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Jason Bullen

Jason (Jake) is a partner at Cassels Brock who practises in the Business Law Group, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings and corporate re-organizations. He acts as corporate counsel to clients in a broad range of industries, including retail, telecommunications, information technology, financial technology, professional sports, cleantech and manufacturing. In addition, Jake is a member of the firm’s Entrepreneurial Business Group. He has completed the Canadian Securities Course, and before entering law school he worked in the equity and derivatives division of a national investment firm. Jake was appointed as interim associate general counsel of Canadian Tire for the first half of 2009.

Representative work in the area of mergers and acquisitions includes: 

• Corporate counsel for Teranet Income Fund in connection with the $1.6 billion hostile takeover bid by Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc.
• Represented a private equity firm with respect to acquisitions for a portfolio company
• Represented Eugene Melnyk on his acquisition of the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and the Corel Centre
• Represented Teranet Income Fund, a leading provider of business-to-government and business-to-business e-service solutions, with respect to various acquisitions and internal reorganizations
• Acted for The Heico Companies LLC on the purchase of the assets of the Ivaco Steel companies for $375 million
• Represented a TSX-listed Canadian retailer with respect to its strategic acquisitions in the auto parts industry
• Represented a number of buyers and sellers of businesses in the technology industry, including providers of wireless technology and thin computing, application service provider (ASP) and network security services

Representative work in the area of corporate/commercial law includes:

• Canadian counsel to Albany Bahamas, a luxury resort community being developed in The Bahamas by Tavistock Group Tiger Woods and Ernie Els
• Seconded to Rogers Communications Inc. and Rogers Wireless Inc., and advised on interconnection and telecommunications services, wireless content and general commercial matters
• Represented a TSX-listed company on IT agreements including licenses for enterprise security and data management software
• Acted as corporate counsel to the Ottawa Senators and Scotiabank Place
• Negotiated the naming rights for a major sports facility in Southern Ontario on behalf of a TSX-listed Canadian corporation

Representative work in the area of corporate finance includes:

• Represented Teranet Income Fund on its initial public offering
• Acted for Turtle Island Recycling, a leading recycling and waste management company in the Greater Toronto Area, with respect to a private equity investment by Whitecastle Private Equity Partners Fund LP
• Acted for one of the principals in the Paradigm Group, a manufacturer and marketer of high-end loudspeakers and audio-video components, on a recapitalization financing involving a number of parties including ShoreView Industries Inc. and NewStar Financial Inc.
• Represented Teranet Inc. on a bond offering in the amount of $280 million.

Jake regularly organizes and presents seminars to clients and the legal profession. He is a member of the Organizing Committee for the Association for Corporate Growth - Capital Connection, an annual event focused on the North American Private Equity market. In addition, Jake is a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and participates in the Chamber's Electronic Commerce Committee. Jake is the author of “Emerging Issues in Due Diligence”, which was published in Financier Worldwide.

In addition to his legal practice, Jake is a member of the Right Honourable Jake and the High Court of Soul, a firm band that regularly participates in charitable events. He is also a member of the Organizing Committee of AIDSBeat, an annual rock’n’roll concert in support of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research. Jake also sits on the Advisory Committee of the Toronto Lords Basketball Association, an inner-city basketball club that runs programs for teenage girls.

Education

B.A. Hons., McGill University, 1993
LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 1997

Call to the bar

Ontario, 1999

Associations

• Association for Corporate Growth
• Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Chamber of Commerce - Electronic Commerce Committee
• Ontario Bar Association
• Sports Lawyers Association

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