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Jake Bennett

Associate

403.260.0319
jbennett@bdplaw.com
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Education:

University of Alberta, Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction, 2020

University of Calgary, Juris Doctor, 2024

Bar Admission: Alberta, 2025

Industries:
Financial services, Oil and gas, Start-up and early-stage companies, Technology
Practice areas:
Project finance, Business law, Capital markets, Commercial agreements, Corporate governance and disclosure, Corporate reorganizations, Joint ventures and other business combinations, Private equity, Mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions

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

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.

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.