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Overview

Ted Shoub has a corporate commercial practice and advises private companies on mergers and acquisitions, financings, partnership/shareholder/joint venture agreements, distribution and licensing agreements, corporate governance, corporate reorganizations, general corporate matters, as well as day-to-day commercial matters.

Ted has worked with clients in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, agribusiness, professional services, financial services, construction, cannabis, pharmaceuticals and software. Ted has many years of experience in representing licensed professional services firms, such as professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, lighting design, landscape architecture and accounting, including in M&A transactions, as well as providing advice regarding the professional registration of, and ongoing compliance requirements for, professional firms practicing across Canada.

Ted is co-head of the firm’s Canada - Israel Initiative, focused on advising Israeli companies looking to raise capital in or make investments in Canada or to expand their businesses into Canada, as well as on Canadian companies looking to invest in Israel or to partner with Israeli companies. Ted is one of the founders of "The Maple & Honey Forum" (LinkedIn), which serves as a premier platform for investing and growing businesses interested in leveraging the Canada-Israel relationship.

Prior to joining Bennett Jones, Ted was a partner in another international law firm.

Client Work

Employment Hero Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Humi Holdings, valued at over C$100 million
Acquisition of IBI Group Inc. by Arcadis NV for $873 million via a plan of arrangement.
Teknaform Inc., a manufacturer of PVC edgebanding products, in its sale to a portfolio company of Incline Equity Partners, a Pittsburgh-based private equity fund.
IBI Group Inc. in connection with its bought deal prospectus offering and concurrent private placement of $46 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior unsecured debentures.
Freed Developments Ltd. in its approximately $330-million acquisition of a portfolio of real property assets of including Horseshoe Valley Resort, Deerhurst Resort and some additional lands from Skyline Investments, together with the purchase of the portion of Muskoka Bay Resort it did not already own.
IBI Group Investment Partnership, in connection with its bought deal private placement of 1,200,000 common shares of IBI Group Inc. for total proceeds of $12,000,000.

Recognitions & Awards

The Legal 500 Canada

Recommended, Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Repeatedly Recommended, Corporate Mid-Market

Lexpert Special Edition on Agribusiness & Cannabis

Recognized as one of Canada's leading lawyers in Agribusiness and Cannabis

ILO Client Choice Awards

Recognized as a leading lawyer in Ontario in the area of general corporate law

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • York University, BA (Hons., Political Science), 1992
  • University of Toronto, MA (Political Science), 1993
  • University of British Columbia, LLB, 1998

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2000

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Canadian SPACs and IPOs for Israeli Tech Companies

March 9, 2021
Aaron E. SonshineTed M. ShoubElad Travis
Aaron E. Sonshine, Ted M. Shoub & Elad Travis
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Remote Health Solutions Sales and Investment in Canada and Israel

July 21, 2020
Ted M. ShoubElad Travis
Ted M. Shoub & Elad Travis
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Business Transitions Forum 2016

June 7, 2016
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Ted M. Shoub