Grant Levine

Grant Levine is a Partner in Dentons' Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies group. His primary practice area is Capital Markets Law, and he advises emerging and established companies, investment banks and investors, primarily in the emerging technology, healthcare, energy, mining and critical minerals, communications and financial services sectors.

In his broad corporate practice, he counsels clients in connection with public and private securities offerings, public company securities compliance and corporate governance, venture capital transactions, mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance and other strategic transactions.

He frequently represents issuers, underwriters, placement agents, financial advisors and investors in all manner of public and private securities offerings. He has particular experience with equity capital market transactions, including IPOs, SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC business combinations, direct listings, registered direct offerings, CMPOs and PIPEs, spanning all major sectors and market verticals. He also regularly represents clients in public and private company M&A transactions, and venture capital and private company financings.

In addition to his transactional practice, he regularly serves as outside public company and securities counsel to emerging and established public companies, where he works proactively with clients to develop corporate governance best practices and ensure SEC, Nasdaq, NYSE and FINRA compliance and reporting obligations are met.

His representative experience includes the representation of underwriters, placement agents, financial advisors and institutional and accredited investors in capital markets transactions exceeding $3 billion in aggregate value. He represented Big Cypress Acquisition Corp. in a $115 million SPAC IPO and the subsequent $300 million equity-value business combination with biopharmaceutical company SAB Biotherapeutics Inc., and represented SAB BIO in subsequent equity capital markets offerings, including a $175 million private placement of securities and a tranched private placement of up to $130 million of securities.

He represented Fusemachines Inc. in a $250 million equity value business combination with CSLM Acquisition Corp.; represented Silex Systems (Australia) in an AU$130 million offering to institutional investors; represented iCAD, Inc. in a $103 million sale to RadNet, Inc.; represented Immunic, Inc. in a $65 million underwritten public offering of securities and a tranched private placement of up to $240 million of securities; and represented Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. in a $202 million SPAC IPO and the subsequent $250 million equity value business combination with DIH Technology Ltd.

He also represented PayPal in its acquisition of curv (Israel), a cloud-based wallet for cryptocurrency and digital asset protection; represented Unitil Corporation in two underwritten public offerings representing over $100 million; represented Nomadar Corp. in a Nasdaq direct listing of over $130 million in common stock; represented Bright Green Corporation in a Nasdaq direct listing of over $1 billion in common stock, the first direct listing of a cannabis company in the US; and represented Inter Pipeline Ltd. (Canada), a world-scale energy infrastructure company, and the special committee of the board of Inter Pipeline, in an unsolicited takeover bid and subsequent CAD$8.6 billion ($6.8 billion) acquisition by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (Canada).

Other matters include representing a private REIT in offerings of $68 million of common stock and preferred stock; representing Verano Holdings Corp. in a definitive agreement to acquire Goodness Growth Holdings for approximately $413 million; representing AFC Gamma, Inc., a cannabis-focused REIT, in a Nasdaq listing concurrent with a $118.8 million IPO; representing Laika Universe, Inc. (Colombia) in a $12 million Series A financing; and representing XS Financial, Inc. (Canada) in a $43.5 million note offering.

He was recognised in Best Lawyers in America, 2024. He holds a JD from Brooklyn Law School (2015) and a BA in Political Science from Syracuse University (2011).