Our Team

• Manulife Financial on various financings, acquisitions and ongoing corporate and securities work, including its
• demutualization and associated cross-border C$2.5 billion initial public offering
• C$18 billion acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services
• C$6.4 billion takeover bid for Canada Life
• offerings of C$4.775 billion of common shares
• offerings of C$1.8 billion of preferred shares
• offering of C$2 billion of innovative trust securities
• offering of C$2.3 billion of senior and subordinated debentures
• offerings of C$3.8 billion of medium term notes
• Scotiabank on its acquisition of WaterStreet Group
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board as the lead investor of a group that includes National Mortgage Guaranty Holdings in the group's acquisition of AIG's Canadian mortgage insurance business
• Thomson Reuters and The Woodbridge Company Limited on various financings, acquisitions and ongoing corporate and securities work, including
• Thomson's US$18 billion acquisition of Reuters
• Thomson's NYSE listing and associated cross-border US$1 billion public offering of common shares 
• the formation of CTVglobemedia (formerly Bell Globemedia) 
• Woodbridge's sale of its interest in the Augusta Newsprint Company
• Woodbridge's acquisition of Jane's Information Group
• Thomson's acquisitions of Lexpert and Gage Learning
• The Woodbridge Company Limited and CTVglobemedia on
  • the acquisition by Woodbridge Company of the leading interest, the acquisition by other investors and the recapitalization of CTVglobemedia
  • the acquisition of its interest in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
• The Globe and Mail, Square Victoria Communications Group and Torstar on the acquisition of the Canadian Press
• Centre Partners Management on the sale of Bumble Bee Foods to Lion Capital
• Birch Hill Equity Partners on a number of private equity investments and divestitures
• Cameco and Centerra Gold in Centerra Gold’s initial public offering
• Colgate-Palmolive on the sale of its Canadian bleach division to Clorox
• Greenhill &. Co. on its acquisition of Beaufort Partners
• 724 Solutions in its going private transaction with Austin Ventures

David works on a pro bono basis with Right To Play International and Bay Street Sports, the organizer of the Bay Street Hoops basketball tournament. David also worked on a pro bono basis on the formation and launch of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.