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Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its takeover bid for Overland Realty Limited in an all-cash deal that values Overland at approximately $70.9 million. |
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1/19/2010/2010 |
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Acted for DRI Capital Inc., the manager of a private investment fund, in connection with the acquisition from NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the licensor of certain patents and related intellectual property rights) of royalty rights derived from the sale of the drug Regpara®. |
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2/26/2010/2010 |
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Acting as Canadian counsel for U.S.-based private investment firm, Kinderhook Industries LLC, in its proposed acquisition of International Absorbents Inc. |
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2/3/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Actuate Corporation in its acquisition of Xenos Group Inc., a TSX listed enterprise software company. |
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2/1/2010/2010 |
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Acted for Toromont Industries Ltd. in its successful cash and share unsolicited takeover bid to acquire Enerflex Systems Income Fund, resulting in a $684 million supported transaction, and also acted for Toromont in establishing an unsecured $450 million term credit facility with a syndicate of banks to finance the acquisition. |
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1/20/2010/2010 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of Huntingdon REIT in its merger with IAT Air Cargo Facilities Income Fund ("IAT") by way of a unit-for-unit exchange through which IAT unitholders will receive 9.75 units of Huntingdon for each IAT unit held. The combined entity will have an enterprise value of $370 million and it will own, operate and lease 85 properties across Canada. |
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1/1/2010/2010 |
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Acting for Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co. Ltd., China's second largest copper cathode producer, and China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, one of the largest integrated construction enterprises in the world, in connection with their proposed joint acquisition of Corriente Resources Inc. |
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12/28/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed Hunan Non-Ferrous Metals Corporation Ltd. of China, the largest antimony company in China, in its acquisition of Beaver Brook Antimony Mine Inc. located in central Newfoundland. The Beaver Brook Mine is the only operating antimony mine in North America, and is one of the world's largest antimony deposits outside China and South Africa. |
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10/13/2009/2009 |
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Acted as counsel to the Molson brothers Geoff, Andrew and Justin, in connection with the acquisition of the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club by the investment group led by the Molson brothers, which transaction is considered to be one of the most significant North American acquisitions in professional sports. The Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club is one of the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchises, and among the most successful clubs in North American sports history. The transaction also included the purchase of the Montreal Bell Centre and the Gillett Entertainment Group. |
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12/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Khan Resources Inc., a Canadian-based exploration and development company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of uranium in Mongolia, in connection with the successful defense of a hostile takeover bid by Atomredmetzoloto JSC, a Russian state-owned enterprise, and acting for Khan Resources Inc. in connection with the "white knight" negotiated offer by way of takeover bid by CNNC Overseas Uranium Holding Ltd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation. |
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11/27/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Barzel Industries in a coordinated Canada/U.S. bankruptcy proceeding enterprise restructuring commenced in September 2009 and involving the negotiation of debtor-in-possession financing and a "stalking horse" bid, a joint cross-border auction process, and the November 2009 sale of Barzel's assets to affiliates of Metco Industries for US$75 million. |
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11/19/2009/2009 |
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Acted for U.S.-based private investment firm, Mill Road Capital, L.P. in its proposed acquisition of Cossette Inc. in a deal valued at approximately $134 million. |
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11/9/2009/2009 |
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Acted for the independent committee of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. on the partnership's US$1.1 billion investment in the recapitalization and restructuring of Babcock and Brown Infrastructure and its purchase of certain infrastructure assets from Babcock and Brown. |
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10/8/2009/2009 |
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Acted as lead counsel to Australian-headquartered global packaging manufacturer, Amcor Limited, in its acquisition of Alcan Packaging operations from Rio Tinto plc in 31 countries for approximately US$2 billion. The acquisition enhances Amcor's position as one of the world's leading packaging companies. |
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8/17/2009/2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Fiat S.p.A. in the purchase of substantially all of Chrysler LLC's operations by a new company formed in alliance with Fiat for approximately US$2 billion in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities under a US restructuring (Chapter 11) and in the related approximately US$7 billion first lien credit facility provided by the United States Department of the Treasury and the approximately $2 billion working capital facility provided by Export Development Canada. |
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6/10/2009/2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. in its merger with Bank of America in a transaction valued at US$50 billion. |
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1/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for ING Group N.V. in the sale of its entire 70% stake in ING Canada Inc. through a public offering and a concurrent private placement of shares of ING Canada for gross proceeds of $2.2 billion. |
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2/18/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Jaguar Financial Corporation, a shareholder of HudBay Minerals Inc., in its successful precedent-setting application to the Ontario Securities Commission to force HudBay to obtain shareholder approval as a condition to HudBay's proposed $550 million acquisition of Lundin Mining Corporation, which led to the termination of the proposed transaction and removal from office of the existing Board of Directors of HudBay. |
