Yohanna Laurensia

Associate

 laurensiay@bennettjones.com
Education
University of Toronto, BA, 2013
Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2019
Schulich School of Business, MBA, 2019
Bar Admissions
Ontario, 2020
Overview

Yohanna has a corporate and securities law practice focusing on M&A, corporate finance (equity and debt) and private equity transactions. She also provides advice on corporate governance, continuous disclosure obligations and general corporate and securities regulatory matters.

Yohanna has assisted clients across a broad range of industries with a variety of transactions, including public and private M&A, initial public offerings, follow-on public offerings, private placements and stock exchange listings. 

In addition, Yohanna has expertise in global metals and mining and has acted on some of the firm's most complex M&A, joint venture and financing transactions.

Yohanna was called to the Ontario Bar in 2020 and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. She holds a joint JD/MBA from Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business, respectively, and is fluent in Mandarin. 

Before becoming an associate at Bennett Jones, Yohanna articled with the firm.

Experience
•  Osisko Development in its US$650-million debt and equity financing package to support the development and construction of its Cariboo Gold Project
•  Asante Gold in its US$500-million financing package, including a C$237-million bought deal private placement of subscription receipts and the restructuring of approximately US$175 million of deferred consideration associated with the purchase of the Chirano mine
•  Summit Royalty in its "go public" transaction by way of reverse take-over of Eagle Royalties
•  Summit Royalty in the US$9.9-million purchase of a royalty on the producing Madsen Project from a fund managed by Sprott Resource Lending 
•  Summit Royalty in its acquisition of a portfolio of cash flowing royalties and stream from IAMGOLD Corporation for US$17.5 million
•  Blue Ant Media in its go-public transaction by way of reverse takeover of Boat Rocker Media
•  Haywood Securities, as lead underwriter, in its underwritten bought deal private placement offering of units of First Nordic Metals for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$11.5-million
•  Osisko Metals in its C$107.4-million "bought deal" brokered private placement of flow-through and hard units
•  Osisko Development in its US$57.5-million brokered private placement of units
•  Dore Copper Mining in its sale to Cygnus Metals by way of plan of arrangement
•  Adventus Mining Corporation in its C$200-million acquisition by Silvercorp Metals by way of plan of arrangement
•  Osisko Mining in its approximately C$2-billion sale to Gold Fields.
•  Park Lawn Corporation, a funeral, cremation and cemetery provider, in its C$1.2-billion going private transaction involving Viridian Acquisition.
•  Enablence Technologies Inc. in its debt financing package with Pinnacle Island LP, which included a $4.3-million secured non-revolving term loan and an $11-million amendment.
 
•  Arizona Sonoran Copper Company in its C$30-million bought deal public offering of common shares
•  Spark Power Group Inc. in connection with its acquisition by an affiliate of American Pacific Group by way of Court-approved plan of arrangement.
•  Osisko Mining Inc. on its earn-in and joint venture on certain mineral properties held by Bonterra Resources Inc. in Quebec's Eeyou Istchee James Bay region.
•  O3 Mining Inc. and Osisko Development Corp., in the spin-out transaction resulting in the formation of a new venture, Electric Elements Mining Corp., and its subsequent seed round equity financing.
•  O3 Mining Inc. in its $18.5-million non-brokered private placement of common and flow-through shares.
•  Premium Nickel Resources in its reverse take-over and concurrent $10.1-million offering of subscription receipts to form a newly listed entity 
•  i-80 Gold Corp. in its approximately C$60-million acquisition of Paycore Minerals Inc. Paycore owns the FAD Property that is host to the high-grade FAD deposit adjoining i-80's Ruby Hill Property in Nevada.
•  Magna Mining Inc. in its $16-million acquisition of Lonmin Canada Inc., including the Denison Project and the past producing Crean Hill Ni-Cu-PGE mine.
•  Osisko Mining Inc. in its 50-50 joint venture with Gold Fields Limited for the joint ownership and development of Osisko’s Windfall gold project, located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Urban Township, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Québec.
•  Acquisition of IBI Group Inc. by Arcadis NV for $873 million via a plan of arrangement.
•  Osisko Metals Incorporated in its joint venture transaction with Appian Natural Resources Fund III LP,  in which Appian acquired a 60% interest in Pine Point Project for approximately $100-million.
•  MustGrow Biologics Corp., in its non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $7.1-million.
•  Harvest Health & Recreation Inc., in the US $2.1-billion sale of all of its issued and outstanding shares to Trulieve Cannabis Corp. by way of a court approved statutory plan of arrangement.
•  Osisko Green Acquisition Ltd. in its $250-million SPAC IPO. Osisko Green intends to make acquisitions in green energy companies to supplement the related mining business of Osisko Mining and Osisko Gold Royalties.
•  Noront Resources Ltd., in its approximately $9.7-million private placement of an aggregate of 34,403,748 common shares.
•  Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (Osisko Royalties) in connection with the "spin-out" of its mining assets and certain marketable securities to form "Osisko Development Corp." (Osisko Development), a newly-listed issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange, by way of a "reverse takeover" of Barolo Ventures Corp., and concurrent private placements of subscription receipts and flow-through shares for aggregate gross proceeds of over $250 million, and an implied market capitalization of approximately $1 billion.  
•  The Watermill Group, in its acquisition of Weston Forest Products Inc., a leading distributor and remanufacturer of softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty panel products across North America.