Our Team

Victoria has recently been involved in representing

• Syndicate of underwriters in Partners REIT public offerings of units and debentures
• Viterra Inc. in its 2011 C$200 million public offering of senior notes
• Scotiabank in its acquisition of WaterStreet Group
• Brookfield Asset Management
• in its 2010 C$250 million offering of preference shares
• and related companies, as creditor, DIP lender and purchaser in the CCAA and Chapter 15 proceedings of Fraser Papers and its affiliates
• the underwriting syndicate in RioCan REIT's public offerings of debentures, units and preferred units
• the underwriting syndicate in Retrocom Mid-Market REIT's public offering of units
• the underwriting syndicate in Dundee REIT's public offering of units
• Connors Bros. Income Fund in the sale of its business to an affiliate of Centre Partners
• a subsidiary of Persistence Capital Partners LP, a private equity fund managed by the Elman family, in its takeover bid for Medisys Health Group Income Fund, a leading Canadian provider of healthcare services to corporations, medical imaging services and health-related underwriting support services to insurance companies
• Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
• in its 2010 C$275 million offering of senior notes
• in its 2010 US$200 million offering of subordinate voting shares
• in its 2008 purchase of Ridley's C$81 million common shares
• in its 2008 purchase of Mega Brands’ C$64 million senior unsecured convertible debentures
• in its privatization of Cunningham Lindsey Group, a leading global provider of independent insurance claims services, and the subsequent sale of a 51% interest in Cunningham Lindsey's operating businesses to private equity funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC
• Custom Direct Income Fund in the C$199 million sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Custom Direct Canada Inc. to a fund managed by EdgeStone Capital Partners
• ACS Media Income Fund in the C$188 million sale of its wholly owned subsidiary ACS Media Canada to Pendo Acquisition ULC
• Bell Globemedia in its C$1.7 billion takeover bid for CHUM
• Viventia Biotech in its going-private transaction and related amalgamation
• Micro Target Media, a global leader in portable outdoor advertising, in a private placement with a private equity fund managed by Genuity Capital Partners
• Triversity, the leading North American provider of point-of-sale software solutions, in its acquisition by German enterprise software giant SAP AG
• DWL, a leading provider of customer data integration software, in its acquisition by IBM
• Park Avenue Investment in its initial public offering on the TSX Venture Exchange
• FB Funding Company, a Canadian subsidiary of Fortis Bank SA/NV, a leading Benelux financial services provider and one of Europe’s biggest financial institutions, in connection with the C$500 million commercial paper program
• Pizza Pizza Royalty LP on its C$21 million senior secured credit facilities from Bank of Montreal in connection with the C$168 million initial public offering of Pizza Pizza Royalty Income Fund
• Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, a Canadian publicly traded agribusiness and the largest grain handler and marketer in Saskatchewan, in its
• public offerings and a private placement of subscription receipts in the aggregate of C$920 million
• C$250 million asset-based operating facility from a syndicate led by GE Capital and C$100 million senior secured term offering of notes
• issuers in private placements in the life sciences industry
• Connors Bros. Income Fund in its US$385 million cross-border acquisition of Bumble Bee Seafoods

Before joining Torys, Victoria taught linguistics and English as a foreign language in Israel. During her articles, Victoria was seconded to Ontario Power Generation’s law division, where she worked on various corporate and commercial matters.

Victoria is fluent in Russian and Hebrew.