Queen’s Marque
600-1741 Lower Water Street
Halifax, N.S.
B3J 0J2
Language(s) spoken: English
Bar Admission(s): Nova Scotia, 1992
Legal Assistant(s): Erica Yuzyk
Providing legal services through a professional corporation.
Andrew practices primarily in the areas of securities law and mergers and acquisitions, where he has represented various public and private issuers as well as securities dealers on matters such as public offerings, private placements, continuous disclosure, corporate governance, and share and asset acquisitions. Andrew also regularly acts as local counsel in connection with national securities transactions. His clients include public companies (TSX and TSX Venture listed) and securities dealers and advisors. Andrew has:
- Acted for Empire Company in connection with its $1.844 billion public offering of subscription receipts.
- Acted for Sobeys in connection with its $1 billion brokered private placement of unsecured debt.
- Acted for a TSX listed national grocery retailer in a private placement offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior unsecured notes due July 14, 2016.
- Acted for a transportation infrastructure issuer in connection with a $150 million brokered bond private placement.
- Acted for a TSX listed food processing company in connection with its acquisition of assets for $160 million from another public company in exchange for cash and securities.
- Advised a real estate investment trust on securities matters in its $200 million initial public offering.
- Acted for four corporations in their initial public offerings under the capital pool program of the TSX Venture Exchange.
- Acted for a special committee of a TSX listed entity in connection with a proposed going-private transaction valued at $70 million.
- Acted in connection with several acquisitions, including mining, real estate and industrial businesses that were accepted as “qualifying transactions” under the capital pool program of the TSX Venture Exchange.
- Acted for a TSX Listed printing company on its $60 million initial public offering and its subsequent take-over.
- Acted for a national TSX Venture listed business services company in connection with over $25 million in private placements and numerous asset and share acquisitions with aggregate transaction value in excess of $30 million.
- Acted for an income fund in connection with the sale of all of its transportation infrastructure assets for in excess of $170 million.
Education & Career
Education
Dalhousie University, LLB, 1991
Saint Mary’s University, BComm, 1988
Activities
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Assistant professor (part-time), Schulich School of Law: Corporate Governance
Past member, TSX Listings Advisory Committee
Board of Directors, Fighting Blindness Canada (past Chair 2014 – 2020)
Accolades
Best Lawyers 2022 Securities Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Halifax
Best Lawyers 2020 Securities Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Halifax
Best Lawyers: Corporate Law, 2013 – 2025
Best Lawyers: Securities Law, 2011 – 2025
Lexpert rating: Corporate Finance & Securities, 2010 – 2024
Lexpert rating: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2013 – 2017
Martindale-Hubbell rating: BV Distinguished®
Thought Leadership
Outlook for 2024 Proxy Season
February 09, 2024
Outlook for 2023 Proxy Season
February 13, 2023
Outlook for 2022 proxy season
February 18, 2022
Outlook for 2021 proxy season
February 16, 2021
Diversity disclosure under the Canada Business Corporations Act
November 05, 2019
Client Update: Keeping up with crypto – CSA issues another staff notice; AML regulations proposed to be amended
June 26, 2018
Client Update: TSX Company Manual amendments will result in a “modest increase” to listed issuer’s disclosure practices
November 16, 2017
Client Update: Cryptocurrencies: securities law implications
September 28, 2017
Presentations
Co-presenter, “What if they Revolt? Managing Difficult Shareholder and Member Meetings”, Maritime and Newfoundland and Labrador Chapters of the Institute of Corporate Directors
September 21, 2021