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Overview

Jon Truswell's practice focuses primarily on domestic, cross-border and international mergers and acquisitions, public & private equity and debt financings, reporting issuer compliance, shareholder activism and critical situations, and restructurings and corporate governance.

Jon's principal area of practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, including going private transactions, acting for the acquirer, target and special committees. Jon also has significant corporate finance experience in public and private debt and equity financings in Canada and the U.S. In addition, Jon has experience in corporate reorganizations, restructuring and spin-outs; corporate governance; continuous disclosure; incentive compensation and general commercial transactions.

Jon has been recognized by Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada as a Canadian corporate lawyer to watch, by Lexpert Report on Business Special Edition as a leading Canadian energy lawyer, and by Lexperts Rising Stars Leading Lawyers under 40.

Recently, Jon spent five years as the Chair and 10 years in total as a  member of the Board of Directors of Calgary's Prostate Cancer Centre. Jon is also a former Chair and a member of the Board of Governors of the Lindsay Park Sports Society, a not-for-profit society that manages and operates the MNP Community & Sports Centre (formerly the Repsol Sports Centre) in Calgary, Alberta.

Client Work

The underwriters, led by ATB Securities, National Bank Financial and RBC Capital Markets, on their own behalf and on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, comprised of Canaccord Genuity, Stifel Nicolaus Canada and Acumen Capital Finance Partners, in a bought deal public offering in Canada and private placement in the USA by InPlay Oil of subscription receipts for total gross proceeds of approximately C$32.8 million
NOVA Infrastructure, an infrastructure investment firm, as Canadian counsel, in connection with its take-private acquisition of UGE International, a Canadian publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
Riverstone Pipestone LP and Riverstone V REL CNOR LP, the largest shareholders of Pipestone Energy Corp., in connection with the acquisition by Strathcona Resources Ltd. of all of the outstanding shares of Pipestone pursuant to a plan of arrangement. 
Riverstone Holdings LLC, in its acquisition of all issued and outstanding Class A common shares of Hammerhead Energy Inc. by Crescent Point Energy Corp. by an arrangement agreement for total consideration of approximately $2.55-billion, including approximately $455-million in assumed net debt, consisting of cash and common shares of the Purchaser.
Riverstone Holdings LLC, through its subsidiary Riverstone Pipestone LP, in its investment in the $67.9-million private placement of convertible preferred shares of Pipestone Energy Corp.
Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc. in its US$468-million sale of all partnership interests of Repsol Canada Energy Partnership to Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • University of Alberta, BA, 1993
  • University of Alberta, LLB, 1997
  • Osgoode Hall Law School, LLM, 2003

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 1998

Insights

Redefining Corporate Disclosure of Material ChangeBlog

Redefining Corporate Disclosure of Material Change

October 16, 2024
Jon C. TruswellRaghav Sodhi
Jon C. Truswell & Raghav Sodhi
TSX Provides Guidance on Voting AgreementsBlog

TSX Provides Guidance on Voting Agreements

March 8, 2023
Jon C. TruswellKristopher R. Hanc
Jon C. Truswell & Kristopher R. Hanc
ISS Releases 2021 Climate and Voting Review and Global Trends ReportBlog

ISS Releases 2021 Climate & Voting Review and Global Trends Report

June 8, 2022
Denise D. BrightJon C. TruswellRyan Amaral
Denise D. Bright, Jon C. Truswell & Ryan Amaral

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Canadian Mining Journal and What's New for 2019 Proxy Season

February 1, 2019
Sander A.J.R. Grieve KCJon C. Truswell
Sander A.J.R. Grieve KC & Jon C. Truswell
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Cannabis in Canada 2018 & Beyond

March 8, 2018
Jon C. Truswell
Jon C. Truswell