333 Bay St, Suite 2400, Bay Adelaide Ctr, Box 20, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2002 (ON)
Gesta Abols’ practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions (including private equity), corporate governance, shareholder activism and strategic investments,. Gesta provides expert legal advice, superior service, and structure to bring clarity to complex challenges. Gesta is the Co-Leader of the firm’s Cross Border Practice and on the executive of the firm’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Committee. Gesta is consistently recognized as a leader in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Corporate Finance & Securities and Mining by various third party ranking organizations. Gesta is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law where he teaches an upper year course on complex transactions and serves as an advisor to the Ontario Securities Commission on its Securities Advisory Committee. Gesta is an active member of the American Bar Association’s mergers & acquisition committee and a frequent speaker and writer on M&A and governance developments.
RGL Reservoir Management Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (RGL), implemented a recapitalization transaction pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
On July 14, 2017, Lithium Americas Corp. (Lithium Americas) completed a $355,000,000 financing transaction with Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. (GFL) and Bangchak Corporation Public Company Ltd. (BCP) to finance the development of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina.
Hudbay Minerals Inc. (Hudbay) (TSX: HBM) (NYSE: HBM) completed a bought-deal equity offering of 24 million common shares at a price of $10.10 per share, for gross proceeds of $242 million.
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (NWH) and NorthWest International Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (NWI) completed a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) in which NWI and NWH combined to create a leading global diversified healthcare real estate investment trust with over $2 billion of assets.
