Overview
DJ Verma is an associate in the Business Law Group at Goodmans. His practice is transaction-based, with a focus on corporate and securities law. He advises public and private companies, investors and other stakeholders on a variety of matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, corporate finance and securities offerings, private equity transactions and corporate governance. He also assists clients with ongoing corporate and securities law matters.
DJ first joined Goodmans as a summer student in 2022, returned to the firm as an articling student, and became an associate in 2023.
Prior to joining Goodmans, he practiced for four years in the Corporate and M&A practice group at a leading law firm in India, where he advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, private equity and venture capital transactions.
DJ obtained his law degree from Jindal Global Law School in India and completed his Master of Laws in Canadian Common Law at the University of Toronto.
Featured Work
DJ's representative work includes acting for:
- Plantro Ltd. in connection with its Tender Offer and initiates C$1.2 billion Information Services Corporation sale.
- Welltower in connection with its acquisition of Amica Senior Lifestyles portfolio for $4.6 billion.
- Coeur Mining, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of New Gold Inc. for US$7 billion.
- Cineplex in connection with the sale of its digital place-based media division to Creative Realities for $70 million.
- Algoma Steel in connection with its C$500 million financing transaction with the Governments of Canada and Ontario.
- Newmont Corporation in connection with the completion of its non-core divestiture program.
- The agents in connection with the completion of Brookfield Renewable’s C$500 million green bond offering.
- RioCan REIT in connection with its aggregate of C$2.15 billion senior unsecured debenture offerings over 2 years.
- Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. in connection with its C$320 million structured equity investment in Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc. (post-privatization).
- Canapi Ventures Investment Advisor LLP (“Canapi Ventures”) in connection with its US$30 million Series B funding in FISPAN Services Inc.
- Newmont Corporation as counsel in connection with various divestitures.
- Plantro Ltd. in connection with a Tender Offer involving the acquisition of up to 15% Class A Limited Voting Shares of Information Services Corporation (the “Company”).
- Coeur Mining, Inc. on its acquisition of SilverCrest Metals Inc. at an implied equity value of approximately US$1.7 billion.
- FG Acquisition Corp. in connection with its acquisition of Strong/MDI Screen Systems Inc. and launch of Saltire Capital Ltd.
- RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a brokered private placement offering of C$300 million principal amount of Series AJ senior unsecured debentures.
- Coinsquare Ltd. in connection with its three-way merger of equals with WonderFi Technologies Inc. and CoinSmart Financial Ltd.
- Jigsaw Capital, Clear North Capital and Gestalt Capital in connection with the acquisition of their first 18 Five Guys Burgers & Fries restaurants primarily in Minnesota.
Credentials
Credentials
-
University of Toronto, Global Professional LL.M., 2022
-
Jindal Global Law School, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), 2017
Professional Affiliations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
- All India Bar Association
Call to Bar
- 2023 Ontario
- 2017 India
Insights
-
Technology
European Telecom Joint Venture to Target Ads on Mobile Users
In a filing submitted to the competition division of the European Commission, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, France’s Orange, Spain’s Telefónica, and the UK’s Vodafone have proposed to create a joint… -
Technology
TikTok is a source of daily news? Research confirms it.
A recent Pew Research Center Study, which looked into Americans’ use of various social media platforms for news consumption, confirmed that 33% of TikTok users now regularly receive updates about…