Bastien is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department. His practice covers many areas of corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He has experience acting for public and private companies, investment funds, investment dealers and investment banks, as well as industry leaders in a range of sectors, including real estate and technology.
Bastien has been involved in a variety of matters, including going public transactions (initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, business combinations and spin-offs), public offerings and private placements (both domestically and cross-border), mergers and acquisitions (both negotiated and unsolicited), dealer/adviser registration matters and reorganizations.
Bastien routinely provides ongoing advice to public and private companies in a wide variety of industries on regulatory compliance matters, corporate governance, and continuous disclosure obligations, and he provides ongoing securities law compliance advice to TSX, TSXV and CSE listed issuers.
Areas of Expertise
Representative Work
- Philip Fayer, founder, CEO and significant shareholder of Nuvei Corporation
Philip Fayer, founder, CEO and significant shareholder of Nuvei Corporation, in proposed take private transaction of Nuvei Corporation valued at USD $6.3 billion
- Xebec Adsorption Group
The Xebec Group in its cross-border restructuring and eleven plans of arrangement under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
- Prospector Capital Corp.
Prospector Capital Corp. in its business combination with LeddarTech for US$ 348 million
- Neptune Wellness Solutions
Neptune Wellness Solutions in the $5.15M sale of its cannabis business to PurCann Pharma
- Haivision Systems Inc.
Haivision Systems Inc. in its acquisition of CineMassive Displays, LLC
- The Underwriters
The underwriters in D-BOX Technologies’ $5.75 million bought deal public offering
- The Underwriters
The underwriters in connection with Calian Group’s $79.7 million bought deal public offering of common shares.
- Haivision Systems Inc.
Haivision Systems Inc. in its Initial Public Offering
- PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc. in its $12 million bought deal and graduation to the TSX
- Abacus Health Products Inc.
Abacus Health Products in its acquisition by Charlotte’s Web
- The Stars Group Inc.
The Stars Group Inc. in its US$15 billion business combination with Flutter Entertainment plc
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust
PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in its $57.6 million equity offering
- Abacus Health Products Inc.
Abacus Health Products in its $34 million financing
- The Underwriters
The Underwriters in connection with Lightspeed POS’ $276 million IPO
- Abacus Health Products, Inc.
Abacus Health Products in its going public transaction by way of a reverse takeover, US$15 million concurrent financing and listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange
- Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc.
Neptune Wellness Solutions in its proposed acquisition of SugarLeaf for up to US$150 million
- Alithya Group Inc.
Alithya Group Inc., in its going public transaction by way of a business combination with Edgewater Technology, Inc. and completion of a $52.8 million concurrent private placement
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust
PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in its $40.3 million equity offering including full exercise of over-allotment option
- The Stars Group Inc.
The Stars Group Inc. in its US$950 million public offering of common shares
- The Stars Group Inc.
The Stars Group Inc. in its acquisition and refinancing of increased equity interest in CrownBet Holdings Pty Limited.
- Venzee Inc.
Venzee Inc. in connection with its going public transaction through the reverse takeover of a TSXV listed issuer renamed Venzee Technologies Inc.
- TASI Group of Companies
TASI Group of Companies in its acquisition of Sciemetric Instruments Inc.
- DEQ Systems Corp.
In its acquisition by Scientific Games
- Innova Gaming Group Inc.
Innova Gaming Group Inc. in its Initial Public Offering and Listing on the TSX
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust
CANMARC REIT in its acquisition by Cominar REIT
- The underwriters in connection with Calian Group’s $69 million bought deal public offering of common shares
- Venzee Technologies Inc. in connection with its going public transaction by way of a reverse take-over and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
- TASI Group of Companies in its acquisition of Sciemetric Instruments Inc.
