- NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT public offering whereby NorthWest sold an aggregate of 8,544,500 trust units of REIT at price of $10.10 per unit, which includes 1,114,500 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters of the Offering by NorthWest, on a bought deal basis, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $86.3 million
- Cargojet Inc. in connection with a $115 million bought deal offering of convertible debentures in September 2016
- NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT in connection with a $140 million bought deal offering of units and convertible debentures in July 2016. Counsel to the syndicate of underwriters co-led by RBC Capital Markets, BMO Capital Markets and National Bank Financial
- Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust in connection with a $149.8 million bought deal prospective offering of units in June 2016 – Counsel to the syndicate of underwriters co-led by BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets
- Park Lawn Corporation in connection with a $24.2 million bought deal prospectus offering of subscription receipts in December, 2015 – Counsel to syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial
Georges Dubé is recognized as a leading corporate finance and securities lawyer with a business law practice focused on capital markets and corporate governance. He has extensive experience in public and private securities offerings, as well as takeover bids and mergers and acquisitions, both in the Canadian and cross-border context.
With extensive transactional experience in industries including mining, technology, cannabis and life sciences, Georges helps startups and established companies achieve their goals while safeguarding their interests in the marketplace. His clients include large, mid-cap and emerging public issuers, as well as bank-owned and independent investment banks, activist shareholders, and domestic and foreign acquirers of Canadian public entities.
Providing guidance to boards of directors on strategic decision-making, Georges also acts for special committees and financial advisers of public issuer boards in the context of change of control or related-party transactions.
Georges served as a trustee of the publicly traded Slate Office REIT from 2012 to 2017. In 2010, the Ontario Securities Commission appointed Georges to the Securities Advisory Committee for a two-year term, where he advised on legislative and policy initiatives and capital markets trends.
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- “Mining Resurgence“, by Jean Cumming, Lexpert, March 20, 2017
- “The Money Talk“, by Daniel Fish, Precedent Magazine, September 6, 2016
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- Recognized in the 2025 Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A Guide as a leading lawyer in the area of Finance
- Recognized in the 2025 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Most Frequently Recommended lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities, as a Consistently Recommended lawyer in the area of Mining, and a Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
- Recognized in 2025 Lexpert Cross-Border 500 Guide as a leading lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2025) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, and Securities Law
- Recognized in the 2024 IFLR1000 Guide as Highly Regarded in the areas of Capital Markets: Debt; Capital Markets: Equity; M&A
- Recognized as a leading lawyer in the 2024 Lexpert Special Edition on Energy and Mining
- Recognized in the 2024 Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A as one of Canada’s Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers
- Recognized in the 2024 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Most Frequently Recommended Lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities and a Consistently Recommended Lawyer in the area of Mining and a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions
- Recognized in the 2024 Lexpert/ALM500 Guide as a leading lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2024) as a leading lawyer in the area of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, and Securities Law
- Recognized in the 2023 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Mining Lawyers
- Recognized in the 2023 Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A as one of Canada’s Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers
- Recognized in the 2023 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Most Frequently Recommended Lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities, a Consistently Recommended Lawyer in the area of Mining and a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions
- Recognized in the 2023 Lexpert / American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Finance
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2023) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Mining Law and Securities Law
- Recognized in the 2022 Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A as one of Canada’s Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers
- Recognized in the 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Most Frequently Recommended Lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities; a Consistently Recommended Lawyer in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions and Mining
- Recognized by IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide 2022 as Highly Regarded in the areas of Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, and M&A
- Recognized in the 2022 Lexpert / American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Finance
- Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2022) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Mining Law and Securities Law
- Recognized in the 2021 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Most Frequently Recommended Lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities; a Consistently Recommended Lawyer in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions and Mining; and a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of Private Equity
- Recognized in the 2021 Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A as one of Canada’s Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers
- Recognized in the 2021 Lexpert Special Edition on Canada’s Leading Technology Lawyers as a Leading Technology Lawyer
- Recognized by the Best Lawyers in Canada (2021) as a leading lawyer in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law and Securities Law
- 2020, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – Most Frequently Recommended lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities, Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions and a Consistently Recommended lawyer in the area of Mining
- 2020, Lexpert Special Edition on Finance and M&A – Canada’s Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers
- 2020, Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Finance
- 2020, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide – Highly Regarded in Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, and M&A
- 2019, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – Most Frequently Recommended lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities, a Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions, and a Consistently Recommended lawyer in the area of Mining
- 2019, Lexpert Report on Business on Corporate 2019 – Special Edition – Canada’s Leading Corporate Lawyer
- 2019, Lexpert / American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Finance
- 2019, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide – Highly Regarded in Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, and M&A
- 2018, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities; a Consistently Recommended lawyer in the area of Mining; and Repeatedly Recommended lawyer in the areas of Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2018, Lexpert/Report on Business – Special Edition – Canada’s Leading Corporate Lawyer.
- 2017, Lexpert/Report on Business Corporate Special Edition – Canada’s Leading Corporate Lawyer.
- 2017, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Most frequently recommended: Corporate Finance & Securities and Mining. Repeatedly recommended: Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2017, Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada – Recognized as leading corporate finance, and securities mining lawyer
- 2016-17, Lexpert Special Edition – Global Mining. Recognized as a leading lawyer
- 2016, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. Recognized as a leading lawyer in the areas of corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, mining, private equity
- 2016, Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Recognized as a leading corporate finance and securities lawyer
- 2015, Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the area of corporate finance and securities, and mining
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