Edmond has a diverse corporate and securities law practice, with a particular focus on merger and acquisition transactions, corporate finance, investment management, and corporate governance matters.
Edmond assists private and public companies in:
- Asset and share purchases;
- Corporate governance;
- Private placements;
- Initial public offerings;
- Amalgamations; and
- Business structuring and reorganizations.
He works with clients in cryptocurrency, technology, mining and investment funds.
Edmond worked as a GST/HST auditor at the Canada Revenue Agency and participated in the University of British Columbia’s Business Law Clinic prior to joining BLG.
Experience
- Regularly advises on all issues related to the formation, organization and ongoing operations of retail mutual funds, pooled funds, private equity funds and other investment funds in Canada.
- Payfare Inc., a leading international Earned Wage Access company, in its $201.5 million sale to Fiserv, Inc.
- Pan American Silver Corp. in its US$4.8 billion acquisition of Yamana Gold Inc.
- CIBC Capital Markets and other underwriters for Cameco Corporation’s US$747.6 million bought deal offering of 34,057,250 common shares.
- Finning International Inc. in its senior unsecured note offering of $425 million.
- The New York Times Company in its US$550 million acquisition of The Athletic.
- FT Synthetics Inc. in its sale to GAF, an affiliate of Standard Industries Inc.
- PI Financial Corp. and other agents of Vizsla Silver Corp's $45 million common share private placement offering.
- Central 1 Credit Union in connection with private debt offerings raising an aggregate of $700 million in 2023.
- Canaccord Genuity Corp. and other agents in a brokered private placement of subscription receipts of IsoEnergy Ltd. for gross proceeds of $36.6 million, in connection with IsoEnergy Ltd.'s merger with Consolidated Uranium Inc.
- National Bank Financial Inc. and other underwriters in a bought deal prospectus offering of common shares of Liberty Gold Corp. for gross proceeds of $30 million.
- Sedna Wind Technologies in connection with its wholly owned subsidiary Sabik Offshore's acquisition of Weissenborn in Denmark.
- School District No. 23 in connection with the George Pringle Secondary School Project (Design-Build, in procurement).
- Regularly advises on all issues related to the formation, organization and ongoing operations of retail mutual funds, pooled funds, private equity funds and other investment funds in Canada.
- Payfare Inc., a leading international Earned Wage Access company, in its $201.5 million sale to Fiserv, Inc.
- Pan American Silver Corp. in its US$4.8 billion acquisition of Yamana Gold Inc.
- CIBC Capital Markets and other underwriters for Cameco Corporation’s US$747.6 million bought deal offering of 34,057,250 common shares.
- Finning International Inc. in its senior unsecured note offering of $425 million.
- The New York Times Company in its US$550 million acquisition of The Athletic.
- FT Synthetics Inc. in its sale to GAF, an affiliate of Standard Industries Inc.
- PI Financial Corp. and other agents of Vizsla Silver Corp's $45 million common share private placement offering.
- Central 1 Credit Union in connection with private debt offerings raising an aggregate of $700 million in 2023.
- Canaccord Genuity Corp. and other agents in a brokered private placement of subscription receipts of IsoEnergy Ltd. for gross proceeds of $36.6 million, in connection with IsoEnergy Ltd.'s merger with Consolidated Uranium Inc.
- National Bank Financial Inc. and other underwriters in a bought deal prospectus offering of common shares of Liberty Gold Corp. for gross proceeds of $30 million.
- Sedna Wind Technologies in connection with its wholly owned subsidiary Sabik Offshore's acquisition of Weissenborn in Denmark.
- School District No. 23 in connection with the George Pringle Secondary School Project (Design-Build, in procurement).