- INNOVA Gaming Group Inc., an issuer listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in connection with its review process and acquisition by Pollard Banknote Limited pursuant to an unsolicited take-over bid for approximately $51 million
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with five additional underwritten public offerings of trust units totaling approximately $100 million
- DEQ Systems Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed issuer, in connection with its review of strategic alternatives and acquisition by Scientific Games Corporation by way of a plan of arrangement for approximately $27 million
- Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Biodroga Inc. for $15 million
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in its acquisition, by way of a plan of arrangement, of Boulevard Industrial REIT, an issuer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
- INNOVA Gaming Group Inc. in connection with its $49 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- The Stars Group in connection with its US$4.9 billion acquisition of Oldford Group Limited (owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt)
- DataWind Inc. in connection with its $30 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- EXO U Inc. in connection with a $7 million brokered private placement of units comprised of common shares and warrants
- Acasti Pharma Inc. in connection with a US$23 million cross-border public offering of units comprised of common shares and warrants pursuant to the U.S.-Canada multijurisidictional disclosure system
- Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc. in connection with two separate underwritten public offerings of common shares totaling $62.9 million pursuant to the U.S.-Canada multijurisidictional disclosure system
- Nobel Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its $5.6 million initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
- Capital Nobel Inc. in connection with its initial public offering as a capital pool company, listing on the TSX Venture Exchange and conversion into a real estate investment trust pursuant to a plan of arrangement
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust, a publicly-traded REIT that owned a portfolio of commercial properties having a value of approximately $1.9 billion, in connection with Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust’s unsolicited take-over bid
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with three separate bought deal offerings of trust units totaling $284.7 million
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its $176 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- Homburg Invest Inc. in connection with proposals by its majority shareholder and its restructuring under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
- CGE Resources Québec 2011 L.P., a flow-through fund investing in mining and resources issuers, in connection with its initial public offering
- National Bank Financial, BMO Nesbitt Burns and RBC Capital Markets and the other dealers in connection with an offering of $2 billion principal amount of senior notes by CDP Financial Inc., the financing arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets and the other initial purchasers in connection with an offering of US$5 billion principal amount of senior notes by CDP Financial Inc., the financing arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. in connection with the sale, on a bought deal private placement basis, of subscription receipts and common shares of CVTech Group Inc. for aggregate gross proceeds of $15 million
- The underwriting syndicate in ZoomMed Inc.’s public offering of units comprised of common shares and warrants for gross proceeds of $7 million
Philip Fayer, founder, CEO and significant shareholder of Nuvei Corporation, in proposed take private transaction of Nuvei Corporation valued at USD $6.3 billion
The Xebec Group in its cross-border restructuring and eleven plans of arrangement under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
Prospector Capital Corp. in its business combination with LeddarTech for US$ 348 million
Neptune Wellness Solutions in the $5.15M sale of its cannabis business to PurCann Pharma
Haivision Systems Inc. in its acquisition of CineMassive Displays, LLC
- The Underwriters
The underwriters in D-BOX Technologies’ $5.75 million bought deal public offering
- The Underwriters
The underwriters in connection with Calian Group’s $79.7 million bought deal public offering of common shares.
- Haivision Systems Inc.
Haivision Systems Inc. in its Initial Public Offering
- PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc. in its $12 million bought deal and graduation to the TSX
- Abacus Health Products Inc.
Abacus Health Products in its acquisition by Charlotte’s Web
- The Stars Group Inc.
The Stars Group Inc. in its US$15 billion business combination with Flutter Entertainment plc
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust
PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in its $57.6 million equity offering
- Abacus Health Products Inc.
Abacus Health Products in its $34 million financing
- The Underwriters
The Underwriters in connection with Lightspeed POS’ $276 million IPO
- Abacus Health Products, Inc.
Abacus Health Products in its going public transaction by way of a reverse takeover, US$15 million concurrent financing and listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange
- Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc.
Neptune Wellness Solutions in its proposed acquisition of SugarLeaf for up to US$150 million
- Alithya Group Inc.
Alithya Group Inc., in its going public transaction by way of a business combination with Edgewater Technology, Inc. and completion of a $52.8 million concurrent private placement
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust
PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in its $40.3 million equity offering including full exercise of over-allotment option
- The Stars Group Inc.
The Stars Group Inc. in its US$950 million public offering of common shares
- The Stars Group Inc.
The Stars Group Inc. in its acquisition and refinancing of increased equity interest in CrownBet Holdings Pty Limited.
