David Coll-Black

Partner

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David is a partner in the business law group at Goodmans. His practice focuses on corporate and securities law. He advises public, private and multinational companies and their investors on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, going private transactions, as well as public and private debt and equity financings and corporate governance matters.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

David’s representative work includes acting for:

Corporate Finance

• Dye & Durham Limited in its initial public offering, listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and numerous follow-on public offerings
• The underwriters in connection with Loop Energy Inc.’s initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
• The underwriters in connection with Pivotree Inc.’s initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
• Canaccord Genuity Growth II Corp. in connection with its $537 million qualifying transaction with Taiga Motors Inc.

Public Mergers and Acquisitions

• Newmont Goldcorp Corporation in connection with its US$10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp Inc.
• Newmont Mining Corporation in connection with its acquisition from NovaGold Resources of a 50% interest in the Galore Creek Project joint venture with Teck Resources
• Hudbay Minerals Inc. in connection with its $31 million acquisition of Mason Resources Corp.
• Canaccord Genuity Acquisition Corp. in its acquisition of Spark Power Group Inc., the first successful Qualifying Acquisition of Canada’s “Third Generation” SPACs
• Hudbay Minerals Inc. in connection with its $540 million hostile take-over bid for Augusta Resources Corp.

Private Mergers and Acquisitions

• Dye & Durham Corporation in connection with its purchase of the assets of Cyberbahn and Marque d'or from Thomson Reuters Canada Limited
• Searchlight Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of M&M Meat Shops, Canada’s largest independent retailer of specialty frozen food

RECOGNITION

David is recognized as a “Rising Star” in the area of Capital Markets by The Legal 500 Canada.