John J. Zelenbaba

Mr. Zelenbaba has worked on a broad range of transactions for investment banks and companies across a number of industries, including technology, mining, life sciences, financial services, energy, oil and gas, real estate and telecommunications.

Examples of his representations include:

• the U.S. initial public offerings of AcuityAds, ATS Corporation, Docebo, Duolingo, Lightspeed Commerce, Score Media and Gaming, Shopify (the best-performing IPO of the last decade) and Tricon Residential
• CI Financial in its:
  • take-private by Mubadala Capital
  • sale of a minority stake in Corient to a group of investors, including Bain Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
• StackAdapt in its Series C funding round led by Teachers’ Venture Growth
• CC Capital in its minority investment in The Westaim Corporation
• Waterous Energy Fund in its acquisition of a majority stake in Greenfire Resources
• Hut 8 in its:
  • merger of equals with US Bitcoin Corp.
  • business combination with American Data Centers
• Bitfarms in its:
  • acquisition of Stronghold Digital Mining
  • settlement agreement with shareholder Riot Platforms
• Pembina Pipeline’s offering of subscription receipts to finance its acquisition of Enbridge’s interests in the Alliance, Aux Sable and NRGreen joint ventures
• Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in its inaugural offering of green bonds
• JAB Holding Company in its subsidiary’s inaugural issuance of Maple bonds
• various notes offerings by Brookfield Asset Management, CI Financial, Nutrien and Rogers Communications (including the largest-ever securities offering by a Canadian company)
• various securities offerings by Freeline Therapeutics Holdings PLC, Intercept Pharmaceuticals and Zymeworks (including the largest-ever follow-on equity offering by a Canadian biotechnology company)
• U.S. tender offers conducted by Nutrien and Encana Corporation
• Sierra Wireless in its acquisition of Numerex
• CRH Medical Corporation in its acquisition by Well Health Technologies
• Array BioPharma in its acquisition by Pfizer Inc.
• various securities offerings by Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
• Northview Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust in its acquisition by affiliates of Starlight Group Property Holdings and KingSett Capital
• Sprott and its affiliates in the acquisitions of Central Fund of Canada Limited, Tocqueville Asset Management LP and Uranium Participation Corporation
• Greenhill & Co., Inc., in its role as financial advisor to Hycroft Mining Corporation, on the sale of substantially all of its assets to Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation
• Leagold Mining in its acquisition of Brio Gold and subsequent acquisition by Equinox Gold Corp
• various securities offerings by Cameco, Integra Resources, Lithium Americas, MAG Silver, Tahoe Resources and Platinum Group Metals

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Zelenbaba served as a law clerk to Justice Suzanne Côté of the Supreme Court of Canada.