Representative Matter
Aird & Berlis is representing Celestial Acquisition Corp. with a team led by Marek Lorenc (Space Tech/Capital Markets) and including Danny Kharazmi, Meredith McCann and Ali Kwinter (Capital Markets) and Donald Johnston (Corporate/Technology).
April 16, 2026
Representative Matter
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust ("Choice Properties") exercised its equity conversion right from Rice Group to acquire a 75% ownership interest in 154 developable acres of industrial land in East Gwillimbury in the Greater Toronto Area. Loblaw Companies Limited (“Loblaw”) intends to build a 1.2 million square foot, automated, multi-temperature distribution facility on part of the property to add capacity and create new capabilities for the retailer.
June 03, 2022
Representative Matter
On June 2, 2022, EPR Properties, a real estate investment trust specializing in experiential properties, announced the US$142 million acquisition of the Village Vacances Valcartier resort and hotel in Quebec City and Calypso Waterpark in Ottawa, Ontario. Simultaneous with the acquisition, EPR Properties leased the properties to Premier Parks LLC, pursuant to a long-term triple-net lease.
June 02, 2022
Representative Matter
KIN Capital Partners Inc.’s (“KIN”) new equity platform with Israeli-based Mivtach Shamir Holdings Ltd. (“MISH”) made its debut investment in an 11.6 acre site at 3300 Rutherford Road in Vaughan. The site is specifically designed as a large scale master-planned community to increase the supply of housing and affordability in the Greater Toronto Area (“GTA”).
May 26, 2022
Representative Matter
On May 2, 2022, Brantford Energy Corporation and Cambridge and North Dumfries Energy+ Inc. merged to form GrandBridge Corporation, the shareholder of GrandBridge Energy Inc., GrandBridge Group Inc., and GrandBridge Solutions Inc.
May 02, 2022
Representative Matter
On March 13, 2022, a prothonotary of the Federal Court of Canada dismissed the Crown’s motion to strike the judicial review application of Milgram Foundation.
April 22, 2022
Representative Matter
On March 17, 2022, The Tax Court of Canada allowed the GST/HST appeal of Mediclean Incorporated, a professional cleaning service company that engages cleaners as subcontractors to provide these services.
April 22, 2022
Representative Matter
On April 4, Harborside Inc., a California-focused, vertically-integrated cannabis enterprise, completed the acquisition of LPF JV Corporation, a leading manufacturer, cultivator and distributor of award-winning cannabis brands in California.
April 07, 2022
Representative Matter
The City of Vaughan and members of its Council were recently entirely successful in their motion to dismiss a $210 million lawsuit brought against them.
April 07, 2022
Representative Matter
On March 31, 2022, Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, a leading operator of distinctive urban workspace in Canada’s major cities and network-dense urban data centres in Toronto, completed the acquisition of six urban office properties from Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust for $794 million.
April 06, 2022
Representative Matter
On March 1, 2022, Harborside Inc. (CSE: HBOR) (OTCQX: HBORF), a California-focused, vertically-integrated cannabis enterprise, completed the acquisition of UL Holdings Inc., a leading California cannabis retailer with a dominant position in southern California.
March 08, 2022
Representative Matter
Hullmark and First Capital REIT completed the closing of 102 Atlantic Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.
March 04, 2022
Representative Matter
Juno Pharmaceuticals Corp., a Canadian specialty generics pharmaceuticals company, announced that it had received a strategic growth investment from Signet Healthcare Partners, a New York-based healthcare growth equity firm.
February 25, 2022
Representative Matter
On February 14, 2022, SQI Diagnostics Inc., a leader in the science of lung health that develops and manufactures respiratory health and precision medical tests, completed the acquisition of the assets underlying Precision Biomonitoring Inc.’s human diagnostic COVID-19 PCR testing business and its TripleLock™ molecular diagnostic testing technology.
February 23, 2022
Representative Matter
A group of tenants, represented by Vedran Simkic and Matthew Helfand, litigators at Aird & Berlis LLP, successfully obtained leave from, and subsequently overturned, a three-judge panel of the Ontario Divisional Court. In its decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that occupancy limitations in residential leases are not permitted, and that the Residential Tenancies Act contemplates only non-temporary, non-conditional, unlimited occupancy arrangements.
February 17, 2022
Representative Matter
Fengate Asset Management completed the purchase of approximately 49 acres of land in the Greater Toronto Area.
February 17, 2022
Representative Matter
Maritime Resources Corp. (TSXV: MAE), a Canadian gold mining and exploration company, has closed an asset sale transaction with Nomad Royalty Company Ltd. Maritime Resources sold a portion of its royalty portfolio to Nomad for cash and Nomad common shares.
February 09, 2022
Representative Matter
On December 23, 2021, Trees Corporation, an independent retail cannabis operator, and 1287406 B.C. Ltd., a reporting issuer under the securities laws of the jurisdictions of Alberta and British Columbia, announced the closing of their business combination (the “Amalgamation”).
January 11, 2022
Representative Matter
SPARQ Systems Inc., a solar energy solutions company, completed its qualifying transaction with and reverse takeover of MJ Innovation Capital Corp. (TSXV:MSMJ.P) on December 31, 2021. In connection with the qualifying transaction, SPARQ completed a brokered private placement financing of 20 million subscription receipts for gross proceeds of $10 million.
January 10, 2022
Representative Matter
On December 21, 2021, Nextleaf Solutions Ltd., a federally regulated producer of cannabis oil that distributes cannabis vapes and oils under its prohibition-era brand, Glacial GoldTM, completed a marketed public offering of units.
January 07, 2022
Representative Matter
In December 2021, TriMas, a U.S. based global manufacturer and provider of aerospace products, acquired 100% of TFI Aerospace Corporation.
December 20, 2021