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Overview

Elad Travis practices corporate and securities law with particular emphasis on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity and corporate governance matters. Elad represents issuers and institutional investors in a wide range of financing transactions, including IPOs, RTOs, secondary offerings and private placements. Elad also acts for start-up companies in their efforts to raise capital in Canada.

Elad is co-head of the firm’s Canada - Israel Initiative, which advises Israeli companies looking to raise capital or make investments in Canada or to expand their businesses into Canada, as well as Canadian companies looking to invest in Israel or to partner with Israeli companies. Elad 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, when practicing law in Israel, Elad focused on M&A transactions and competition law, representing a diverse set of clients from all areas of industry, in particular telecommunications and media as well as IT, natural resources exploration and pharmaceuticals.

Client Work

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.
Cresco Labs, in its US$207-million acquisition of Bluma Wellness Inc. a vertically integrated operator in Florida.
Acquisition of IBI Group Inc. by Arcadis NV for $873 million via a plan of arrangement.
Israeli medical device company, in its proposed initial public offering on the TSX mainboard, for gross proceeds of approximately $50 million.
Israeli agri-tech company, in its proposed initial public offering on the TSX mainboard, for gross proceeds of approximately $25 million.
IT start-up company, in a Series A US$6 million financing.

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, BA, 2005, Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List
  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LLB, 2010, Magna Cum Laude

Bar Admissions

  • Israel, 2011
  • Ontario, 2018

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Israel and Canada: A Partnership To Build On

August 6, 2024
Elad Travis
Elad Travis
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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