Lawyer Profile
David Bristow
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
David's practice focuses on a variety of capital markets transactions, including public and private financings and mergers and acquisitions. He also provides ongoing advice on general securities and corporate law matters to a variety of issuer clients including corporate governance, continuous disclosure and securities regulatory matters.
David has acted as counsel to issuers and dealers in a number of public financings and private placements of equity and debt securities. He has also acted for companies in share purchase transactions, statutory arrangements, take-over bids and reorganizations. These transactions have involved participants in industries such as financial services, insurance, technology and entertainment and gaming.
Power Financial Corporation on its C$1.65-billion repurchase and cancellation of common shares pursuant to a substantial issuer bid and its tendering into Great-West Lifeco Inc.'s C$2-billion substantial issuer bid, and Power Corporation of Canada on its C$1.35-billion repurchase and cancellation of subordinate voting shares pursuant to a substantial issuer bid and its tendering of common shares into Power Financial Corporation’s substantial issuer bid
Equinix, Inc. in connection with its inaugural C$700-million maple bond offering through a wholly owned finance subsidiary
Intact Financial Corporation a syndicates of dealers in connection with various offerings by intact for an aggregate amount in excess of C$7-billion including offerings of Limited Recourse Capital Notes, subscription receipts, medium term notes and preferred shares
Sagen MI Canada Inc. in connection with various offerings for an aggregate amount of C$1.15-billion including offerings of debentures, preferred shares and hybrid notes
IGM Financial Inc. Inc. in connection with a public offering of C$300-million aggregate principal amount of debentures
The initial purchasers in connection with Blackberry Limited's US$200-million offering of convertible senior notes
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2016 (ON)