Liberty Health Sciences and Ayr Wellness complete merger
Counsel to Liberty Health Sciences Inc.
Lead by
Lawrence D. Wilder
Adam Kline
Neil Gurmukh
Ron Choudhury
Eric Dufour
Bryan Hicks
On February 26, 2021, Liberty Health Sciences (CSE:LHS; OTCQX:LHSIF) (“Liberty”) and Ayr Wellness Inc. (CSE:AYR.A; OTCQX:AYRWF) (“Ayr”), formerly Ayr Strategies Inc., announced the completion of its arrangement agreement pursuant to which Ayr has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Liberty in an all-share transaction for a total consideration of approximately $372 million (or US$290 million) on a fully-diluted basis. Ayr cultivates and manufactures branded cannabis products for distribution through its network of retail outlets and through third-party stores.
Liberty Health Sciences is an integrated “seed-to-sale” company that provides medical marijuana products to patients throughout the State of Florida.
Miller Thomson advised Liberty Health on the transaction with a team co-led by Lawrence Wilder and Adam Kline (Capital Markets & Securities), and comprised of Lucy Schilling, Deven Rath, Abid Ahmed, Desmond Christy, and Syed Rizvi (Capital Markets & Securities); Neil Gurmukh and Ron Choudhury (Tax); Eric Dufour (Competition); Bryan Hicks (Shareholders Disputes); and Sarah DeGenova and Madison Derraugh (Articling Students).