David Randell is a partner in our Business Law Group in Toronto. David has a corporate and securities practice focussing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. His practice also includes advising clients on corporate law and corporate governance matters.

David regularly acts for issuers and investment dealers in various corporate finance deals, including private placements both in Canada and abroad, public offerings, and venture capital financing. David has experience with debt offerings (including medium term notes and high-yield debt) and equity offerings, and regularly acts for the firms' major corporate clients, including financial institutions.

David also regularly acts for purchasers and vendors on public and private merger and acquisition transactions, including take-over bids and share sales.

David has recently been involved in advising:

· Rio Tinto on a number of transactions involving Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (formerly Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.) including securing its controlling interest.

· Score Media Inc. on its sale to Rogers Media Inc. and the spin-out to its shareholders of theScore, Inc.

· Score Media Ventures Inc. on its acquisition of a 20% interest in NuLayer Inc.

· TD Securities and RBC Capital Markets in respect of the issuance by OPB Finance Trust of $350,000,000 3.89% Series A Debentures and $150,000,000 3.87% Series B Debentures via a private placement.

· TD Securities in respect of the issuance by Yukon Development Corporation, as agent for the Yukon Territory, of $100,000,000 5.00% unsecured, unsubordinated bonds via private placement.

· Canaccord Genuity Corp. in respect of the public offering by Estrella International Energy Services Ltd. of 28,600,000 common shares for $20,020,000.

· GE Capital in renewing its $4,000,000,000 medium term note program in Canada and GE Capital Canada Funding Company's medium term note offerings.

· IROC Energy Services Corp. in respect of its public offering of 15,943,830 common shares for $21,581,000.

· Black Press Group Ltd. in respect of its private placement of $110,000,000 Series A Unsecured Subordinated Notes.

· Noranda Operating Trust in respect of its private placement of $90,000,000 Senior Secured Notes.

· Scotia Capital in respect of the public offering of Sun Life Financial Inc. of $250,000,000 Class A Non-Cumulative Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series 12R.

· Wellington West Capital Markets Inc. in respect of the public offering by Tuscany International Drilling Inc. of 65,360,000 subscription receipts for $100,800,000.

During 2009, David completed a secondment to the Royal Bank of Canada legal group.

David received his BA (Economics) from Mount Allison University in 2000 and his JD from the University of Toronto in 2003. While in law school, he won the Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Prize in Business Organizations and the Jacob Finkelman Prize in Labour Law. He was called to the Ontario bar in 2005.