Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Capital Markets
- Investment Management & Private Equity
- Technology
- Digital Assets, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Maintains a diverse corporate practice.
Syed Muhammad Rizvi is building a broad corporate law practice and has advised clients in various sectors on public and private mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs), reverse takeovers, venture capital and equity financings, as well as securities compliance and other transactional mandates.
Prior to joining the firm, Syed worked as a corporate associate at two large Canadian law firms in Toronto. He previously co-founded a business that specialized in cell phone accessories and later co-founded an agritech startup.
- Advised Birch Hill Equity Partners in the sale of Bio Agri Mix, LP, Canada’s largest manufacturer and distributor of medicated feed additives and water-soluble medications for livestock, to DW Healthcare Partners.*
- Advised the shareholders of Canaccede Financial Group, the largest buyer of charged-off consumer receivables and insolvencies in Canada, in their sale to Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, a portfolio company of J.C. Flowers & Co.*
- Advised a syndicate of underwriters led by Bank of America Securities, Credit Suisse Group and Bank of Nova Scotia in the IPO of common shares of Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. (TSX:TFPM), for gross proceeds of US$250 million.*
- Advised a syndicate of agents, co-led by CIBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc., in a US$150-million offering of series J senior unsecured notes of Crombie REIT.*
- Advised a syndicate of underwriters including Mackie Research Capital Corporation, Canaccord Genuity Corp. and National Bank Financial Inc. on a bought deal by Theratechnologies Inc. (TSX:TH; NASDAQ:THTX), a biopharmaceutical company, for gross proceeds of US$46 million, including the full exercise of the over-allotment option.*
LanguagesEnglish
Urdu
Hindi
English
Urdu
Hindi
EducationJ.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2019
B.A., University of Toronto, 2016
J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2019
B.A., University of Toronto, 2016
Bar AdmissionsLaw Society of Ontario
Law Society of Ontario
- Member, Ontario Bar Association.