- Venzee Inc.
Venzee Inc. in connection with its going public transaction through the reverse takeover of a TSXV listed issuer renamed Venzee Technologies Inc.
- TASI Group of Companies
TASI Group of Companies in its acquisition of Sciemetric Instruments Inc.
- DEQ Systems Corp.
In its acquisition by Scientific Games
- Innova Gaming Group Inc.
Innova Gaming Group Inc. in its Initial Public Offering and Listing on the TSX
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust
CANMARC REIT in its acquisition by Cominar REIT
- The underwriters in connection with Calian Group’s $69 million bought deal public offering of common shares
- Venzee Technologies Inc. in connection with its going public transaction by way of a reverse take-over and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
- TASI Group of Companies in its acquisition of Sciemetric Instruments Inc.
- INNOVA Gaming Group Inc., an issuer listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in connection with its review process and acquisition by Pollard Banknote Limited pursuant to an unsolicited take-over bid for approximately $51 million
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with five additional underwritten public offerings of trust units totaling approximately $100 million
- DEQ Systems Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed issuer, in connection with its review of strategic alternatives and acquisition by Scientific Games Corporation by way of a plan of arrangement for approximately $27 million
- Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Biodroga Inc. for $15 million
- PRO Real Estate Investment Trust in its acquisition, by way of a plan of arrangement, of Boulevard Industrial REIT, an issuer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.
- INNOVA Gaming Group Inc. in connection with its $49 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- The Stars Group in connection with its US$4.9 billion acquisition of Oldford Group Limited (owner of PokerStars and Full Tilt)
- DataWind Inc. in connection with its $30 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- EXO U Inc. in connection with a $7 million brokered private placement of units comprised of common shares and warrants
- Acasti Pharma Inc. in connection with a US$23 million cross-border public offering of units comprised of common shares and warrants pursuant to the U.S.-Canada multijurisidictional disclosure system
- Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc. in connection with two separate underwritten public offerings of common shares totaling $62.9 million pursuant to the U.S.-Canada multijurisidictional disclosure system
- Nobel Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its $5.6 million initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
- Capital Nobel Inc. in connection with its initial public offering as a capital pool company, listing on the TSX Venture Exchange and conversion into a real estate investment trust pursuant to a plan of arrangement
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust, a publicly-traded REIT that owned a portfolio of commercial properties having a value of approximately $1.9 billion, in connection with Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust’s unsolicited take-over bid
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with three separate bought deal offerings of trust units totaling $284.7 million
- CANMARC Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its $176 million initial public offering and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- Homburg Invest Inc. in connection with proposals by its majority shareholder and its restructuring under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act
- CGE Resources Québec 2011 L.P., a flow-through fund investing in mining and resources issuers, in connection with its initial public offering
- National Bank Financial, BMO Nesbitt Burns and RBC Capital Markets and the other dealers in connection with an offering of $2 billion principal amount of senior notes by CDP Financial Inc., the financing arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets and the other initial purchasers in connection with an offering of US$5 billion principal amount of senior notes by CDP Financial Inc., the financing arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. in connection with the sale, on a bought deal private placement basis, of subscription receipts and common shares of CVTech Group Inc. for aggregate gross proceeds of $15 million
- The underwriting syndicate in ZoomMed Inc.’s public offering of units comprised of common shares and warrants for gross proceeds of $7 million
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Speaking and Writing
Published Work
- Le devoir de loyauté de l’administrateur désigné par un investisseur institutionnel, Barreau du Québec, Service de la formation continue, Développements récents en litige commercial, Cowansville, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2007, p. 33 (with S. Rousseau).
- Les nouvelles normes relatives à l’indépendance des vérificateurs : l’implantation d’un cadre conceptuel fondé sur l’autoréglementation, (2006) 85 Canadian Bar Review 29 (with S. Rousseau).
Credentials
Education
- Université de Montréal, LL.M - Business Law
- HEC Montréal, D.E.S.S. Management
- Université de Montréal, LL.B.
Languages
- English
- French
Professional Affiliations
- Québec Bar
- Canadian Bar Association
- Junior Bar Association of Montréal
