Bruce Sheiner

Partner Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Toronto +1 416 216 1907

Bruce Sheiner

Bruce Sheiner is a securities and corporate law partner who acts for corporate, private equity and banking clients in a variety of public and private merger and acquisition, corporate finance and complex corporate restructuring transactions. This experience includes:

a number of friendly and hostile M&A transactions, including statutory plans of arrangement, takeover bids and amalgamations;
public offerings, including initial public offerings, and private placements acting for investors, issuers and underwriters; and
statutory and CCAA restructurings.

In addition, he advises his public company clients on their continuous disclosure, corporate governance, and regulatory / stock exchange obligations.

He advises senior issuers as well as junior / start-up clients in a variety of industries, including technology, banking, fintech, consumer products and mining. Much of his work involves cross-border and multijurdictional transactions and financings.

Additionally, Bruce has completed all three levels of the CFA exams.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Bruce has recently acted for the following clients:

Carlsberg in its $144 million cross-border acquisition of Waterloo Brewing Ltd. by way of a plan of arrangement
Lactalis Canada (Parmalat) in its $1.6-billion acquisition Kraft Heinz Canada's natural cheese business
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited with its $985-million acquisition of Helly Hansen from a consortium including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
A syndicate of underwriters in InterRent REIT's C$100-million bought deal offering of units
Pacific Exploration & Production Corporation in its C$5-billion cross-border debt restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Counsel to Banro Corporation with its US$250-million corporate debt and equity restructuring
Icahn Enterprises LLP in its US$340-million acquisition of the US automotive aftermarket product distribution business of TSX‑listed Uni‑Select Inc.
International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, in connection with a number of equity investments in Canadian and international mining and oil and gas companies
A syndicate of underwriters in connection with the Hudson's Bay Company's $365-million initial public offering and secondary offering of common shares on October 17, 2012, $275-million bought deal offering of subscription receipts on September 10, 2013, $140-million bought deal offering of common shares on June 2, 2014, and $140-million bought deal offering of common shares on April 28, 2015
A syndicate of underwriters in connection with the €400-million placement and open offer of shares of Green REIT plc