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Payton Holliss, Associate | Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions

Payton Holliss

Associate Fasken
Jurisdiction Alberta, 2017
Language(s) English
Office(s) Calgary, Toronto
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Overview

Payton’s practice is focused on securities and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions. Clients value Payton for his experience acting for underwriters and issuers on significant financings and for targets and acquirors on complex transactions.

Frequently acting on debt and equity financings, both domestic and cross-border, Payton also works on plans of arrangement, amalgamations, going-public transactions, private equity transactions, strategic investments and take-over bids. He provides advice across a broad range of industries on public disclosure, stock exchange requirements and securities regulatory matters, as well as corporate structuring and governance.

Payton works with entrepreneurs to establish new businesses in a variety of industries and frequently advises on general corporate and commercial matters for businesses at all stages of growth.

Achievements

Experience

  • Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. announces closing of C$3.6 million in funding for transition to commercial operations and future facility business development, [Deal - Northstar Clean Technologies Inc.], Northstar Clean Technologies Inc., a clean technology company, completed a C$3.6 million non-brokered private placement of units to transition to commercial operations and fund ongoing business development.
  • Aris Mining closes US$450 million senior notes offering, [Deal - Aris Mining Corporation], Senior notes offering for Aris Mining
  • Steppe Gold Ltd. completes acquisition of Boroo Gold, LLC, creating Mongolia’s leading gold producer; completes sale of the Tres Cruces Oxide Project, [Deal - Steppe Gold Ltd.], Steppe Gold Ltd. completes acquisition of Boroo Gold, LLC; sale of the Tres Cruces Oxide Project.
  • SCP Resource Finance leads C$126 million best-efforts public offering of units of Robex Resources, [Deal - SCP Resource Finance LP], Advised SCP Resource Finance for a public offering of units by Robex Resources.
  • XORTX Therapeutics Inc. raises C$2.7 million in prospectus offering and concurrent private placement of units, [Deal - XORTX Therapeutics Inc.], Clinical pharmaceutical company closes prospectus offering of units and concurrent private placement.
  • First Quantum completes US$1.6 billion senior secured second lien notes offering, [Deal - First Quantum Minerals Ltd.], Acted for First Quantum in connection with its previously-announced offering of US$1.6 billion aggregate principal amount of 9.375% senior secured second lien notes due 2029.
  • HEALWELL AI Inc. completes acquisition of Intrahealth Systems Limited, [Deal - HEALWELL AI Inc.], HEALWELL AI Inc. completes acquisition of Intrahealth Systems Limited.
  • Stifel Europe, Tennyson Securities, Strand Hanson and Stifel Canada lead equity fundraising for Southern Energy Corp., [Deal - Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, Tennyson Securities, Strand Hanson Limited and Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc.], US-focused oil and natural gas company completes UK placing, concurrent Canadian prospectus offering and subscription.
  • IAMGOLD completes sale of Brazilian assets to Jaguar Mining Inc., [Deal - IAMGOLD Corporation], IAMGOLD Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary AGEM Ltd., successfully sold its 100% interest in the Pitangui Project and its interest in the Acurui Project.

Career & Education

Education

  • JD Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University
  • BMOS (Honours) University of Western Ontario

Memberships & Affiliations

Knowledge

  • Is Semi-Annual Financial Reporting Right for You? The CSA’s Pilot Project for Venture Issuers Is Now Live, 3/23/2026
  • To SAR or Not to SAR? The Pros, Cons and Complexities of Semi-Annual Reporting by Public Companies, 2/18/2026
  • Break Fees in M&A: Two Cautionary Tales, 7/10/2025
  • Cormark Securities (Re): the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal Gives New and Noteworthy Guidance to Sophisticated Public Market Investors and Investment Dealers, 12/12/2024
  • Fasken’s Fifth Annual PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) Deal Point Study, 7/23/2024
  • Canadian PIPE Deal Point Study, 5/2/2023
  • 2021 Canadian PIPE Deal Point Study, 7/25/2022
  • 2020 Canadian PIPE Deal Point Study, 5/13/2021