BBTV Holdings Inc. - $172 Million IPO

• Acting as issuer’s counsel on BBTV’s $172 million IPO of subordinate voting shares, TSX listing and concurrent buy-out of majority shareholder’s interest in BroadbandTV Corp. and corporate restructuring.

Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. - $198 Million Business Combination and Financing

• Acting as issuer’s counsel on the qualifying transaction of J55 Capital Corp. involving its merger with Aquilini Gameco Inc., Luminosity Gaming Inc. and Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. and the concurrent subscription receipt financing and corporate restructuring, to form one of the largest esports and gaming companies in the world.

Willow Biosciences Inc. - $69 Million Business Combination and Financing

• Acting as counsel for Makena Resources Inc. on the plan of arrangement with BioCan Technologies Inc. and Epimeron Inc. to form Willow Biosciences Inc. and the concurrent financing.

WELL Health Technologies Inc. - $15 Million Short Form Prospectus Offering

• Acting as counsel for WELL on its $15 million bought deal short form prospectus offering of common shares and on its going public transaction, and advising on other securities related matters.

Norsemont Mining Inc. - Acquisition of Chilean Mineral Exploration Project

• Acting as counsel for Norsemont on its $10.45 million acquisition of Choquelimpie gold/silver project in Northern Chile through the acquisition of Tavros Gold Corp.

TGS Esports Inc. – TSXV Listing and Esports Business Acquisitions

• Acting as counsel for Brockton Ventures Inc. to publicly list “The Gaming Stadium”, and as counsel for TGS on its acquisition of Pepper Esports Inc. and other esports and technology businesses, on its strategic financing.

Trenchant Capital Corp. - $12 Million Prospectus Offering of Convertible Debentures

• Acting as counsel for this investment issuer on is $12 million prospectus offering of 8% convertible debentures.

Run of River Power Inc. – Plan of Arrangement and Going Private Transaction

• Acting as counsel for ROR on its going private transaction and delisting from the TSX Venture Exchange by way of a plan of arrangement involving a sale of the Skookum Power Project to Concord Pacific and sale of the Brandywine Creek Project to a third party.

Sun Entertainment Holding Corporation – Going Private Transaction

• Acting as counsel for Sun Entertainment, parent company for record label “Sun Records”, on its going private transaction and delisting from the TSX Venture involving the buy-out of minority shareholders’ interests by the largest shareholder.

Huldra Silver Inc. – CCAA Restructuring

• Acting as issuer’s counsel advising Huldra on securities matters in connection with the company’s restructuring under the Companies’ Creditors Assistance Act (Canada).

Wolfden Resources Corporation - $10 million IPO

• Acting as counsel for Wolfden on its $10 million initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange as a Tier 1 mining company and the concurrent acquisition of an advanced stage mining property.

Mining Issuer IPO – $7 million Special Warrant IPO

• Acting as counsel for a mineral exploration company in its $7 million special warrant financing, prospectus filing, exercise of special warrants and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange as a Tier 2 Mining Issuer.

Equity Drawdown Financings

• Acting as counsel for a private equity fund in its investments in Canadian publicly listed companies by way of equity drawdown facilities.

Sales of Private Technology Companies

• Acting as counsel for a private cybersecurity company through its early stage financings and corporate restructuring, and on its sale to an international accounting firm.

Start-Up Financings and Private Equity Investment

• Acting as counsel for a gaming start-up through their Series A and Series B financings and negotiating an investment and joint venture with a private equity fund. Advising start-ups on founders’ investments and early stage financings.

Shareholder Activism

• Advising a shareholder group on requisitioning a shareholders’ meeting and successfully taking over a Toronto Stock Exchange listed mining company and on the related proxy battle. Advising a TSX Venture Exchange listed company on defending itself in a proxy battle against dissident shareholders. Advising clients on defensive tactics including shareholders’ rights plans and advance notice bylaws

Corporate Governance and Special Counsel

• Advising special committees of various boards of directors on significant transactions, fiduciary duties, related party transactions and shareholder activists.

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"Nafeesa has advised our public company for several years. She knows the law, strategy, how to handle the personalities involved, and how to achieve positive results. She handles her work ethically, efficiently and with great ease. I highly recommend Nafeesa."

“Having just completed a very complex international transaction which included parties from three different continents and multiple tax and law jurisdictions, to say I was very impressed would be an understatement. My team and I worked closely with Nafeesa and after having worked with numerous law firms in Vancouver over the years I have found Clark Wilson to be the best. I have found their scope of knowledge to be second to none and the firm has the ability to offer services in almost any area.”

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