Overview
Sheena is an associate in a business law group at Goodmans. Her practice focuses on the areas of securities and corporate law, and technology law.
Sheena acts for both public and private companies, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, debt and equity financings, private placements and corporate reorganizations. She also advises on matters relating to continuous disclosure obligations, corporate governance, legislative compliance and general corporate law.
In 2019, Sheena completed a secondment to Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
Featured Work
Sheena’s representative work includes acting for:
- Algoma Steel Group Inc. in its combination with Legato Merger Corp., a Nasdaq listed special purpose acquisition company, and subsequent substantial issuer bid
- Cineplex Inc. in connection with its private placement offering of senior secured second lien notes in the aggregate principal amount of $250 million
- Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc. in its initial public offering of subordinate voting shares for total gross proceeds of $172.5 million
- the issuer in numerous follow-on public offerings, including those by Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc., Sienna Senior Living Inc. and RioCan REIT
- underwriters and agents in numerous follow-on public offerings by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and its affiliates
- various U.S. private equity firms in private acquisitions of Canadian target companies
- the Alberta government in the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Sturgeon Refinery for total consideration of $825 million
- an ad-hoc committee of lenders in connection with the acquisition of Cirque du Soleil pursuant to a $1.2 billion credit bid under the CCAA and related refinancing
Credentials
Professional Involvement
Sheena is a volunteer with Pro Bono Ontario through their Free Legal Advice Hotline.
Credentials
- University of Toronto, J.D., 2018
- University of Toronto, H.B.A., 2015, with High Distinction
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- New York Bar Association
Call to Bar
- 2021 New York
- 2019 Ontario
Insights
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Banking and Financial Services
Ontario PPSA Amended to Incorporate Rules Relating to Electronic Chattel Paper
Certain amendments to Ontario’s Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) came into force on May 15, 2020, which introduce the concept of electronic chattel paper (ECP). Chattel paper is defined in… -
Intellectual Property
LL Cool J Alleges Trademark Infringement Against Music Festival
LL Cool J recently filed a complaint alleging that his trademark over the term “Rock the Bells” is being infringed upon by a hip-hop music festival of the same name (Case 2:18-cv-09902-CAS-AGR). Rock… -
Intellectual Property
Zippo Granted Audio Trademark for Lighter Sound
Zippo was recently granted an audio trademark, or ‘soundmark’ from the US Patent and Trademark Office, for the unmistakable sound made by its windproof lighter.The brand announced its trademark by way… -
Intellectual Property
Cadbury Loses Trademark Fight Over the Colour Purple
The England and Wales Court of Appeal recently rejected Cadbury’s attempt to broaden an existing trademark for the iconic shade of purple used widely on its confectionery (Case No… -
Intellectual Property
WIPO Report Shows Significant Growth in Patents from India
According to a report issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO"), the number of patents granted in India increased by 50% between 2016 and 2017 – specifically, from 8,248 to… -
Intellectual Property
Ford Files Trademark for New Electric Car
The Ford Motor Company recently filed trademark applications for “MACH-E” and “MACH E” with the US Patent and Trademark Office.The filings are categorized as pertaining to electric vehicles, passenger…