Paul Fitzgerald is a leading practitioner in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and securities law with significant experience in a wide range of both public and private transactions, including public offerings, private placements, negotiated transactions, hostile take-over bids, shareholder activism, and complex corporate reorganizations. Fitzgerald has extensive experience with large, multi-jurisdictional transactions and provides advice to boards of directors and their committees, often in the context of transformative events. Fitzgerald also provides advice to public companies on their disclosure, corporate governance, and other corporate and securities law obligations.
On March 23, 2018, Aphria Inc. (Aphria)(TSX: APH and US OTC: APHQF) completed its acquisition of Nuuvera Inc. (Nuuvera) pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) for approximately $425 million.
