 Bennett Jones Education University of Waterloo, BASc (Civil Engineering), 2016, Dean's List Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2019 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2020 Overview Pardeep Brar has a general corporate commercial law practice with a focus on commercial transactions, corporate finance and corporate governance. His transactional experience includes domestic and cross-border public and private corporate finance transactions representing issuers and underwriters as well as merger and acquisitions transactions. He also advises public issuers on general corporate and securities law matters including stock exchange listings, continuous disclosure obligations and other regulatory compliance issues. Pardeep acts for clients in a wide range of sectors, including mining and technology. Before becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, Pardeep summered and articled with the firm. Mandates Folder • Blue Ant Media in its go-public transaction by way of reverse takeover of Boat Rocker Media • Canaccord Genuity, as sole agent and bookrunner, in its brokered private placement of units of NTG Clarity Networks • Adventus Mining Corporation in its C$200-million acquisition by Silvercorp Metals by way of plan of arrangement • SolGold PLC in entering into a US$750-million syndicated gold stream agreement with Franco-Nevada Corporation and Osisko Bermuda Limited. • Cantor Fitzgerald, as lead underwriter, in its underwritten public offering of units of Lion One Metals Limited for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $12-million. • Eight Capital in its brokered private placement of units and flow-through units of Bonterra Resources Inc. for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $8.5-million. • Amaroq Minerals Ltd. in its approximately $75-million of net proceeds brokered and non-brokered private placements of common shares. • Amaroq Minerals Ltd. in its US$50.9-million senior secured package debt financing consisting of convertible notes and revolving credit facilities. • Haywood Securities Inc., as the lead agent and sole bookrunner in connection with the initial public offering of Pulsar Helium Inc. • TELUS, on its cross-border matter IT acquisition of Fully Managed Inc. • Haywood Securities Inc., as the lead agent and sole bookrunner in connection with the $12.5-million private placement of special warrants of Total Helium Ltd. • Acted as counsel to Canaccord Genuity Corp., on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, in connection with a bought deal public offering of units of Marathon Gold Corporation, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$150 million. • The underwriters of Ivanhoe Electric Inc. led by BMO Capital Markets and Jefferies Securities Inc. in Ivanhoe's US$169 million cross-border initial public offering • Adventus Mining Corporation in its US$235 million project financing package with Wheaton Precious Metals and Trafigura Pte Ltd., including precious metals stream, senior debt and offtake financing following completion of Adventus' joint venture with Salazar Resources Inc. • The agents and underwriters of Electra Battery Metals including BMO Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets and Cantor Fitzgerald Canada in a series of equity and convertible debt financings, including "at-the-market" public offerings. • Britannia Bud Canada Holdings Inc. in its reverse take-over of RISE Life Science Corp. and concurrent financing, 2021. |