Date: May 25, 2016
Jason R. Sernoskie jsernoskie@casselsbrock.com
t: 416 860 6738 f: 416 646 5490
Toronto
Suite 2100, Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada
M5H 3C2
Jason (Jay) Sernoskie is an associate in the Business Law Group , where his practice focuses primarily on corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, debt financings and private equity transactions. He has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and closing a wide variety of mergers and acquisitions transactions and practices all aspects of commercial law with a particular emphasis on company acquisitions and dispositions, private equity transactions, project financings, joint ventures and corporate reorganization. Jay’s experience also includes drafting shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, services agreements, distribution agreements and other corporate and commercial agreements.
Jay’s mining experience includes drafting commercial agreements, including option agreements, off-take agreements, joint venture agreements, utility supply agreements and mining services agreements.
Jay’s work within the Private Equity Group includes financing transactions relating to emerging growth companies, several of which are focused on information technology development or clean technologies.
A few of Jay’s notable projects include acting for:
Alderon Iron Ore Corp. in connection with Investment by Chinese Investors, Hebei Iron &Steel Group
A TSXV company in the acquisition of a solar power company based in Germany
Burger King Corporation with its Canadian Franchise restructuring and subsidiary sale
A Canadian construction company’s restructuring and sale to a multinational European Company
Canadian Tire Corporation with acquisitions of auto repair facilities across Canada
Dundee Precious Metals in drafting and negotiating transportation Supply and Services Agreements in
Namibia
Goldcorp Inc. in connection with its divesture of the Escobal Project to Tahoe Resources Inc. and its divesture of the San Dimas Mine to Primero Gold Inc.
Lake Shore Gold in connection with its acquisition of certain mining properties from Barrick Gold

A leading electricity company in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement for renewable energy
A leading-edge clean technology fund in the formation of the fund and the structuring of its initial investments in three start-up clean technology companies
A venture capital fund focusing on early-stage technology companies in the formation of its new fund and the negotiation of its investments in underlying investee companies
A Canadian energy company in structuring its carbon offset marketing and sales strategy
A Subsidiary of Sprott Power Corp. in connection with the sale of its indirect partnership interests in a number of Hydro Development Projects in British Columbia
Worldlynx Wireless LP in its purchase of certain Canada-wide retail store locations
Significant Clients Advised (current and historical) (inter alia) – Alderson Iron Ore Corp., Barrick Gold
Corporation, Burger King Corporation, Canadian Tire Corporation, Goldcorp Inc., Extreme Venture Partners
LP, Kinross Gold Corporation, Lakeshore Gold Corporation, Sprott Power Corp., Summitt Energy
Management Inc., WireIE Holdings International Inc., Worldlynx Wireless LP and Yamana Gold Inc.
Ontario, 2007
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
Canadian Bar Association
Ontario Bar Association
Business
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mining
Private Equity