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1/23/2009/2009 |
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Acting for the Special Committee of Patheon Inc. in its response to a hostile "any and all" insider bid made by JLL Partners Inc., a 28% shareholder of Patheon, valued at US$600 million (including Patheon debt and preferred shares), including related court and securities commission proceedings. |
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1/8/2009/2009 |
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Acted for MAG Silver Corp. in its successful defense of a proposed $350 million hostile insider takeover bid announced by Fresnillo plc. |
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5/29/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Canadian Storage Partners, ULC, a member of the TKG-StorageMart group of companies, in connection with its acquisition of InStorage REIT in a deal valued at $416 million. InStorage REIT owns and operates 57 self-storage facilities in Ontario, Québec, Alberta and Saskatchewan and is a joint venture partner with respect to four additional self-storage facilities. The acquisition required the consent of lenders holding in excess of $275 million of loans. |
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3/18/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Fronteer Development Group Inc. in its successful unsolicited insider bid for the remaining 58% of Aurora Energy Resources Inc. not already owned by Fronteer, in a transaction valuing Aurora at $175 million. |
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3/2/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Detour Gold Corporation in its acquisition of its controlling public company shareholder, PDX Resources Inc., through a three-cornered amalgamation for share consideration valued at $209 million. |
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3/27/2009/2009 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of West Timmins Mining Inc. in connection with the $319 million acquisition of West Timmins by Lake Shore Gold Corp. effected through a share exchange plan of arrangement. |
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9/4/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, a leading global bank headquartered in China, in its acquisition of 70% of The Bank of East Asia (Canada), a Canadian chartered bank, in a deal valued at $80 million. |
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6/4/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its acquisition of Teck Cominco Limited's 50% interest in the David Bell and Williams gold mines for a purchase price of $65 million. |
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4/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Prinoth SpA, a member of the Leitner Technologies Group, in its acquisition of the Camoplast Inc. Track Machine Group, a leading manufacturer of snow groomers and other utility vehicles. |
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2/2/2009/2009 |
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Acted for BHP Billiton in its sale of Mayaniquel, S.A., a Guatemalan company with mining claims in Guatemala, to Anfield Ventures Inc. |
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5/14/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in the sale of certain mineral concessions and applications in Chile to Andina Minerals Inc. in exchange for shares of Andina. |
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7/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of the assets of BorderWare Technologies Inc. from a court appointed receiver. |
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7/30/2009/2009 |
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Acted for Fuel Systems Solution Inc. in its acquisition of the assets and technology of FuelMaker Corporation from a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. |
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5/1/2009/2009 |
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Acted for private investment firms Westerkirk Capital Inc. and Ironbridge Equity Partners Limited in connection with their acquisition of Gaspard & Sons, a leading North American provider of robes and vestments, from the Gaspard family. |
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4/30/2009/2009 |
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Acted for BCE Inc. and Bell Canada in connection with a proposed $51.7 billion take-private acquisition of BCE by way of a plan of arrangement with an investor group led by Teachers' Private Capital. Successfully defended the transaction in related court proceedings brought by Bell Canada bondholders, and secured a precedent-setting decision from the Supreme Court of Canada. |
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2/15/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to BHP Billiton in its unsolicited offer to acquire Rio Tinto in a share exchange deal valued at US$147 billion. |
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3/26/2008/2008 |
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Acted for TSX Group Inc. in its acquisition of Bourse de Montréal Inc. in a transaction valued at $1.3 billion which created TMX Group Inc., a leading integrated multi-asset stock exchange group. |
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5/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for General Electric Capital Corporation on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of a commercial financing portfolio from Citicapital Commercial Corporation and its affiliates in a transaction valued at US$13.2 billion. |
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8/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to India-based Tata Chemicals Limited in its acquisition of General Chemical Industrial Products Inc. in a transaction valued at US$1 billion, making Tata Chemicals one of the largest soda ash producers in the world. |
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3/27/2008/2008 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of Rothmans Inc. in connection with the $2 billion negotiated cash takeover bid for Rothmans by Philip Morris International Inc. and the concurrent $550 million settlement with the Canadian government regarding tobacco smuggling allegations. |
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9/11/2008/2008 |
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Acted for TPG Partners V LP in connection with its negotiated plan of arrangement to acquire Axcan Pharma Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at US$1.3 billion, financed by a secured credit facility, an unsecured bridge facility and an offering of senior secured notes. |
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2/25/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Mars, Incorporated in connection with Mars' US$23 billion acquisition of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. |
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5/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corporation on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with Delta's acquisition of Northwest Airlines in an all-stock merger valued at US$3 billion. |
