J.D., Queen's University, 2015
B.A., York University, 2011 

• Ontario 2016

Sam has acted in the following matters:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Carlsberg Group, in its $144 million cross-border acquisition of Waterloo Brewing Ltd. by way of a plan of arrangement
• Genius Brands International, Inc., in its cross-border acquisition of Wow Unlimited Media Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement, including receipt of a significant regulatory approval from the Department of Canadian Heritage under the Investment Canada Act
• Novo Holdings A/S, in its cross-border acquisition of Altasciences Acquisition Holdings, LP
• Flexiti Financial Inc., in its $155 million cross-border sale (including conditional earn-outs) to CURO Group Holdings Corp. through two simultaneous plans of arrangement and in its concurrent closing of a $500 million credit facility
• The board of directors of Agrium Inc., in connection with the company's US$36 billion merger of equals transaction with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

Corporate Finance

• Royal Bank of Canada, in several domestic public offerings of subordinated debt and preferred shares (including raising over $9 billion in aggregate of non-viability contingent capital (NVCC) subordinated notes and a $300 million offering of NVCC non-cumulative, 5-year rate reset preferred shares series BO), and in several renewals of its base shelf prospectus and medium-term notes program supplement
• Bank of Nova Scotia, in its offerings of:  (i)¥33 billion fixed-rate resettable NVCC subordinated notes (marking the first subordinated debt offering by a Canadian bank in Japanese currency under Canada's regime for bank capital); and (ii) ¥12 billion fixed-rate resettable NVCC subordinated notes
• Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, in its offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured medium-term notes
• Visa Inc., in its €3.0 billion cross-border offering of senior notes
• Barclays Bank PLC in connection with its investment in FreshBooks and in seed round financings

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada: Corporate Law, 2024-2025
• Chambers Canada, Ontario: Corporate/Commercial, Chambers and Partners, 2024-2025

• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association
• Law Society of Upper Canada

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