Montreal Port Authority: Acted as legal advisor to Montreal Port Authority in connection with the offering of CA$150,000,000 Senior Unsecured Debentures.Northlane Capital Partners: Advising on its acquisition of Smart Wave Technologies Corp., a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative electronic and electromechanical systems for a broad range of end markets.Capcium Inc.: Advising on its equity and loan financing in connection with the construction of a new encapsulation facility.Boralex Inc.: Advising on its CA$172.5 million bought-deal public offering of subscription receipts for its acquisition of CA$238.5 million economic interest in the 230MW Niagara Region Wind Farm.BDC Capital, IT Venture Fund: Advising in connection with the Convertible Note financing of Hopper Inc. together with other major Canadian and US venture funds. Hopper provides insightful, data-driven research to help travelers make better decisions about where to go and when to fly and buy. Hopper is backed by Brightspark, Accomplice and OMERS Ventures.Perspecsys Inc.: Advising in connection with the cross-border acquisition of Perspecsys, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud data protection solutions, by Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a market leader in enterprise security, providing on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based solutions for protecting web connectivity, combating advances threats, and responding to security breaches.August Capital: Advising in connection with its investment in Quandl. August Capital invests in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. It manages US$1.3 billion and has invested in more than 75 companies across the technology spectrum.eQube Technology and Software Inc.: Advising in connection with a capital pool transaction (CPC) whereby eQube acquired Triox Limited by way of reverse takeover.Knight Therapeutics Inc.: Advising this leading Canadian specialty pharmaceutical company in connection with its investment in Ember Therapeutics, Inc. a privately held, New York-based biotechnology company.Confidential client: Advising this leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services on its US$2.6 billion going private transaction by way of plan of arrangement and business combination with the pharmaceutical products business of Koninklijke DSM N.V.BDC Capital, IT Venture Fund: Advising in connection with the Series B funding round of Might Cast, Inc., a wearable technology developer.DragonWave Inc.: Advising on its acquisition of Nokia Siemens Networks’ microwave transport business, including its associated operational support system and related support functions, and new credit facilities from Comerica Bank and EDC to support the acquisition and working capital requirements in the amount of up to US$60 million.Bridgewater Systems Corporation: Advising on its CA$211 million acquisition by Amdocs Limited by way of plan of arrangement.August Capital: Advising in connection with the Series C funding around of WP Technology Inc. August Capital invests in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. It manages US$1.3 billion and has invested in more than 75 companies across the technology spectrum.BDC Capital, IT Venture Fund: Advising in connection with the Series A funding round of Mighty Cast, Inc. a wearable technology developer.Patheon Inc.: Advising on its US$255 million acquisition of Banner Pharmacaps and US$30 million rights offering of restricted voting shares. Patheon is the leading provider of contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry.Knight Therapeutics Inc.: Advising on the US$30 million senior secured credit facility it provided to CRH Medical Corporation to finance CRH’s acquisition of the business, Gastroenterology Anesthesia Associates, LLC.Boralex Inc.: Advising on its CA$143.75 million bought-deal offering of 4.5% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.Boralex Inc.: Acting as Canadian counsel on its acquisition of Enel Green Power France for total net consideration of $400 million (€280 million), making Boralex the largest independent wind power producer in France.Boralex Inc: Advising on its CA$124 million bought-deal offering of common shares.Boralex Inc.: Advising on its CA$226.5 million successful take-over bid for Boralex Power Income Fund.Boralex Inc.: Advising on its CA109.25 million bought-deal offering of 6.75% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.Stantec Inc.: Advising on its acquisition of the North American assets of Dessau Inc. and its affiliates.LKQ Corporation: Advising as Canadian counsel on the amendment to its senior secured credit facility that increased the aggregate amount available to US$1.8 billion, as well as its US$600 million bond issuance. LKQ Corporation is a leading provider of alternate vehicle collision replacement products and recycled transmissions and remanufactured engines with operations in the US, the UK, the Benelux, France, Canada, Mexico and Central America. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acted as administrative agent for the credit facility, which is structured as a US$1.35 billion revolving loan and US$450 million term loan availability. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, RBS, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities acted as joint book-running managers and the co-managers of the public debt (bond) offering of US$600 million aggregate principal amount of 4.75% senior notes, due in 2023.Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines: Advising on its CA$4.9 billion acquisition by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited: Counseling on its US$250 million secured revolving credit facility.Bell Canada: Advising on its offering of debentures in an amount of CA$1 billion.Lafarge S.A.: Acting as Canadian counsel on its international rights offering and private placement in an amount of €1.453 billion.Yellow Page Group: Advising on its US$35 million cross-border equity investment by its subsidiary Trader Corporation in Vermont-based Dealer Dot Com, a leading provider of online marketing solutions.ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.: Advising on its secondary offering of units of Aeroplan Income Fund in an amount of CA$357 million.ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.: Advising on its substantial issuer bid, by way of "modified Dutch auction", in an amount of CA$1.5 billion.
Mentioned in "Tea and sympathy - and an afternoon of fun," Article by Susan Schwartz, The Montreal Gazette, June 20, 2011 regarding Giancarlo’s role as co-chair of a major fundraiser for the Jewish General Hospital.
Community Involvement and Pro Bono Trustee, Jewish General Hospital Member, Jewish General Hospital Foundation