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4/14/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Schaeffler KG in connection with its acquisition of Continental AG, one of the world's leading automotive industry suppliers, in a transaction valued at US$16.1 billion. |
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7/15/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Schlumberger Limited, a multinational oilfield services provider, in connection with the acquisition of contract driller Saxon Energy Services Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement valued at $706 million, including Schlumberger's arrangements with its joint acquirer, private equity fund First Reserve Corporation. |
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8/29/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation on tax and financing matters in connection with its acquisition of the remaining 40% interest in the Cortez joint venture in Nevada from a subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc for cash consideration of US$1.695 billion. |
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3/5/2008/2008 |
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Acted for China Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. and Jiangxi Copper Company Ltd., both Chinese state-controlled corporations, in their takeover bid for Northern Peru Copper Corp. valued at $455 million. |
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1/25/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its $470 million unsolicited offer to acquire Cadence Energy Inc., leading to Barrick's negotiated takeover bid for Cadence that successfully trumped Cadence's previously announced negotiated merger with Daylight Resources Trust. |
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9/4/2008/2008 |
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Acted for CryoCath Technologies Inc., a medical device company, in its sale to Medtronic, Inc. by way of a negotiated takeover bid valued at US$400 million. |
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11/13/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Sleep Country Canada Income Fund in its sale to Birch Hill Equity Partners and Westerkirk Capital Inc. in a negotiated takeover bid valued at $356 million. |
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9/24/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Salamander Energy plc in its proposed exchange offer for Serica Energy plc valued at £124 million which, had it proceeded, would have been the first takeover bid structured to comply with the substantive takeover bid rules of both the United Kingdom and Canada. |
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9/29/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to NBTY Inc. in connection with its successful bid, valued at US$371 million plus the assumption of certain liabilities, in the auction to acquire Leiner Health Products, a private label manufacturer of non-prescription drugs and supplements, held in connection with Leiner's US bankruptcy proceedings. |
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7/14/2008/2008 |
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Acted for BHP Billiton in its $274 million all cash acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd. by way of a plan of arrangement. |
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5/13/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Jinchuan Group Ltd., a Chinese state-controlled corporation and the largest producer of cobalt, nickel and platinum group metals in China, in its $214 million all cash takeover bid for Tyler Resources Inc. |
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3/11/2008/2008 |
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Acted for E-Z-EM, Inc. in its merger with Bracco Diagnostics, Inc., a subsidiary of Bracco Imaging S.p.A., an Italian medical device manufacturer, for a cash purchase price of approximately US$240 million. |
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4/1/2008/2008 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP in connection with its strategic alternatives review process which culminated in the sale of its windpower subsidiaries for $121.6 million to an affiliate of FPL Energy, LLC and the distribution of its net assets to unitholders. |
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6/2/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its sale to Royal Gold, Inc. of a portfolio of royalties on 72 properties located in six different countries in exchange for US$150 million cash and a significant reduction in certain royalties otherwise payable to Royal Gold on properties owned by Barrick. |
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10/6/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Callisto Capital LP and the other selling shareholders in the sale of Maxxam Analytics International Corporation to OMERS Capital Partners. |
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3/5/2008/2008 |
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Acted for AbitibiBowater Inc. in the sale of its Snowflake, Arizona mill to Catalyst Paper Corporation in a transaction valued at US$161 million. |
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2/22/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Atlas Holdings LLC in connection with its acquisition, together with Blue Wolf Capital Management, of a pulp mill in Pictou, Nova Scotia from Neenah Paper, Inc. |
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6/6/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group, Ltd. and Northwest Nonferrous International Investment Company, Limited, both Chinese state-controlled corporations, in their acquisition of Yukon Zinc Corporation by way of plan of arrangement in a transaction valued at $104 million. |
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7/2/2008/2008 |
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Acted for private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners Inc., TD Capital Group Ltd. and the other principal shareholders of Lift Technologies Inc. in the sale of Lift Technologies to Calvi Holdings of Italy. |
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8/14/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Time Inc. in its acquisition of QSP, Inc., in the United States, and Quality Service Products Inc., in Canada, from The Readers Digest Association Inc. in a transaction valued at US$110 million. |
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8/22/2008/2008 |
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Acted for West Face Capital in its acquisition of 10.6% of the outstanding units of Jazz Air Income Fund from ACE Aviation Holdings for $97 million. |
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1/30/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Velan Inc. in the sale of its 50% interest in valve manufacturer Velan S.r.l. to BPS S.r.l. in a transaction valued at $44 million. |
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7/21/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Access Cash General Partnership and its investors in Access Cash's acquisition of EZEE ATM LP, Canada's second largest full service independent provider of Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs), in a transaction valued at $41.2 million. |
