 Bennett Jones Education Western University, BA (Hons., International Relations), 2013 York University, Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2016 Bar Admissions Ontario, 2017 Overview Jessica Thrower's practice focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, financings, and reorganizations. She also maintains a general corporate practice where she assists clients with drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, business structuring, and corporate governance issues. Prior to joining Bennett Jones, Jessica was an associate at a full-service business law firm in Toronto. In 2019, Jessica was on the shortlist for Legal Advisor of the Year at the Women in Finance Awards Canada. Experience • VIVO Cannabis, a TSX-listed cannabis producer, in its $50-million all-equity business combination with MediPharm Labs. • Waterton Global Resource Management in its capacity as controlling shareholder of Paycore Minerals, in Paycore’s acquisition by i-80 Gold. • Waterton Global Resource Management in the US$45-million sale of the FAD Property in Nevada to Paycore Minerals. • Waterton Global Resource Management in the US$206.5-million sale of its portfolio company, Gemfield Resources, owner of the Goldfield District Project, a conventional open-pit, heap leach project in Nevada, to Centerra Gold. • Waterton Global Resource Management in the US$150-million sale of its portfolio company owner of the Ruby Hill Mine in Nevada to i-80 Gold. • MPE Partners and its portfolio company 80/20 LLC, as Canadian counsel, in the acquisition of Les Industries Flexpipe. • Equitable Bank in its acquisition of a majority interest in Concentra Bank at a transaction value of approximately $495 million to become Canada's 7th largest independent Canadian bank by assets. • SolGold plc in its $150-million (£97.6-million) acquisition of Cornerstone Capital Resources by plan of arrangement • Briacell Therapeutics in the spin-out of BriaPro Therapeutics Corp. • Pyxus International in the Canadian aspects of its US$1.2-billion recapitalization under Chapter 11 and infusion of US$400 million of fresh capital. • The Founders in connection with the sale of a majority interest in LiftWerx Solutions to the TowerBrook Delta Fund managed by TowerBrook Capital Partners. • Freed Developments 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. • Seamless Logic Software Limited in its merger with MoneyClip to create Wellfield Technologies, and the listing of Wellfield on the TSX Venture Exchange which was supported by a $20-million financing, bringing the total post-money valuation of Wellfield to >$100-million. |