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Sean Maniaci
As an associate in the Securities Group, Sean’s practice focuses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, representing both issuers and dealers. Sean works with both private and public companies in various sectors including mining, technology, finance and agriculture.
Some of Sean’s recent transactions include:
- Representing the agent, Canaccord Genuity Corp., in Armistice Resources Corp.’s $14 million equity offering by way of short form prospectus
- Representing a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. and including Canaccord Genuity Corp., Dundee Securities Ltd., GMP Securities L.P. and HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. in BTB Real Estate Investment Trust’s $23 million private offering
- Representing the agents, National Bank Financial and Pope & Company, and Bayfront Capital Partners Ltd. in Huldra Silver Inc.’s $9 million brokered private placement
- Representing Dundee Securities Ltd. and GMP Securities L.P., as lead agents, in Pinetree Capital Ltd.’s $75 million private placement
- Representing M Partners Inc. and Cormark Securities Inc., as lead agents, and Euro Pacific Canada Inc. in Kilo Goldmines Ltd. $10 million prospectus offering
- Representing a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. and Dundee Securities Ltd. and including Canaccord Genuity Corp. and HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. in BTB Real Estate Investment Trust’s $17.5 million bought deal financing
- Representing a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. and Dundee Securities Ltd. and including Canaccord Genuity Corp. and HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. in BTB Real Estate Investment Trust’s $16.4 million public offering
- Representing Cormark Securities Inc. in VMS Ventures Inc.’s $5 million private placement
- Representing a syndicate of underwriters, led by National Bank Financial Inc. and Dundee Securities Corporation and including Canaccord Genuity Corp. and HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., in BTB Real Estate Investment Trust’s public offering of $23 million convertible debentures
- Representing BayFront Capital Partners Ltd. in Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp’s $7 million brokered private placement
- Acting for AzTech Minerals, Inc. in the completion of its business combination with Excelsior Mining Corp.
- Representing a syndicate of underwriters, led by Dundee Securities Corporation and including Stonecap Securities Inc., Clarus Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Mackie Research Capital Corporation, on Multiplied Media Corporation’s (a leading provider of mobile local search services) $5 million private placement financing agreement
- Acting for JG Capital Corp. in its amalgamation with VersaPay Corporation
- Acting for New Gold Inc. in the completed a $1.6 billion business combination with Peak Gold Ltd. and Metallica Resources Inc.
- Representing a syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P. and including Paradigm Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc., in Martinrea International Inc.’s $55.7 million private placement
- Acting as counsel to Silver Wheaton Corp. in its $190 million acquisition of Silverstone Resources Corp. and a $287.5 million financing
- Representing Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. in its $215 million financing
- Acting for Dynamite Resources Ltd. in its acquisition by Avion Gold Corporation by plan of arrangement
- Representing a syndicate of underwriters led by Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and including Raymond James Ltd., BMO Capital Markets, Cormark Securities Inc. and GMP Securities L.P. in the $195 million financing of Quadra Mining Ltd.
- Acting for Goldcorp Trading (Barbados) Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldcorp Inc., in its sale of common shares of Silver Wheaton Corp. for gross proceeds of $1.5 billion
- Representing Peak Gold Ltd. (which subsequently merged with New Gold Inc.) in a $110 million private placement
- Acting for Glencairn Gold Corporation in a $26 million private placement (Glencairn Gold changed its name to Central Sun Mining Inc. and was subsequently acquired by B2Gold Corp.)
- Representing the syndicate of underwriters led by Cormark Securities Inc. and including Orion Securities Inc. and Wellington West Capital Markets Inc. in iseemedia Inc.’s $9.2 million public offering
Education
MBA, University of Western Ontario, 2005
LL.B., Queen's University, 1999
B.Comm., McGill University, 1996
Call to the bar
Ontario, 2001
Associations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Ontario Bar Association
Practice Areas
Representative
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