 Bennett Jones Education Schulich School of Business, York University, BBA, 2004, with distinction McGill University, BCL, 2007, with great distinction McGill University, LLB, 2007, with great distinction Bar Admissions Ontario, 2008 Overview Andrew Bozzato has a diversified corporate law practice, regularly advising public and private companies and private equity investors on noteworthy domestic and cross-border M&A, capital-raising and other strategic transactions. His work spans a broad range of industries, including financial services, mining, technology, energy and infrastructure, with significant depth of experience in advising on cross-border transactions. Andrew has extensive experience representing clients on a variety of complex M&A and capital markets transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, capital raising transactions, spinoffs, joint ventures and strategic initiatives. Andrew has significant recent experience in advising participants in the investment product and wealth management industries, including broker-dealers, investment advisers, portfolio managers, investment funds and asset managers. His expertise extends to strategic transactions, emerging fintech regulation, and securities compliance and regulatory matters, including notably with respect to the regulation of crypto assets. Andrew has recently advised numerous Canadian and foreign fintech and payments companies and crypto asset trading platforms with respect to securities regulatory matters. Andrew joined the firm after several years at another leading Canadian law firm and after gaining several years of in-house experience, including varied roles—such as advising on asset and wealth management, securities and M&A matters—within the legal department of a Canadian diversified financial institution as well as building and leading the legal function for a renewable power portfolio company of a US-based asset manager. He previously clerked for Justice Pierre Journet of the Superior Court of Québec. Experience • LSI Industries (Nasdaq; LYTS), a vertically integrated commercial indoor and outdoor lighting and display solutions company, in its acquisition of Canada’s Best Store Fixtures, a provider of retail fixtures and custom store design solutions for grocery, quick service restaurant, c-store, banking and specialty retail environments • ActZero, a US-based provider of Managed Detection and Response services, as Canadian counsel, in its sale to WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity • Canadian counsel to Geller & Company, on the sale of its multi-family office business to Corient Private Wealth, a subsidiary of CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX) and one of the fastest-growing national wealth advisors in the US • Canadian legal counsel to Lynx Software Technologies, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, in connection with the acquisition of Core Avionics & Industrial, the leading provider of development tools, software libraries, and deployable software packages that enable safety-critical graphics processing unit (GPU)-based computing, including certified graphics rendering, autonomy, and AI application • Element Fleet Management (TSX: EFN), the largest publicly traded, pure-play automotive fleet manager, in its acquisition of Tel Aviv headquartered Autofleet Systems, a leading provider of end-to-end software platform for optimized, reliable and sustainable transportation services for fleets and mobility operators • Lithium Ionic Corp. (TSXV: LTH), a Canadian mining company exploring and developing lithium properties in Brazil, with respect to a definitive royalty agreement entered into between its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lithium Ionic Bandeira Corp. and an affiliate of Appian Capital Advisory LLP, a leading investment advisor in the metals and mining industry, with global experience across South America, North America, Australia and Africa • Medline Industries and its Canadian subsidiary, Medline Canada, Corporation, a private equity backed global healthcare supplier, equipment manufacturer and distributor, in connection with numerous Canadian acquisitions of varying sizes, including its acquisition of Sinclair Dental, Canada's largest independent, full-service dental supplies and equipment distributor. • Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in agricultural organization and processing and supply chain management, in its acquisition of Prairie Pulse Inc., a privately owned pulse crop cleaning, milling and packaging business in Saskatchewan • 3i Group (LSE: III), a leading international investment manager focused on mid-market infrastructure and private equity, with core investment markets in North America and Europe, and its portfolio company Regional Rail LLC in connection with its Canadian acquisitions and operations, including the acquisition of the Great Sandhills Railway and a portfolio of interests in three other freight rail assets located in western Canada • PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE (PNC), one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Linga, an industry-leading point of sale and payments solutions company providing a platform-as-a-service solution for the hospitality industry, specifically restaurants • A NASDAQ-listed strategic investor with respect to a minority investment in a Quebec-based venture capital-backed technology company. • N. Harris Computer Corporation, a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), in a strategic corporate transaction • Trigon Metals Inc. (TSXV: TM) in connection with its convertible security financing with the Lind Partners, LLC, a New York-based institutional fund manager • PineStone Asset Management, a specialist global equity asset manager, in connection with its strategic partnership and sub-advisory arrangement with Fiera Capital Corporation (TSX: FSZ), a leading independent asset management firm • Hut 8 (TSX: HUT), one of the world's largest publicly traded cryptocurrency mining companies, in the stalking horse acquisition, in partnership with Macquarie Equipment Finance, a subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited, of four natural-gas-fired generating facilities in Ontario from Validus Power Corp., as part of the Validus group’s restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) • Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in its cross-border debt refinancing involving the issuance of US$195,000,000 of 9.000% Senior Secured Second Lien notes. • Numerous Canadian and foreign fintech and payments companies and crypto asset trading platforms with respect to the following matters:
• Redecan, Canada's largest privately-owned licensed producer with leading market shares across multiple categories, on its sale to Hexo Corp., a TSX and NASDAQ listed company, for a purchase price of $925 million payable in cash and shares. • TSXV-listed Superior Gold Inc. in its acquisition by ASX-listed Catalyst Metals Limited by plan of arrangement. • TSX-listed Ascendant Resources in connection with various corporate finance transactions. • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with several strategic joint venture and asset sale transactions and CIBC's acquisition of a portfolio of co-branded credit cards. • A global independent renewable power developer in connection with cross border acquisitions and joint ventures in the US, Chile, Nigeria, India, Mexico, Thailand, South Africa and the Middle East. • The senior secured lenders in connection with the CCAA restructuring and acquisition of assets of the King Street Restaurant Group. • Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation in connection with the negotiation of a proposed joint venture agreement with ArcelorMittal, its defence of an unsolicited take-over bid by Nunavut Iron Ore Acquisition Inc., Baffinland’s negotiation of a supported take-over bid by ArcelorMittal and the ultimately successful C$590M joint bid by Nunavut and ArcelorMittal. • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with numerous issuances under its C$60 billion legislative covered bond programme, including the first negative yield covered bond issuance carried out by a Canadian bank. • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in connection with numerous issuances by CARDS II Trust, a special purpose securitization vehicle that issues asset-backed notes to the public to finance the purchase of credit card receivables originated by CIBC. • Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Canadian counsel, in connection with multiple underwritten at-the-market equity issuances by Royal Gold, Inc. • A media technology company in connection with its Series A to E venture capital funding rounds and subsequently the sale of a majority of its outstanding shares to a private equity buyer. |