Mike heads our Investment Banking practice in Canada, working closely with our global investment banking and advisory teams to further strengthen our global capabilities across the dynamic technology, media and telecom industries. He joined us in 2016 after 15 years at CIBC World Markets, where he was most recently a Managing Director, TMT Investment Banking. He has considerable experience of managing and executing complex transactions across a breadth of advisory and financing mandates, including acquisitions, divestitures, unsolicited bids, fairness opinions and public and private equity and debt financings. Mike holds a Bachelor of Commerce, 1st class, in Finance & IT from Queen's University.
Selected transactions completed include:
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C$150m
TrueContext
Exclusive Financial Advisor to TrueContext on its Acquisition by Battery Ventures
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TA Associates
Exclusive Financial Advisor (Buy side)
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N/a
Postmedia Network Canada Corp.
Exclusive Financial Advisor
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C$49m
Kognitiv
Financial Advisor
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N/a
LifeSpeak, Inc.
Exclusive Financial Advisor (Buy side)
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C$1.8b
Dye & Durham
Exclusive Financial Advisor (Recapitalization)
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C$136m
E Inc.
Lead Left Bookrunner
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C$129m
Docebo
Sole Bookrunner (Secondary Offering)
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C$125m
LifeSpeak, Inc.
Bookrunner (IPO)
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C$115m
Magnet Forensics
Joint Bookrunner (IPO)
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C$630m
Dye & Durham
Lead Left Bookrunner (Follow-on & Convertible Debenture)
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US$115m
Docebo
Joint Bookrunner (Follow-on)
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C$202m
Dye & Durham
Lead Left Bookrunner (Secondary Offering)
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A$91m
Dye & Durham
Financial Advisor to Dye & Durham on its Acquisition of SAI Global
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N/a
You.i TV
Exclusive Financial Advisor to You.i TV on its Sale to WarnerMedia