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jbullen@casselsbrock.com

Telephone: 416 860 2953
Fax: 416 360 8877

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
2100 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 3C2
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Jake 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 and cleantech. In addition, Jake is a member of the firm’s Payments Industry Group, Private Equity Group, Technology Law Group and Renewable Energy & Clean Technology 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 and private equity includes:

Acted for Rockwood Holdings Inc. in the $300 million sale of AlphaGary’s Plastic Compounding Business to Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V.
Corporate counsel for Teranet Income Fund in connection with the $1.6 billion hostile takeover bid by Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc.
Lead corporate lawyer for one of Canada’s premier private equity investors as a part of a group led by Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan to acquire Exal Group, the largest manufacturer of aluminum containers in the world (annual revenues of approximately US$400 million)
Lead counsel for Transmission Developers, a global renewable power developer, with respect to an investment by The Blackstone Group - estimated project cost is US$3.8 billion
Represented a number of buyers and sellers of businesses in the technology industry, including providers of wireless technology and network security services
Represented a number of US private equity groups with respect to Canadian acquisitions and investments
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 approximately $375 million
Represented Turtle Island Recycling, a leading recycling and waste management company in the Greater Toronto Area, with respect to a number of strategic acquisitions
Represented a Canadian retailer with respect to its strategic acquisitions in the auto parts industry
The sale of Polo Ralph Lauren brands in Canada

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

Represented Acxsys Corp., the parent company of Interac Inc., with respect to strategic initiatives
Represented a service provider in respect of implementing the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Solar PV Program involving the sale and installation of rooftop solar PV generation facilities at non-profit housing sites across the Province
Counsel to VersaPay Corporation, one of Canada’s leading payment processors and #1 on Profit Magazine’s Hot 50 list in 2009
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 number of IT companies in areas including Web 2.0, Web 3.0, online shopping, enterprise security and data analytics and management
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 Jacob Securities on a private placement for Synodon Inc., an Edmonton-based technology company which has developed and demonstrated an advanced airborne remote gas sensing system called realSens™
Represented Teranet Income Fund on its initial public offering
Acted for Turtle Island Recycling with respect to a private equity investment by Whitecastle Private Equity Partners Fund LP
Represented a number of private equity groups and portfolio companies with respect to financing transactions, including representation of 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 in areas such as private equity, information technology and due diligence. 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 a number of articles including “Recent Legal Changes Affecting Canadian M&A” and “Emerging Issues in Due Diligence,” which were published in Financier Worldwide. Jake is an active members of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital and International Business Law Committees of the American Bar Association. He has also been the chair of the Osgoode Hall Law School’s annual CPD Program on ‘Conducting Effective Corporate Due Diligence’ since 2002.

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. He also provides pro bono advice to Special Olympics Canada.