inc. Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. to establish its Canadian shelf Office prospectus, qualifying up to $4 billion of future public offerings of debt securities Toronto in Canada, and its separate U.S. registration statement, registering up to US$4 billion of future public offerings of debt securities in the United States pursuant to Tel the multijurisdictional disclosure system. 416.367.7586
Email RECOGNITIONS [email protected] Osgoode Hall Law School—Honourable F.H. Barlow Scholarship; Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Prize (Commercial Law, Business Associations, Securities Regulation and Taxation)
EDUCATION
Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2016 Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, BA (Hons) (with Distinction), 2013
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