Saptarshi (Rishi) Chakraborty
Partner
OFFICE: Downtown

Education
- 2008 Queen's University, LLM (Securities Law)
- 2005 University of Toronto, LLM (Public International Law)
- 2004 University of Pune (India), LLB
Admissions
- 2011 Alberta
Notable Work
Experience
Select Current Engagements:
- Private acquisition company with respect to a mergers and acquisition transaction involving the sale of shares of a private industrial and construction company for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $30,000,000.
- Public royalties company with respect to a public merger transaction. The transaction will involve the merger of the public company with another private company, with the resulting company listing its shares on a recognized Canadian stock exchange. The transaction is valued at approximately $55,000,000.
- Private software company with respect to a mergers and acquisition transaction involving the acquisition of a business line and its corresponding assets. The transaction is valued at approximately $12,000,000.
- Private land development company with respect to an initial debenture offering of approximately $20,000,000 (up $50,000,000 max), a corresponding private investment of approximately $12 million (equity + convertible securities), the acquisition of land and adjoining golf course for approximately $20 million.
- Alberta based NASDAQ listed energy company is looking to acquire two private US listed energy companies from a private equity firm for a total equity value of between US$60 million and US$72 million.
- US private equity firm looking to acquire a Canadian manufacturing facility for approximately $20,000,000.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- An asset management company with respect to a private company acquisition for a transaction value of approximately $15 million
- Ferus Natural Gas Fuels in its amalgamation with Cryopeak LNG Solutions to create the largest private, vertically integrated, LNG producer and service provider in Canada
- Eagle Plains Resources and Eagle Royalties with its spin-out transaction for a value of approximately $50 million
- An asset management company with respect to a business acquisition for a transaction value of approximately $30 million
- Cornerstone Capital Resources with its public merger transaction with SolGold plc for $160 million
- Wow Lighting and Controls Inc. in its corporate reorganization of approximately $20 million of shares and assets
- Taiga Gold in its public M&A transaction with SSR Mining for a transaction value of approximately $35 million and delisting from the stock exchange
- An asset management company on several private M&A transactions for a combined transaction value of approximately $50 million
- PBS Financial Systems with respect to its strategic acquisition of an automotive software company
- Prairie View Royalty and various affiliated entities as part of a strategic corporate reorganization transaction
- Cleango Innovations' acquisition of SoftLab9 Technologies via RTO transaction and its listing on a Canadian stock exchange
- Plankk Technologies in its acquisition via a take-over bid of Petrofeed for approximately $3 million
- Value Drug Mart Associates sale of assets and business to strategic buyer for approximately $30 million
- Paramount Resources in its purchase of assets from Apache Canada for approximately $600 million and subsequent merger with Trilogy Energy
- Trimac Transportation in its privatization transaction for approximately $60 million
- Energold Drilling in its acquisition of private drilling company for approximately $10 million
- Black Swan Energy in its acquisition of Carmel Bay Exploration for approximately $200 million
- Petrowest Corporation in its acquisition of three independent energy services companies for a cumulative value of approximately $50 million
- Represented CDC Group and Golden Oil Holdings for their combined debt and equity investments of US$50 million in Feronia
- Petrogas Energy in its sale of approximately 67% interest to AltaGas for approximately $900 million
- Brookfield Capital Partners in its privatization transaction of Insignia Energy for approximately $90 million
Corporate Finance:
- Fortress Insurance with its $5.3 million equity offering and strategic agreement with U.S. based Indemnity National Insurance Company
- Fathom Nickel on its brokered private placement financing for gross proceeds of approximately $15 million
- Enerjet, an ultra low-cost airline carrier with respect to its reorganization and private equity financing
- RMMI Corp. with respect to its initial public offering and listing on the Canadian Stock Exchange
- Scotia Capital and a syndicate of underwriters with respect to a $136 million equity raise by Parex Resources
- RBC Capital Markets and a syndicate of underwriters with respect to a cumulative equity raise of approximately $3 billion by Encana Corporation and Cenovus Energy Inc.
- Paramount Resources Ltd. with respect to its $350 million equity raise
- Petrowest Corporation with respect to several public offerings for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $100 million
- Heritage Oil and Heritage Oil Corporation with respect to their $395 million rights offering on the London Stock Exchange and on the TSX
- Sunshine Oilsands in its $580 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and subsequent listing on the TSX
Resources
- Recognition
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HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Corporate Mid-Market (2024).
- Rishi is recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada for work in Corporate Law and Securities Law (2024-2025).
- Memberships
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- Law Society of Alberta
- Canadian Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Privacy & Access Section
- Calgary Bar Association
- Private Capital Markets Association of Canada
- Teaching Roles & Speaking Engagements
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
SPEAKER
Adapt & Thrive: Ask the Experts
Fully Managed, Webinar, June 2020
SPEAKER
COVID-19 + Your Technology: How to stay secure in a global pandemic
Entrepreneurs' Organization Calgary, Webinar, April 2020