Cole Ollis, Calgary

About Cole

Cole practises corporate and securities law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, corporate governance and continuous disclosure compliance. His experience includes representing publicly-traded issuers, private issuers and underwriters on a broad range of matters and transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity securities offerings, including under the Canada/U.S. multi-jurisdictional disclosure system (MJDS). Cole also assists clients with general corporate and securities law matters, including corporate reorganizations, corporate governance matters and compliance with continuous disclosure obligations and stock exchange policies.

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Representative matters in which Cole has been involved include:

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mubadala Capital, the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, in connection with its proposed take-private acquisition of CI Financial Corp. for approximately C$12.1-billion
Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with its approximately C$11.4-billion joint venture with KKR & Co. Inc. to merge their western Canadian natural gas processing assets
Strathcona Resources Ltd., in connection with its acquisition of Pipestone Energy Corp. and concurrent listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange to become an approximately C$8.6-billion public company
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, on its acquisition of PFB Corporation

Capital Markets

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership in connection with its private placement of C$7.15-billion aggregate principal amount of first lien senior secured notes, the largest Canadian dollar-denominated corporate bond offering to date
Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with its approximately C$1.28-billion bought deal public offering of subscription receipts in Canada and the United States, the winner of the Capital Markets Deal of the Year awarded at the 2024 Canadian Law Awards
The underwriting and dealer syndicates in connection with the approximately C$400-million bought deal public offering of subscription receipts, public offering of C$900-million aggregate principal amount of medium term notes and public offering of C$200-million aggregate principal amount of hybrid notes by Gibson Energy Inc. to finance its US$1.1-billion acquisition of South Texas Gateway Terminal LLC
Nutrien Ltd. in connection with its MJDS public offering of US$1.0-billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes
Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with its public offerings of an aggregate of C$1.5-billion principal amount of medium term notes
The syndicate of agents in connection with private placements by CU Inc. of an aggregate of C$750-million principal amount of debentures
The dealer syndicate on the renewal of AltaGas Ltd.'s C$2.5-billion medium term note program and related public offering of C$400-million aggregate principal amount of medium term notes
The syndicate of agents in connection with the private placement by Gibson Energy Inc. of C$350-million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes
Vesta Energy Corp. in connection with its approximately C$200-million debt exchange offer and related consent solicitation
The underwriting syndicate in connection with the C$29-million public equity offering by MCAN Mortgage Corporation