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Allison Marks Toronto Lawyer

Allison Marks

Partner | Mergers & Acquisitions Fasken
Jurisdiction Ontario, 2016
Language(s) English
Office(s) Toronto
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Overview

Allison’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, shareholder activism and corporate governance. 

Allison has extensive experience with complex cross-border public and private M&A transactions, including plans of arrangements, take-over bids, reverse takeovers and share and asset acquisitions. 

Allison regularly advises clients on public equity and debt offerings, private placements, corporate reorganizations, as well as general corporate and securities law matters, including continuous disclosure obligations, related party transactions, regulatory compliance and stock exchange listings. Allison also has significant experience with contested shareholder matters, representing both dissident shareholders and boards of directors in proxy contests. 

Prior to joining Fasken, Allison worked in the Capital Markets and M&A Group of a national business law firm and was seconded to Picton Mahoney Asset Management.


Client Work

  • TD Securities Inc. leads a C$1 billion public offering of medium term notes (NVCC) by The Toronto-Dominion Bank, [Deal - TD Securities Inc.], Leading North American bank completes public offering of subordinated notes.
  • TD Securities Inc. leads a C$750 million NVCC Additional Tier 1 Limited Recourse Capital Notes Series 5 offering by the Toronto-Dominion Bank, [Deal - TD Securities Inc.], Leading North American investment bank leads public offering of capital notes and concurrent issuance of preferred shares.
  • Beacon Securities Limited leads brokered private placement offering of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., [Deal - Beacon Securities Limited], Independent global investment bank leads syndicate of agents in private placement offering and concurrent best-efforts private placement of non-flow-through units and flow-through common shares of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., a mining exploration company.
  • Delta Resources Limited announces closing of its C$5 million non-brokered private placement offering of charity flow-through units, [Deal - Delta Resources Limited], Canadian mining exploration company completes a non-brokered private placement of charity flow-through units.
  • The Toronto-Dominion Bank completes U.S. public offering of US$1 billion Non-Viability Contingent Capital Subordinated Notes, [Deal - TD Securities Inc.], Leading North American bank completes public offering of subordinated notes.
  • The Toronto-Dominion Bank completes a US$750 million offering of Fixed Rate Reset Limited Recourse Capital Notes Series 4 (NVCC), [Deal - TD Securities Inc.], Leading North American bank completes public offering of capital notes and preferred shares.
  • Beacon Securities Limited leads C$14.5 million aggregate capital raise for Atlas Engineered Products Ltd., [Deal - Beacon Securities Limited], Independent global investment bank leads bought deal private placement offering and concurrent best-efforts private placement for a manufacturing company of engineered products.
  • Beacon Securities Limited leads C$15 million aggregate capital raise for Zedcor Inc., [Deal - Beacon Securities Limited], Canadian independent investment bank leads bought deal private placement offering and concurrent best-efforts private placement for mobile security company.
  • Eight Capital leads C$8.2 million best-efforts public offering of units of Xtract One Technologies Inc., [Deal - Eight Capital Corp.], Technology-driven threat detection and security solution company, completes best-efforts public offering of units.

Career & Education

Education

  • JD University of Western Ontario
  • B.A. (Distn.) University of Western Ontario

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association

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