Canadian fusion energy innovator General Fusion has hired Joanna Cameron as its first general counsel ahead of its plans to go public.
Cameron joins from Canadian firm Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, where she was a partner. She brings three decades of experience across both in-house and private practice roles, specialising in capital markets and business law matters, including equity and debt financings, initial public offerings and M&A.
Vancouver-based General Fusion is seeking to commercialise fusion energy, which uses heat created by nuclear fusion to generate electricity. The company is planning to go public through a combination with a special purpose acquisition vehicle, Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III.
Greg Twinney, General Fusion CEO, said: “Joanna brings exceptional public market expertise and energy industry experience to General Fusion at a pivotal moment in our history. We look forward to benefiting from her leadership and strategic perspective as we execute our commercialisation plan.”
Cameron returns to in-house work after four and a half years at Osler and three years at DeMoulin Black. Prior to that she was GC at Canadian uranium exploration and development company NexGen Energy, her first in-house role.
She previously worked across several private practice firms including Cassels Brock & Blackwell, Lawson Lundell and Norton Rose Fulbright. She started her career at legacy firm MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman.
Cameron said: “I joined General Fusion first because the mission to bring clean energy to the world resonates deeply with me. Second, it is an incredibly exciting time to use my experience to support General Fusion as it prepares to transition to the first publicly traded pure-play fusion company.”
Cameron’s appointment comes amid a wave of nuclear-related in-house moves in the US. Last month, nuclear innovator NuCube Energy hired Michael Green as its first chief legal officer, joining from nuclear power company Oklo.
In October last year, NuScale Power hired its second CLO in less than four months, appointing James Canafax to replace Shahram Ghasemian who had joined in July as its first CLO.
In September, US nuclear peer The Nuclear Company hired Robert Harmon, a former deputy GC at Tesla, to become its first CLO.
And in May last year, nuclear innovator Terrestrial Energy hired Brian Romanzo as GC from franchising consultancy REP’M Group.
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