Adam practises corporate finance and securities law, with a focus on alternative investments.
Adam acts for emerging and mature companies on a wide range of mid-market corporate matters, including equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, capital reorganizations and complex commercial arrangements.
He also advises financial sponsors and other participants in the private markets on fund formations, buyouts, minority investments and exit events.
Adam has experience across sectors, but is particularly active at the intersection of energy, finance and technology.
- Expander Energy Inc. in its disposition of cleantech assets to, and its acquisition of a 49.9% equity interest in, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. (TSXV:CMC)
- CE Brands Inc. (TSXV:CEBI) in a series of recapitalization transactions involving: (i) the conversion of outstanding debt under its senior secured Canadian credit facility into new common shares, (ii) the conversion of outstanding debt under its senior secured U.S. credit facility into new common shares, (iii) the amendment of its outstanding senior secured debentures and the conversion of the accrued and unpaid interest under those debentures into new common shares, and (iv) the amendment of its agreements for the sale of future receivables
- Metiquity Ventures Fund in its seed financing of Runnr
- Expander Energy Inc. in its joint venture with Rocky Mountain Clean Fuels Inc. to construct the world’s first biomass to Bio-Syndiesel® facility
- Metiquity Ventures Fund in its seed financing of Mastrius
- A U.S. financial sponsor in the formation of its special purpose fund and the fund’s $135-million investment in Canadian infrastructure assets*
- A U.S. financial sponsor in its strategic partnership with one of Canada’s largest public pension fund managers*
- A clean energy company in its US$150-million capital commitment from a U.S. energy transition fund*
- An emerging sponsor in the formation of its first venture capital fund and the fund’s initial and follow-on equity investments in the information technology sector*
- A technology hardware company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia in its $110-million go-public transaction on the TSXV*
- An alternative asset manager in the formation of several private funds, including its fund of hedge funds and its fund of private equity funds*
- A clean energy company in its $40-million series A financing and related commercial arrangements to develop Canada’s first commercial gas-to-synthetic fuels facility*
- A TSX-listed energy services company in its $460-million cross-border sale, by way of plan of arrangement, to a NYSE-listed strategic buyer*
- A family office in its joint venture with an LSE-listed metals and mining company to acquire European clean energy assets*
*Prior to joining MLT Aikins
- Member, Association of Corporate Growth
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Law Society of Alberta