Representative Experience
Tom has provided US corporate and securities law advice for the following recent representative transactions/matters:
Technology:
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
Offering of units (US$15 million)
Acquisition of Schneider Power Inc. (US$25 million)
SXC Health Solutions Corp.
Listing on Nasdaq Global Market
U.S. initial public offering of common shares (US$40 million)
Intermap Technologies Inc.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$80 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$25 million)
Zi Corporation
PIPE offering of units (US$10 million)
Acquisition by Nuance Communications, Inc. (US$50 million)
Energy:
Ryan Gold Corp.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$50 million)
Karnalyte Resources Inc.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$60 million)
Rodinia Oil Corp.
Offering of units (Cdn$150 million)
FNX Mining Company Inc.
Offering of units (Cdn$150 million)
Paramount Gold & Silver Corp.
U.S. public offering of common stock (US$23 million)
Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$80 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$45 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$50 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$20 million)
Alterra Power
Merger with Plutonic Power Corporation (Cdn$600 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$45 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$100 million)
Iberian Minerals Corp.
Offering of registered shares (Cdn$75 million)
Offering of special warrants (Cdn$40 million)
Silverstone Resources Corp.
Acquisition by Silver Wheaton Corp. (Cdn$210 million)
Ur-Energy Inc.
Listing on NYSE Amex Equities
Ithaca Energy Inc.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$75 million)
Talisman Energy Inc.
Tender offer for RSX Energy Inc. (Cdn$100 million)
Mineral Deposits Limited
Offering of common shares (Cdn$50 million)
Tyler Resources, Inc.
Defense of hostile tender offer by Mercator Minerals Ltd.
Tender offer by Jinchuan Group Ltd. (Cdn$225 million)
Northern Orion Resources Inc.
Business Combination with Yamana Gold Inc. and Meridian Gold Inc. (Cdn$8.1 billion)
Aur Resources Inc.
Tender Offer by Teck Cominco Ltd. (Cdn$4.0 billion)
Fronteer Gold Inc.
Listing on Amex Equities Inc.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$65 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$38 million)
Aurora Energy Resources Inc.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$115 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$40 million)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$25 million)
Oilsands Quest Inc.
Merger with CanWest Petroleum Corporation (Cdn$1.3 billion)
Offering of common shares (Cdn$38 million)
Strategic Resource Acquisition Corporation
Offering of units (Cdn$120 million)
Offering of convertible notes (Cdn$10 million)
Sprott Molybdenum Participation Corporation
Offering of units (Cdn$180 million)
Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.
Offering of units and warrants (Cdn$60 million)
Merger with Queenstake Ltd. (Cdn$180 million)
Offering of subscription receipts (Cdn$70 million)
Turnkey E&P Inc.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$125 million)
Underwriters Representations:
Dahlman Rose & Company
Offering of common shares for Goldgroup Mining Inc. (Cdn$40 million)
U.S. public offering of common shares for U.S. Gold Corporation (US$50 million)
U.S. public offering for Vista Gold Corporation (US$20 million)
Advice regarding federal and state broker-dealer compliance matters
GMP Securities L.P.
Offering of common shares and subscription receipts for Whitecap Resources Inc. (Cdn$40 million and Cdn$140 million, respectively)
Offering of common shares for Crocotta Energy Inc. (Cdn$40 million)
Offering of common shares for Renegade Petroleum Ltd. (Cdn$45 million)
Offering of common shares, units and subscription receipts for Legacy Oil & Gas Inc. (Cdn$140 million, Cdn$110 million and Cdn$240 million, respectively)
Offering of special warrants for Skope Energy Inc. (Cdn$75 million)
Offering of subscription receipts for Black Marlin Energy Ltd. (Cdn$30 million)
Canaccord Genuity Corp.
Offering of common shares for North Country Gold Corp. (Cdn$25 million)
Offerings of common shares for Pure Technologies Ltd. (Cdn$20 million and Cdn$35 million, respectively)
Offering of subscription receipts for Grupo Agapov Corp (US$35 million)
Offering of common shares for Alberta Oil Sands Inc. (Cdn$16 million)
Cormark Securities Inc.
Offering of common shares for Antrim Energy Inc. (Cdn$50 million)
U.S. public offering of common shares for Vista Gold Corp. (US$32 million)
Advice regarding federal and state broker-dealer compliance matters
Dundee Securities Corp.
Offering of common shares for San Gold Corporation (Cdn$80 million)
Haywood Securities Inc.
U.S. At-The-Market Offering for Uranerz Energy Corp. (US$20 million)
Offering of subscription receipts for Arcan Resources Ltd. (Cdn$65 million)
Raymond James Ltd.
Offering of common shares for Westfire Energy Ltd. (Cdn$40 million)
Offering of common shares and subscription receipts for GasFrac Energy Services Inc. (Cdn$95 million and Cdn$65 million, respectively)
Wellington West Capital Markets Inc.
Offering of subscription receipts for Iona Energy Company Ltd. (Cdn$70 million)
Advice regarding federal and state broker-dealer compliance matters
Offering of common shares for Sterling Resources Ltd. (Cdn$90 million)
Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
Offering of common shares for TransGlobe Energy Corporation (Cdn$75 million)
Offering of common shares for Crew Energy Inc. (Cdn$100 million)
National Bank Financial Inc.
Offering of units for Lupaka Gold Corp. (Cdn$20 million)
Other:
The Westaim Corporation
Offering of subscription receipts (Cdn$275 million)
Sprott Inc.
Offering of common shares (Cdn$200 million)
Elephant & Castle Group Inc.
Acquisition by Repechage Investments Limited (Cdn$30 million)
Publications
Mentioned, "Canadian Big Deals," American Lawyer, June 2011