Deepak has extensive experience advising public and private companies, financial institutions and private equity groups on corporate and securities law issues.
As a trusted advisor, Deepak assists clients with all legal aspects of their business, including corporate governance, strategic corporate development, complex agreements, capital market regulatory compliance, continuous disclosure obligations, initial public offerings and stock exchange listings. His transactional experience includes domestic and international public and private company financings, joint venture arrangements, takeover bids, statutory plans of arrangement, asset purchases, and sales and corporate reorganizations.
Deepak has worked with clients in a broad range of industries, including mining, renewable energy, power, technology, transportation, media, retail, telecommunications, hospitality, and financial services. In addition, he often advises foreign enterprises with respect to entry-to Canada matters. Deepak has also acted for senior levels of government and Crown corporations with respect to procurement matters and on the design and implementation of corporate resource management solutions.
Experience
Acted for:
- A syndicate of agents in respect of the establishment of a US$50 million At-the-Market equity program.
- A syndicate of underwriters in respect of a US$22,863,640 bought deal financing of a uranium royalty company.
- A junior mining exploration company in connection with an equity financing and earn-in transaction with an Australian-based lithium producer. As part of the transaction, the producer acquired a 9.9 per cent equity stake in the company, and its subsidiary entered into an earn-in arrangement to acquire up to a 51 per cent interest in a lithium project in Québec by meeting certain spending commitments.
- A major mining company in its US$1.005 billion cash acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in a copper mine from a mining company and its $96 million plan of arrangement on numerous option and joint venture earn-in and strategic alliance transactions.
- A heating technology company in its $378 million acquisition of a geothermal & water source heat pump company.
- Magma Energy Corp. in connection with the acquisition of significant portions of an Icelandic geothermal company and with a $575 million merger with a run-of-river and wind projects company.
- Eldorado Gold Corp. in connection with a $2.5 billion acquisition by way of plan of arrangement.
- Several early to advanced stage technology, agricultural and pharmaceutical companies in connection with various aspects of their corporate development, including formation, implementation of governance structures, shareholder arrangements and raising capital.
- A clean energy company in $3 million private placement with institutional investor.
- An investment dealer in an investment company’s $4.83 million brokered private placement.
- An investment dealer in a mineral exploration and development company’s $5.51 million brokered private placement.
- A syndicate of investment dealers in a mineral exploration company’s US$50 million at-the-market equity program.
- A pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company in US$10 million capital raise led by a venture capital firm.
- A syndicate of investment dealers in a uranium royalty company’s US$40 million at-the-market equity program.
- A technology company in listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange and acquisition of a podcast production company.
- A pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company in US$31.9 million capital raise led by a corporate venture capital firm and exclusive Global Partnership with a science-based company.
- A syndicate of investment dealers in connection with a uranium royalty company’s $25 million bought deal offering.
- A technology company in the listing of its shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
- An exploration and development company in acquisition of a lithium project in Sweden.
- An exploration and development company in $9.2 million private placement offering of special warrants.
- A biotechnology company in $11.5 million bought deal financing.
- A biotechnology company in commencement of trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
- A junior mineral exploration company in brokered private placement.
- A junior mineral exploration company in the listing of its shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
- A syndicate of agents in respect of the establishment of a US$50 million At-the-Market equity program.
- A syndicate of underwriters in respect of a US$22,863,640 bought deal financing of a uranium royalty company.
- A junior mining exploration company in connection with an equity financing and earn-in transaction with an Australian-based lithium producer. As part of the transaction, the producer acquired a 9.9 per cent equity stake in the company, and its subsidiary entered into an earn-in arrangement to acquire up to a 51 per cent interest in a lithium project in Québec by meeting certain spending commitments.
- A major mining company in its US$1.005 billion cash acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in a copper mine from a mining company and its $96 million plan of arrangement on numerous option and joint venture earn-in and strategic alliance transactions.
- A heating technology company in its $378 million acquisition of a geothermal & water source heat pump company.
- Magma Energy Corp. in connection with the acquisition of significant portions of an Icelandic geothermal company and with a $575 million merger with a run-of-river and wind projects company.
- Eldorado Gold Corp. in connection with a $2.5 billion acquisition by way of plan of arrangement.
- Several early to advanced stage technology, agricultural and pharmaceutical companies in connection with various aspects of their corporate development, including formation, implementation of governance structures, shareholder arrangements and raising capital.
- A clean energy company in $3 million private placement with institutional investor.
- An investment dealer in an investment company’s $4.83 million brokered private placement.
- An investment dealer in a mineral exploration and development company’s $5.51 million brokered private placement.
- A syndicate of investment dealers in a mineral exploration company’s US$50 million at-the-market equity program.
- A pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company in US$10 million capital raise led by a venture capital firm.
- A syndicate of investment dealers in a uranium royalty company’s US$40 million at-the-market equity program.
- A technology company in listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange and acquisition of a podcast production company.
- A pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company in US$31.9 million capital raise led by a corporate venture capital firm and exclusive Global Partnership with a science-based company.
- A syndicate of investment dealers in connection with a uranium royalty company’s $25 million bought deal offering.
- A technology company in the listing of its shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
- An exploration and development company in acquisition of a lithium project in Sweden.
- An exploration and development company in $9.2 million private placement offering of special warrants.
- A biotechnology company in $11.5 million bought deal financing.
- A biotechnology company in commencement of trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
- A junior mineral exploration company in brokered private placement.
- A junior mineral exploration company in the listing of its shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange.