Jake Bennett
Associate
Experience
Jake's focus is on securities and corporate law, including:
- Public offerings
- Private placements
- TSX Venture Exchange and TSX listings
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Share and asset acquisitions
- Compliance and securities regulatory requirements
- Corporate governance
- General corporate matters
Professional involvement
Professional Associations:
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
Representative work
ARC Resources $1.0B Notes and Term Loan
Counsel to ARC Resources Ltd. on its private placement of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes, comprised of $550 million of 3.577% Series 3 notes due June 17, 2028 and $450 million of 4.409% Series 4 notes due June 17, 2032, together with a concurrent $500 million committed two year term loan.
National Bank Financial and TD Securities’ $70M Offering for Logan Energy Corp.
Counsel to National Bank Financial Inc. as sole bookrunner and co-lead underwriter and TD Securities Inc. as co-lead underwriter and the syndicate of underwriters in Logan Energy Corp.'s short form prospectus offering and concurrent brokered private placement of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $70 million.
Cygnet Energy’s $1.4B Acquisition of Kiwetinohk
Counsel to Cygnet Energy Ltd. in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Kiwetinohk Energy Corp., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed oil and gas company.
Ovintiv Inc.’s $3.5B Acquisition of NuVista Energy Ltd.
Counsel to NuVista Energy Ltd. in its sale to Ovintiv Inc. for $3.5 billion.
Corporate Restructuring by way of Plan of Arrangement
Acquisition of Performance Energy Services Limited Partnership ("PESLP") by Performance Energy Services Inc. ("PESI") (both widely held, affiliated private companies) by way of statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) involving PESI, PESLP, 2719535 Alberta Ltd. and the holders of Class A Units, Series 1 of PESLP, and related internal reorganization.
Tourmaline Oil Corp.’s $500M acquisition of Saguaro Resources Ltd.
Counsel to Tourmaline Oil Corp. in its $500 million acquisition of Saguaro Resources Ltd., a Calgary-based oil and gas exploration and production company.