Our Team

Lexpert's Special Law Inserts appearing in The Globe and Mail's Report on Business Magazine 2011—Most frequently recommended lawyer in corporate commercial, and corporate finance and securities

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in capital markets

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2009, 2010 and 2011—Most frequently recommended practitioner in corporate commercial law, corporate finance and securities, income funds and M&A

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in corporate/M&A

Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in corporate commercial law, corporate finance and securities, and in M&A

Lexpert's Cross-Border Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2009 and 2010—Leading cross-border practitioner in corporate finance and securities and M&A

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012—Leading lawyer in corporate, M&A and securities

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 and 2010—Leading lawyer in capital markets: debt and equity; recommended in corporate/M&A

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2008, 2009 and 2010—Leading lawyer in capital markets

Legal Media Group/Euromoney's IFLR1000 The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2008 and 2009—Leading lawyer in capital markets

Real Time News' LawDay 2009—Leading lawyer in corporate law

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2008—Most frequently recommended practitioner in corporate/commercial law, corporate finance and in M&A

Thomson/Carswell's Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2008—M&A

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2007—Leading lawyer in equity capital markets; recommended in corporate/M&A

Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers 2006—Leading Canadian lawyer

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Guide to the Top 100 Industry Specialists in Canada 2006—Leading lawyer in corporate finance

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada 2006—Leading lawyer in corporate, corporate finance and M&A

Jamie has recently represented

• WiLan in its attempted acquisition of MOSAID Technologies
• CIBC World Markets Inc., Canacord Genuity Corp., and a syndicate of underwriters in the C$113.5 million offering of preferred shares of Canacord Financial Inc.
• TD Securities Inc. and the underwriters in Primary Corp.'s C$75 million offering of units
• Niocan in connection with two unsolicited takeover offers and its subsequent private placement financing
• CIBC World Markets, RBC Dominion Securities and a syndicate of underwriters in the C$300 million offering of common shares and C$45 million over-allotment option by Whistler Blackcomb Holdings
• Clarus Securities, CIBC World Markets and a syndicate of underwriters in the C$61.4 million offering of common shares by GWR Global Water Resources Corp.
• Quad/Graphics in its C$1.3 billion acquisition of Worldcolor Press
• Bumble Bee Foods and Centre Partners in the sale of Bumble Bee Foods to an affiliate of Lion Capital
• Board of Directors of Northstar Healthcare in its refinancing and reorganization with Healthcare Venture
• CIBC in its acquisition of CIT Financial's interest in CIT Business Credit Canada
• Scotia Capital, BMO Capital Markets and a syndicate of underwriters in the C$90 million offering of convertible debentures by Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund
• Pallinghurst Resources in the C$100 million convertible debenture and C$250 million equity financing of Platmin Limited
• E. I. du Pont Canada Company in its acquisition of manufacturing assets from INVISTA (Canada) Company
• Primary Energy Recycling Corporation in its US$105 million refinancing and rights offering
• Pallinghurst Resources in its US$175 million private investment to acquire a controlling interest in Platmin
• Connors Bros. Income Fund in the sale of its business to an affiliate of Centre Partners
• The Board of Trustees of Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund in its strategic review process
• Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in its successful unsolicited takeover bid offer for Agricore United
• Alinda Infrastructure Fund in its acquisition of UE Waterheater Income Fund
• Canada Cartage Diversified Income Fund in its sale to Nautic Partners
• Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund in its sale of Great Lakes Carbon USA to Rain Commodities (USA)
• the independent directors of Primary Energy Recycling Corporation in the US$380 million sale of Primary Energy Ventures to Epcor Power by American Securities Capital Partners
• the trustees of Second Cup Royalty Income Fund in the acquisition of Second Cup by Gabriel Tsampalieros (Second Cup chairman and former Cara Operations CEO) through Dinecorp Hospitality from Cara Operations
• Canada Cartage Diversified Income Fund in its acquisition of Direct Integrated Transportation and its initial public offering of C$118 million of trust units
• TD Securities and the underwriters of the initial public offering of C$68 million of trust units by Impax Energy Services Income Trust
• the special committee of the board of directors of Adastra Minerals in its response to the unsolicited offer by First Quantum Minerals
• PBB Global Logistics Income Fund
  • defending against the hostile takeover bid made by Livingston International Income Fund
  • in its initial public offering and secondary offerings and in its acquisition of Clarke Logistics
• Royster-Clark
  • in its C$325 million initial public offering of income deposit securities in Canada
  • defending against the hostile takeover bid made by Agrium
• New Flyer Industries in its C$200 million initial public offering of income deposit securities
• Primary Energy Recycling Corporation in its C$310 million initial public offering of enhanced income securities, notes placement and credit facility
• Pizza Pizza Royalty Income Fund in its C$168.3 million initial public offering
• Norcast Income Fund in its C$77 million initial public offering of units
• Connors Bros. Income Fund
  • in its 2005 C$115 million offering
  • in its 2004 C$93.4 million offering
  • in its 2004 US$385 million cross-border acquisition of Bumble Bee Seafoods
• Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund
  • in its C$178 million offering of trust units
  • in its C$203 million initial public offering of income fund units
• RBC Dominion Securities in connection with the underwriting of Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund’s C$195 million initial public offering
• Volume Services of America in its cross-border offering of income deposit receipts
• CIBC World Markets
  • with TD Securities in the C$415 million initial public offering of UE Waterheater Income Fund; in the fund’s C$400 million senior secured note offering; and in the fund’s bought deal subscription receipt offering in connection with its C$135 million acquisition of Protectron
  • in the creation of Shoppers Drug Mart’s medium term note program and in Shoppers’ initial public offering and secondary offerings of common shares aggregating over C$2.1 billion
  • in the C$155 million initial public offering of Connors Bros. Income Fund
  • in the C$99.8 million initial public offering of Royal LePage Franchise Services Fund
  • in the C$130 million initial public offering of Chemtrade Logistics and in a follow-on offering of income funds units and convertible debentures by Chemtrade Logistics
  • in the C$260 million initial public offering of Noranda Income Fund
• the underwriters, led by TD Securities and Scotia Capital, in Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund’s C$155 million offering of units
• the Independent Committee of H&R REIT with respect to amendments to property management arrangements and the acquisition of realty interests from related parties
• GT Group Telecom in its CCAA restructuring and sale to 360 Networks
• Scotia Capital in connection with secondary and treasury offerings of units of Calpine Power Income Fund
• Davis + Henderson in its initial public offering and secondary offering aggregating approximately C$400 million