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9/30/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Khan Resources Inc. in its unsolicited share exchange takeover bid for Western Prospector Group Ltd. |
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7/10/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Double-Take Software Canada Inc. in its acquisition of emBoot Inc. |
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7/29/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Richmont Mines Inc. in its acquisition of Patricia Mining Corp. by way of a plan of arrangement for cash and share consideration. |
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12/16/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Patheon Inc. in the sale of its Niagara-Burlington commercial manufacturing business to Pharmetics Inc. |
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1/31/2008/2008 |
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Acted for AirBoss of America Corp. in the sale of the operating assets and intellectual property of its railway track fastening products business to Amsted Rail Company Inc. |
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12/17/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in its acquisition of Innodia Inc. |
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7/17/2008/2008 |
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Acted for Appliance Canada Limited in the sale of all of its operating assets to Leon's Furniture Limited. |
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1/2/2008/2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Reuters Group plc in its dual listed company merger with The Thomson Corporation to create Thomson-Reuters in a transaction valued at US$17.6 billion, creating the first Canadian dual listed company structure. |
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6/12/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. in its merger of equals with Bowater Incorporated to create a company with a combined enterprise value of US$8 billion. |
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3/15/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Xstrata plc in its $6.2 billion all cash friendly takeover bid to acquire LionOre Mining International. Following two interloper bids by MMC Norilsk Nickel, Xstrata received the largest percentage break fee (5%) in any Canadian deal valued at over a billion dollars. |
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3/27/2007/2007 |
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Acted for each of Glencore International AG and RP Explorer Master Fund, significant stakeholders in Katanga Mining Limited, in connection with the merger of Katanga and Nikanor plc to create a company with a combined market capitalization of approximately US$3.3 billion. |
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11/6/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its acquisition of Terasen Inc., the Canadian natural gas distribution business of Kinder Morgan, Inc., in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion, creating the largest investor-owned utility in Canada. Awarded 2007 Deal Team of the Year at the inaugural Canadian Dealmakers Gala. |
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5/17/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Goldman, Sachs & Co., the financial advisor to steel manufacturer IPSCO Inc., in the sale of IPSCO to SSAB Svenskt Stal AB in a transaction valued at approximately $7.7 billion. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Fidelity National Financial Inc. in their acquisition of Ceridian Corporation in a transaction valued at US$5.3 billion. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for BCE Inc. in the sale of its subsidiary Telesat Canada to Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral Space & Communications Inc. in a transaction valued at $3.42 billion. |
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11/19/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Agricore United, Canada's largest grain handler, in its successful defense of the unsolicited takeover bid made by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the resulting white knight agreement with James Richardson International and the topping $1.8 billion offer by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. This deal was implemented using an innovative structure involving a concurrent continuance, takeover bid and plan of arrangement. |
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6/12/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Cadim Inc. (a division of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) in connection with its partnership arrangements with Westmont Hospitality Group and Cadbridge Investors LP, and acted for Cadbridge and InnVest REIT in connection with their joint negotiated takeover bid for Legacy Hotels REIT in a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. |
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7/18/2007/2007 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of Dynatec Corporation in the negotiated sale of Dynatec to Sherritt International Corporation by way of a share exchange plan of arrangement in a transaction valued at $1.6 billion. |
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7/10/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Onex Corporation on financing matters in connection with Onex's acquisition of Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, renamed Carestream Health, Inc., in a transaction valued at US$2.35 billion. |
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5/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for IPC US REIT in its strategic process and ultimate sale of its assets to Behringer Harvard in a US$1.4 billion all cash transaction. |
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8/14/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Cadim Inc. (a division of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) in connection with its partnership arrangements with Westmont Hospitality Group and Citigroup in connection with their joint negotiated US$1.32 billion acquisition of Red Roof Inns Inc. |
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9/4/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Cadim Inc. (a division of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) in its partnership arrangements with Westmont Hospitality Group and Kimco Realty Corporation, and on behalf of the consortium, in connection with their joint acquisition of Intown Suites Management Inc. |
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6/15/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Dako A/S in the DKK 7.25 billion (US$1.28 billion) sale of Dako Denmark A/S, a world leader in cancer diagnostics, to private equity fund EQT V. |
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7/10/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Tricap Management Limited, a significant shareholder of Stelco Inc., in connection with the acquisition of Stelco by United States Steel Corporation by way of plan of arrangement, in a transaction valued at US$1.1 billion. |
