Sudeep Simkhada | People

Overview

Sudeep facilitates cross-border transactions by assisting issuers and underwriters to access the U.S. capital markets. Sudeep brings passion and dedication to help clients achieve their goals.

As a Senior Attorney, Sudeep brings his experience and expertise to bear on all matters he handles. Sudeep advises clients in their regulatory and compliance issues, including compliance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities bureaus and self-regulatory organizations, and he prepares the periodic and current reports required to be filed by public companies. Sudeep also provides U.S. legal advice to Canadian and other foreign issuers in connection with NASDAQ and NYSE listings, private and public debt and securities offerings, business combinations and general corporate matters related to United States business expansion. Sudeep also specializes in cross-border private placement offerings.

Education & Admissions

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (J.D., 2012)

Texas Tech University (M.A., Philosophy, 2009)

Dickinson State University (2006), summa cum laude

Admissions

Minnesota
Licensed Foreign Legal Consultant in Ontario

Languages

Nepali, Hindi, Urdu

Experience

Recent Financing Activities

Represented the syndicate of underwriters led by Goldman Sachs in the US $1 billion follow-on offering of Avantor, Inc.*
Represented the underwriters in the US$424.8 million U.S. IPO of Nuvei Corporation*
Represented Sculptor Acquisition Corp. I in its IPO*
Represented Planet Fitness, Inc. in its whole-business securitization transaction*
Represented Integra Resources Corp. in its “at the market offering” (ATM) offering of up to US$25 million common shares pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the base shelf prospectus
Represented Sandfire Resources America Inc. in its rights offerings in the US pursuant to Form F-7 registration statements
Represented Western Copper and Gold Corporation in its Form F-10 shelf registration of up to Cdn.$50 million of common shares, warrants, subscription receipts and units
Represented SilverCrest Metals Inc. in its Form F-10 shelf registration of up to Cdn.$200 million of common shares, warrants, subscription receipts, debt securities and units, and Cdn.$92 million underwritten bought deal of common shares pursuant to Form F-10 registration statement
Represented Acreage Holdings, Inc. in its qualifying distribution pursuant to Form F-10 prospectus supplement of up to US$50 million units issuable upon automatic exercise of privately placed special warrants and exercise of certain purchaser’s option and in its Form F-10 shelf registration of up to US$800 million of subordinate voting shares, debt securities, warrants, subscription receipts and units
Represented Energy Fuels Inc. in its various “at the market offering” (ATM) offerings and a standalone offering pursuant to Form S-3 registration statement
Represented Titan Medical Inc. in its brokered units offering of up to US$25 million pursuant to Form F-10 registration statement
Represented CGX Energy Inc. in its rights offering in the US pursuant to Form F-7 registration statement
Represented Wells Fargo & Company in its offerings of debt securities linked to stock indices, exchange-traded funds, commodities and other market measures, and in its issuances of depositary shares, each representing an interest in preferred stock (Series P and Series Q)*

*The representative matters are from prior experience.

Recent Listing Activities

Counsel to Canopy Growth Corporation and Aphria Inc. on their NYSE Listings
Counsel to Titan Medical Inc. on its NASDAQ listing
Advised and successfully quoted securities of over a dozen Canadian issuers on the OTCQX or the OTCQB markets