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Jason Chertin is an accomplished corporate finance lawyer with a dynamic capital markets and securities law practice and extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions. Structuring and executing a variety of capital market transactions, Jason advises on public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions with emphasis on negotiated transactions, plans of arrangement and amalgamations, and stock exchange listings. He is a leader of the firm’s Investment Funds & Asset Management Group.

Jason acts for issuers, underwriters, investment funds and asset managers in addition to stakeholders in the cannabis and mining sectors. He advises on public and exempt securities offerings, takeover bids, business combinations, reverse takeovers, qualifying transactions, reorganizations, proxy contests and related party transactions.

A significant part of Jason’s practice involves advising investment fund managers and portfolio advisers on public and exempt offerings of securities by open-end mutual funds, closed-end investment funds, commodity pools and pooled funds. He also assists with dealer and adviser registration and compliance matters.

Jason’s experience in securities regulatory work encompasses proxy solicitation, corporate governance, continuous disclosure, preparation for annual and special meetings of shareholders, compliance with NI 81-102 and IRC requirements, prospectus renewals, and applications to regulatory authorities for exemptive relief.



Representative Matters

Select corporate finance transactions include:

  • acting for Detour Gold Corporation in connection with a $162 million bought deal public offering by short form prospectus;
  • acting for the underwriters in connection with a $115 million overnight marketed public offering by PMI Gold Corporation;
  • acting for the underwriters in connection with a $35 million bought deal public offering by PMI Gold Corporation;
  • acting for the underwriters in connection with a $93 million bought deal public offering by Perseus Mining Limited;
  • acting for the dealer managers in connection with a $1.1 billion rights offering by Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.;
  • acting for Crystallex International Corporation in connection with a $35 million bought deal unit offering;
  • acting for the underwriter in connection with a $2.0 billion Canadian medium term note program established by Credit Suisse under a base shelf prospectus; and
  • acting for Crystallex International Corporation in connection with a $69 million overnight marketed unit offering.

Select transactions involving investment funds include:

  • acting for Healthcare Special Opportunities Fund in connection with a $72 million initial public offering;
  • acting for High Rock Canadian High Yield Bond Fund in connection with a $23 million initial public offering;
  • acting for GLG EM Income Fund in connection with an initial public offering;
  • acting for Advantaged Canadian High Yield Bond Fund in connection with a short form prospectus offering (re-opening);
  • acting for the agents in connection with a $125 million initial public offering of the Man GLG Emerging Markets Income Fund;
  • acting for Horizons Enhanced U.S. Equity Income Fund in connection with a $30 million initial public offering;
  • acting for Advantaged Canadian High Yield Bond Fund in connection with a $56 million initial public offering;
  • acting for SMC Man AHL Alpha Fund in connection with an initial public offering;
  • acting for Man Canada AHL DP Investment Fund in connection with an initial public offering; and
  • acting for Man Canada AHL Alpha Fund in connection with a $98 million initial public offering.

Select merger and acquisition transactions include:

  • acting for Société Anonyme d’Explosifs et de Produits Chimiques (Groupe EPC) in connection with the acquisition of Nordex Explosives Ltd. pursuant to a going private transaction;
  • acting for Platte River Gold Inc. in connection with a $50 million dollar acquisition by Scorpio Mining Corporation pursuant to a plan of arrangement;
  • acting for HMY Airways Inc. in connection with an acquisition by Exchange Industrial Income Fund pursuant to a plan of arrangement as part of an income trust conversion;
  • acting for ABRY Partners, LLC in connection with the $361 million acquisition of Q9 Networks Inc. pursuant to a plan of arrangement;
  • acting for Absolut Resources Corp. in connection with a $30 million dollar acquisition by Aquiline Resources Inc. pursuant to a three-cornered amalgamation;
  • acting for certain principal shareholders in connection with a $1.2 billion acquisition of Stelco Inc. by United States Steel Corporation;
  • acting for principal shareholders in connection with the $96 million take-over bid for PLM Group Inc. by Transcontinental Inc.; and
  • acting for SUEZ Energy International in connection with a $123 million take-over bid for Ventus Energy Inc.

Clients advised in connection contested shareholder meetings include:

  • acting for dissident shareholder group in a successful bid to replace the board of directors of Athabasca Potash Inc.; and
  • acting for dissident shareholder group in a successful bid to replace the board of directors of Atlantis Systems Corp.

Speaking Engagements

Preparing for the Unexpected: Tax Traps for Investment Funds in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic - PMAC Webinar

March 30, 2020

Financing Growth - Funding Options in a Reluctant Capital Market PDAC 2014 Mining Trends and Opportunities - Grant Thornton LLP Panel Series

March 4, 2014

Limited Partnerships - The Canadian Bar Association Business Law & Real Property Law Seminar

February 25, 2014

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Directorships & Affiliations

  • AIMA Canada – Legal & Finance Committee
  • PMAC – Industry Regulation & Tax Committee
  • TOROG Securities Subcommittee Group
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Toronto Lawyers Association
  • Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)

Education & Admissions

2001
Called to the Ontario bar
MBASchulich School of Business
LLBUniversity of Western Ontario
BA (Economics)York University
Certificate in Mining LawOsgoode Hall Law School

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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Client Focused Reforms – Upcoming Deadline for Registrants to Comply with the Conflict of Interest Amendments

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October 30, 2018 - 7:30 am to 3:35 pm
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