1000 De La Gauchetière St W, Suite MZ400, Montréal, QC
Year called to bar: 1988 (QC); 1994 (ON)
Partner and co-head of the McCarthy’s ESG and Sustainability Group. Based in Montreal, Sonia’s practice focuses on securities, derivatives and financial services regulation, investment products, capital markets and M&A. Regularly advises insurers and other financial institutions, dealers and advisors in financial services, fund managers as well as clearing houses and other regulated entities with respect to the structuring, offering and regulation of financial products such as investment funds, structured debt products including linked-note offerings, standardized and OTC derivatives and trading and clearing services. Regularly advises on capital markets financing and M&A matters including transactions involving financial institutions, registrants and investment fund businesses.
Valener Inc (“Valener”) (TSX: VNR, VNR.PR.A), the public investment vehicle of Énergir, L.P., Noverco Acquisition Inc. and Noverco Inc. (“Noverco”), the controlling partner of Énergir, L.P., completed their acquisition through the sale of all of the issued and outstanding common and preferred shares of Valener for a total enterprise value of approximately $1.1 billion, including the assumption of existing indebtedness.
On February 11, 2016, Bombardier Inc. (Bombardier) closed the previously announced acquisition by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) of a US$1.5 billion convertible share investment in Bombardier Transportation’s newly-created holding company, Bombardier Transportation (Investment) UK Ltd. (BT Holdco), which, following the completion of the previously-announced corporate reorganization, owns all of the assets of Bombardier’s Transportation business segment.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Amaya Gaming Group Inc. completed its acquisition of 100 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares of privately held Oldford Group Limited, the parent company of Isle of Man-headquartered Rational Group Ltd., the owner and operator of the PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker brands, in an all-cash transaction for an aggregate purchase price of US$4.9 billion, including certain deferred payments and subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
