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Bruce MacPhail, Counsel | Mergers & Acquisitions

Bruce MacPhail

Counsel Fasken
Jurisdiction Alberta, 1984
Language(s) English
Office(s) Calgary
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Overview

Bruce MacPhail is a senior counsel with over 30 years’ experience, primarily with national and international law firms.

He has extensive knowledge in a broad variety of areas related to corporate and transactional practise, including public and private financings, public and private mergers and acquisitions (both friendly and hostile), proxy fights and securities registration matters.

Bruce also has significant industry experience in the power area, having being involved in development and financing of electricity assets, as well as tolling arrangements and M&A transactions involving those assets. He has extensive experience as lead counsel responsible for financings and securities compliance by public issuers engaged primarily in power generation.

He has experience with formation and administration of business trusts and partnerships, including public income trusts, private real estate investment trusts and a public limited partnership.

Bruce advises capital markets participants (both Canadian and foreign) on registration and compliance requirements.

Bruce also has experience providing advice in relation to the creation of digital marketplaces, and the registration and compliance requirements related thereto.

He has experience in trading in carbon credits.

Client Work

  • Parkland Fuel acquires US-based fuel retailer, [Deal - Parkland Fuel Corp.]
  • Zomedica announces completion of public offering, [Deal - Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp.], Advised client on Canadian securities law requirements in connection with a Public Offering in the United States.
  • Zomedica announces completion of registered direct offering, [Deal - Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp.], Advised client on Canadian securities law requirements in connection with a Registered Direct Offering in the United States.
  • Acted for a vendor in multiple sales of midstream assets, including pipeline systems and LNG processing assets., [Deal - vendor]
  • Acted for an oil and gas issuer in connection with multiple public M&A acquisitions, as well as its sale transaction to another issuer., [Deal - issuer]
  • Acted for issuers in connection with initial public offerings - including a power income fund, a midstream public partnership and a mining exploration company., [Deal - issuers]
  • Acted for a venture capital fund in connection with Series A Round investment in finance industry start-up., [Deal - venture capital fund]
  • Acted for management in an entertainment business in connection with private equity buy-out., [Deal - management]
  • Acted for an agriculture investment fund in restructuring its trust and partnership ownership vehicles., [Deal - investment fund]

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB University of Alberta

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