Christopher Pejovic

Associate

About

Areas of FocusCorporate Mergers and Acquisitions Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Intellectual Property Corporate Venture Capital Equity Capital Markets Private Equity

Bar admissionsOntario, 2018

EXPERIENCE

Acted for a group of investors led by Inovia Capital in connection with Cohere.ai’s $368 million Series C financing round, named the largest venture capital transaction in Canada in 2023 (by the Canadian Venture Capital Association).
Represented Tilray Brands, Inc. (TSX: TLRY, Nasdaq: TLRY) in connection with its acquisition of HEXO Corp. (TSX: HEXO, NASDAQ: HEXO)
Represented Granify Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Bazaarvoice, Inc.
Acted for Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. (TSX: CWEB) in connection with a US$57 million debenture issuance to ‎British American Tobacco.
Acted for Updata Partners in connection with its investment in ContactMonkey’s $55 million Series A financing round.
Acted for Société BIC (BB:PA) in connection with its acquisition of inkbox ink incorporated, a Canadian-‎based company producing the leading global brand of semi-permanent tattoos.‎
Represented Aphria Inc. (TSX: APHA and NASDAQ: APHA) in its reverse takeover of Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY).
Acting for Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTC: TCNNF) in its proposed US$2.1 billion acquisition of Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. (CSE: HARV, OTCQX: HRVSF).
Represented a syndicate of agents, led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., in connection with the US$17 million initial public offering of common shares and units of HempFusion Wellness Inc. (TSX: CBD.U).‎
Acted for the agents in connection with a private placement offering of common shares of Zinc8 Energy Solutions Inc. (CSE:ZAIR) for total gross proceeds to the Company of $15.5 million.
Acted for a major investor in $44 million Series B funding of AI chatbot provider Ada Support.
Acted for the underwriters in connection with a public offering of units of mCloud Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: MCLD) for gross proceeds of $11.5 million.
Represented Acreage Holdings, Inc. (CSE: ACRG.U) in its USD$3.4 billion arrangement with Canopy ‎Growth.‎
Represented High Street Capital Partners, LLC in connection with its USD$314.2 million subscription ‎receipt financing, reverse take-over of Applied Inventions Management Corp. and the listing of the ‎resulting issuer, Acreage Holdings, Inc. (CSE: ACRG.U), on the Canadian Securities Exchange.‎
Advised ASX listed medicinal cannabis company, Althea Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: ‎AGH), on its ‎acquisition of Canadian extraction and contract manufacturing company ‎Peak Processing Solutions, ‎together with Althea's associated AUD30 million capital ‎raising.‎
Acted for Santander bank in its investment in Trulioo Information Services Inc.‎
Acted for the sellers of Digital Chaos, Inc. (DC), an esports company based in Georgia, USA, in the sale ‎of their shares in DC in exchange for an interest in the acquiror, an Ontario company.
Acted for Canaccord Genuity Corp. in connection with a short form prospectus offering of debenture ‎units of Chemistree Technology Inc. (CSE: CHM) for gross proceeds of $9.43 million.‎
Acted for Canaccord Genuity Corp. in connection with a best efforts private placement of units of ‎HempFusion, Inc. for gross proceeds of US $36 million.‎
Acted for CENTR Brands Corp. (CSE: CNTR) in connection with a reverse take-over transaction and CSE ‎listing.‎
Acted for a global technology company in the sale of its Chinese division.‎

Languages

Education

J.D., University of Western Ontario, 2017

B.Sc (Hons.), Biotechnology, University of Toronto, 2014

Awards

Area of Concentration in Intellectual Property, Information and Technology, University of Western Ontario, 2017
Global Engagement Honour, University of Western Ontario, 2017

Community Involvement