Annabelle Gardere

Annabelle Gardere represents issuers and investment banks in capital markets transactions, with a focus on U.S.-Canada cross-border matters. Ms. Gardere has experience representing clients across a wide range of industries and regularly advises on equity and debt offerings, private placements and other significant corporate transactions. She also assists companies with the review and preparation of public disclosures and counsels on continuous reporting and corporate governance requirements under U.S. federal securities laws and stock exchange rules. She also advises on the capital markets aspects of M&A transactions. In recognition of her work, Ms. Gardere has been honored with a Lexpert Rising Stars — Leading Lawyers 40 and Under award. Notable representations include:

• Shopify in:
  • several offerings of equity and convertible debt securities, including its $1.8 billion offering of common stock and convertible notes
  • amending its dual-class share structure to create and issue a founder share to Tobi Lütke
• New Fortress Energy in several offerings of equity and debt securities, including its $1.5 billion offering of senior notes
• DuPont in several debt securities offerings, including its $6.25 billion offering of senior notes
• Bitfarms in its $300 million debt facility with Macquarie
• Pattern Energy in its $11 billion financing of the largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history
• Pan American Silver Corp. in its:
  • $4.8 billion acquisition of Yamana Gold Inc. alongside Agnico Eagle Limited
  • $2.1 billion acquisition of MAG Silver
• Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. in its C$1.1 billion acquisition by B2Gold Corp.
• Intact Financial Corporation in its $1.25 billion offering of subscription receipts
• WeWork Companies LLC $9 billion SPAC merger with BowX Acquisition Corp.
• Empresas Publicas de Medellin, Colombia’s largest power company, in a 2.3 trillion Colombian peso offering
• various debt offerings, including: Constellation Software’s $1 billion inaugural notes offering; Brookfield in over $6 billion of multiple public debt offerings; Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC, Cheniere Energy, Inc. and Cheniere Energy Partners LP in over $8 billion of debt offerings; Novelis Corporation’s $1.6 billion high-yield notes “green bond” offering; IAMGOLD Corporation’s $650 million notes offering; New Gold Inc.’s $300 million notes offering; OpenText’s $1.8 billion notes offering; Argentina’s Jujuy Province in its first green bond offering; and Argentina’s Rio Negro Province in multiple debt offerings
• various equity offerings, including for: American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP; ATS Corporation; Cameco Corporation; Correvio Pharma; Encore Energy Corp.; Endeavour Silver Corp.; Equinox Gold Corp.; IAMGOLD Corporation; Lithium Americas Corp.; MDA Ltd.; NexGen Energy; Northview Apartment REIT; Pretium Resources Inc.; Skeena Resources; Source Energy Services Ltd.; Stantec Inc.; Taseko Mines Limited; and Tricon Residential Inc.