A counsel in the Corporate Department, Aaron Abramson is a member of the Capital Markets and Canada practice groups. Based in the Toronto office, Aaron represents U.S. and Canadian issuers and investment banks in connection with a wide range of capital markets transactions, including public and private offerings of debt, equity and convertible securities, exchange offers, consent solicitations, tender offers and refinancing transactions. He also advises U.S. and Canadian issuers with respect to U.S. federal securities laws, corporate governance and other corporate matters.

Aaron’s significant representations include:

Algoma Steel in its private offering of high-yield notes, its business combination with Legato and subsequent tender offer
The initial purchasers in a $1.2 billion notes offering for Alimentation Couche-Tard
Arizona Sonoran Copper Company on its all-stock take-private acquisition by Hudbay Minerals Inc.
ATS Corporation in corporate and securities law matters, including multiple high yield bond offerings and its U.S. initial public offering (IPO)
Aurora Cannabis in corporate and securities law matters
Baytex Energy in its private offering of high-yield notes
The initial purchasers in multiple U.S. notes offerings and a euro notes offering for CI Financial
CGI Inc. in corporate and securities law matters, including a bond offering
D-Wave Systems in its $1.6 billion combination with DPCM Capital
Equinox Gold in corporate and securities law matters, including multiple securities offerings
IAMGOLD in U.S. corporate and securities law matters, including multiple securities offerings
MAG Silver in corporate and securities law matters, including multiple securities offerings
Medicus Pharma in U.S. corporate and securities law matters, including multiple public and private offerings and its acquisition of Antev Limited
Methanex in a public debt offering
New Found Gold in corporate and securities law matters, including multiple securities offerings
New Gold in U.S. corporate and securities law matters, including multiple securities offerings, and in its acquisition by Coeur Mining
The underwriters in the U.S. IPO of Nouveau Monde Graphite
OR Royalties in corporate and securities law matters, including multiple securities offerings
Osisko Development in corporate and securities law matters, including its NYSE listing and multiple securities offerings
Ovintiv in its redomestication transaction to become a Delaware corporation
Pretium Resources in U.S. corporate and securities matters, including public equity and convertible notes offerings
Score Media & Gaming in its U.S. IPO
The underwriters in multiple follow-on offerings and a convertible notes offering for Shopify
Teck Resources in corporate and securities law matters, including in multiple securities offerings
Telus in U.S. corporate and securities law matters, including multiple public offerings
TELUS Digital in its $2.9 billion sale of all outstanding shares of TELUS Digital not already owned by TELUS Corporation to TELUS Corporation
Tricon Residential Inc. in its U.S. IPO
Yamana Gold in U.S. corporate and securities law matters, including multiple private offerings
The underwriters in numerous securities offerings for issuers such as Skeena Resources, Crescent Point Energy, Eldorado Gold, Manulife Financial, Franco-Nevada, First Majestic Silver, Athabasca Oil, Silvercrest and SSR Mining