Adrian Ling Associate | Toronto

* indicates experience before joining Blakes.

Capital Markets

• The initial purchasers on the private placement by Empire Communities Corp. of C$225-million in senior unsecured notes

• Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust on its C$74.7-million bought deal treasury and secondary public offering of trust units on the TSX

• *An investment management firm on its inaugural issuance of a US$433-million collateralized loan obligation

• *A group of unsecured noteholders on the US$5.7-billion debt exchange offers and related liability management transactions of a major e-commerce used-vehicle sale platform

• *A major packaged foods manufacturer on its private placements of US$335-million in senior convertible payment-in-kind notes

• *A shipping company on its US$44.8-million initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

• *A leading renewable energy company on its US$375-million green convertible senior notes offering and the US$337.5-million underwritten secondary offering of its common stock on the NYSE

• *An NYSE-listed energy company on its inaugural investment grade US$1.4-billion senior notes offering

• *A global car rental company on its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$1.5-billion in senior unsecured notes

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Advent International Corporation on its US$6.3-billion acquisition of Nuvei Corporation, a Canadian fintech payment platform

• Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust on its acquisition of Les Galeries de la Capitale shopping mall

• *A Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC) on its “de-SPAC” acquisition of a space exploration company

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2024
Admitted to the New York Bar – 2022
JD (With Distinction), University of Toronto – 2021
MMus, University of Toronto – 2018
BMus, University of Toronto – 2016