Ravi Latour

Partner

Calgary
[email protected]
403.232.9676

Ravi's practice focuses on assisting clients with a broad range of securities and corporate matters. This includes:

  • acting for issuers, underwriters and agents regarding public and private equity and debenture financing
  • representing companies in mergers and acquisitions, including plans of arrangements, amalgamations and share purchase transactions
  • assisting with reorganizing and restructuring corporations, partnerships and other entities

Ravi also advises companies on governance and compliance with corporate and securities regulatory requirements.

He is also a member of the firm's Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) leadership team.

Ravi provides legal services through a Law Corporation.

Experience

  • The Underwriters in connection with Surge Energy Inc.'s bought deal short form prospectus offering of $23 million of charity flow-through shares.
  • Evergen Infrastructure Corp. in connection with its $8 million brokered special warrant financing and $20 million initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange.
  • Sansero Life Sciences Inc. and Rise Wellness in their merger with CannaGlobal to create a new international psychedelic company.
  • John Wood Group PLC in the US $67 million sale of its joint venture interest in TransCanada Turbines to joint venture partner TC Energy.
  • Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, in its indirect share purchase acquisition of the Montana Alberta Tie-Line from Enbridge Inc. for an approximate purchase price of $200M.
  • Strad Inc. in it's $130MM management led going private acquisition of all shares via a plan of arrangement and all aspects of securing debt financing for the arrangement.
  • Trimac in the CDN$80 million purchase of Gibson's oilfield transportation services business.
  • Stone Canyon Industries LLC regarding its purchase, through its subsidiary BWAY Holding Company of Industrial Container Services, LLC with an enterprise value of approximately $1 billion.
  • Birchcliff Energy Ltd. regarding its short-form prospectus offering of $691 million of subscription receipts.
  • Horizon North Logistics Inc. in connection with its $50 million public offering of common shares by way of short-form prospectus.
  • Government of Canada in its $4.5 billion acquisition of the Trans Mountain and Puget Sound Pipelines and related terminals.
  • Agents in connection with $84 million short-form prospectus financing of Blackbird Energy Inc.
  • Trimac Transportation Services Inc. in its $70M acquisition of Gibson Energy's Canadian trucking business.
  • Titan Medical Inc. regarding its overnight marketed equity offerings in 2016 and 2017 by way of prospectus supplement for aggregate proceeds of over $48 million.
  • Kelt Exploration Ltd. regarding its short-form prospectus offering and concurrent private placement of $90 million principal amount of convertible debentures.
  • Strike Group Inc. regarding its restructuring and partnership with TriWest Capital Partners
  • Kelt Exploration Ltd. in its $307 million acquisition of Artek Exploration Inc. by way of plan of arrangement.
  • Crowsnest Acquisition Corp., a capital pool company, in connection with its qualifying transaction by reverse takeover by Distinct Infrastructure Group Inc. (formerly QE2 Acquisition Corp.) in 2014.
  • Underwriters in connection with $25 million short- form prospectus financing of High Arctic Energy Services Inc.
  • Kelt Exploration Ltd. in its $165 million acquisition of a private Canadian oil and gas company with crude oil and natural gas assets located at Valhalla/La Glace.
  • TSX issuer in its $180 million acquisition of eight different business units from a private company
  • Celtic Exploration Ltd. in connection with its $3.2 billion acquisition by ExxonMobil Canada Ltd.

Awards & Recognitions

  • Recognized in the 2024 edition (and since 2022) of Best Lawyers in Canada® (Corporate Law)
  • Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2022) of Lexpert Special Edition: Technology & Health Sciences
  • Recognized in the 2023 and 2022 editions of Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A
  • Recognized as a Leading Lawyer to Watch in the 2022 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Mergers & Acquisitions)
  • Recognized in the 2023 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Corporate Mid-Market, Private Equity)
  • Recognized in 2021 as a Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40

Bar Admission & Education

  • Alberta, 2013
  • LLB, University of Manitoba, 2012
  • BA, University of Winnipeg, 2005