 Bennett Jones Gordon N. CameronPrincipal, Head of New York Office New York - United States camerong@bennettjones.com Education University of British Columbia, BA, 1995 University of Alberta, LLB, 1999 Bar Admissions British Columbia, 2000 New York, 2004 Gordon Cameron practises Canadian law in New York and has recognized expertise in leading cross-border transactions. With his deep ties to the New York business and legal community, he creates value for US and international clients doing business in Canada. Gordon does this by providing legal advice tailored for international clients and bringing the right experts to the table at the right time, ensuring international clients receive a seamless experience when doing business in Canada. Overview Gordon’s practice is focused primarily in the areas of Canadian corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate finance (including public offerings and private placements) and other cross-border matters. With a passion and commitment to his clients’ success, entrepreneurial and practical, he acts for a broad range of businesses, from newly formed investment companies and issuers, to large institutional issuers, banks, private equity and hedge funds. Gordon is a member of the American Bar Association, International Bar Association, the American Foreign Law Association and the Law Society of British Columbia. He is a director of the Canadian Association of New York. Private Equity • Francisco Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its take-private restructuring of Movella • J.S. Held, a global consulting firm and Kelso & Company portfolio company, on multiple Canadian acquisitions including Technorm (based in Quebec) and ADS Forensics (based in Ontario) • Recognize Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Blue Mantis and its subsidiaries in the US, Canada, and India, from ABRY Partners • Lineage Logistics, an international refrigerated warehousing and storage company owned by Bay Grove Capital, on its acquisition of VersaCold Logistics Services, a Canadian refrigerated warehousing company with fully integrated logistics capabilities, from Torquest Partners, The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario and OPTrust. • Storytel Sweden AB, a publicly traded portfolio company of EQT, as Canadian counsel, in its US$135 million acquisition of Audiobooks.com from KKR. • CF Acquisition Corp. VI, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, as Canadian counsel on its business combination with Rumble Inc., a high growth neutral video distribution platform with an international user/subscriber base, valued at an initial enterprise value of US$2.1-billion. • Ronin Equity Partners in the simultaneous acquisitions of QBD and Minus Forty, two leading North American manufacturers of commercial refrigeration equipment, both located in Toronto. • Lee Equity Partners and Twin Point Capital in the acquisition of Alliance Corporation, a distributor of wireless equipment throughout North America, headquartered in Ontario. • Watermill Group, in its acquisition of Weston Forest Products, a leading distributor and remanufacturer of softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty panel products across North America. • Riverstone Holdings LLC, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of International-Matex Tank Terminals from Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation for US$2.67 billion. • Lineage Logistics, owned by Bay Grove Capital, in its acquisition of cold storage company Ontario Refrigerated Services, Inc. • CIP Capital Management LLP, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of People 2.0, Inc. • The purchaser in its acquisition of 100% of the ownership of Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners GP, the entity that owns and operates the passenger terminal at Billy Bishop Airport. • Odyssey Investment Partners, on numerous Canadian acquisitions, including: Protective Industrial Products, Barcodes, Aramsco, Safway Services, Cross Country Pipeline and Integrated Power Systems. • Platinum Equity, LLC, as Canadian counsel, in its US$3.85B acquisition of Husky Injection Molding Systems from Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity.* • Vestar Capital Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Nonni’s Foods LLC.* • Apollo Global Management LLC, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of ADT Corp. for US$6.9B. * • Global Jet Capital, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of the aircraft lease and loan portfolio of GE Capital Corporate Aircraft in the Americas representing approximately US$2.5B of net assets.* • Apollo Global Management, as Canadian counsel, in its US$1B acquisition of OMG Group, Inc.* • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., as Canadian counsel, in its US$1.1B acquisition of Internet Brands from Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity.* • *Experience prior to Bennett Jones. Capital Markets • Canadian counsel to Geller & Company, on the sale of its multi-family office business to Corient Private Wealth, one of the fastest-growing national wealth advisors in the U.S. • Jefferies LLC, as sole book-running manager, with respect to an underwritten public offering of approximately US$40-million of common shares of Essa Pharma Inc. • Jefferies LLC, as agent, in its open market sale agreement with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation with respect to an at-the-market offering of up to US$50-million of common shares. • Jefferies LLC, as agent, in its open market sale agreement with Essa Pharma Inc. with respect to an at-the-market offering of up to US$35-million of common shares. • Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith in cross-border offerings by Catamaran Corporation of US$500M senior notes and by HudBay Minerals Inc. of US$500M senior notes.* • Barclays Capital, the lead initial purchaser of C$700M of senior notes from Nova Chemicals Corporation.* • Certain shareholders of Bedrocan Canada, in the Canopy Growth / Bedrocan merger, one of the first public M&A transactions in the Canadian cannabis industry.* • *Experience prior to Bennett Jones. |