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7/17/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for private equity funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC in their acquisition of RailAmerica Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.1 billion. |
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2/14/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Osprey Media Income Fund in its auction process and the resulting negotiated all cash takeover bid for Osprey by Quebecor Media Inc., including successfully defending Osprey against litigation initiated by Quebecor to challenge Black Press Ltd.'s superior proposal that was eventually matched by Quebecor in a transaction valued at $578 million. |
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8/3/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited in its negotiated share exchange takeover bid for Cumberland Resources Ltd. valued at $710 million. |
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5/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its $773 million negotiated all cash takeover bid for Arizona Star Resource Corp. |
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12/18/2007/2007 |
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Acted for La Senza Corporation in the negotiated takeover bid by Limited Brands, Inc. valued at $710 million. |
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1/4/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Barzel Industries Inc. (formerly Symmetry Holdings Inc.) in its acquisition of Novamerican Steel Inc. for a purchase price of US$585 million. This transaction was only the second time that a US special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) acquired a US public company. |
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11/15/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Oxbow Group, a Florida based private energy company, in its $527 million acquisition of Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund, successfully trumping the previously announced negotiated acquisition of Great Lakes Carbon by Rain Commodities Ltd. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for St. Lawrence Cement Group Inc. in connection with the $630 million acquisition of St. Lawrence Cement by way of a takeover bid by its controlling shareholder, Holcim Ltd. |
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6/12/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Australia-based Amcor Limited in the sale of its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging operation in six countries in Europe to La Seda de Barcelona S.A. in a transaction valued at €430 million. |
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10/22/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Cominar REIT in its $592 million acquisition of 6.5 million square feet of office and industrial properties from Homburg Invest Inc., representing approximately 72% of the leasable space acquired by Homburg in its purchase of Alexis Nihon REIT. |
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2/12/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for private equity funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC in their acquisition of substantially all of the North American operations and facilities of Holiday Retirement Corp., involving 299 seniors living communities totalling over 35,000 living units, including 34 communities across Canada. |
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2/28/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Zinifex Limited (now OZ Minerals Ltd.) in its $360 million negotiated takeover bid for Wolfden Resources Inc. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Epicor Software Corporation in its acquisition of NSB Retail Systems plc by way of a UK scheme of arrangement for $322 million. |
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12/17/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Wega Mining ASA in its $118 million acquisition of Goldbelt Resources Ltd., the first time in Canada that a takeover bid was combined with a 19.9% private placement of shares of the target. |
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12/13/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Westwind Partners Inc., a Toronto-based independent investment bank, in its sale to Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. in a plan of arrangement transaction valued at approximately $146.7 million. |
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12/31/2007/2007 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Vista Equity Partners, a San Francisco private equity firm, in the US$240 million acquisition of Indus International Inc. |
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7/10/2007/2007 |
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Acted for private equity fund EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund III, L.P. in its acquisition and subsequent divestiture of an equity interest in Motion Picture Distribution LP, the former motion picture distribution arm of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. |
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8/15/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Entertainment One Income Fund in its strategic review process and the resulting negotiated $186 million asset sale to Marwyn Investment Management LLP and distribution of the proceeds to unitholders. |
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7/10/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Morgan Stanley Real Estate in connection with its acquisition of Three Sisters Mountain Village Ltd. |
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11/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for private equity fund EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund III, LP in its $70 million negotiated takeover bid for Stephenson's Rental Services Income Fund. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Russel Metals Inc. with respect to its acquisition of JMS Metal Services, Inc. in a transaction valued at US$125 million. |
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9/28/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Callisto Capital LP in the sale of its interest in Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories to Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc. |
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2/28/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Hanson Building Products North America, a division of Hanson plc, in its acquisition of Toronto Vault and Concrete Products Limited. |
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7/3/2007/2007 |
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Acted for CryoCath Technologies Inc. in the sale of its surgical business to ATS Medical. |
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7/11/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Corus Entertainment Inc. in its acquisition of the radio station CIGR-FM of Sherbrooke, Quebec. |
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10/29/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Schonbek Worldwide Lighting Inc. and its affiliated companies in connection with their sale to Swarovski US Holding Ltd., a subsidiary of Swarovski International Holding. |
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10/22/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Viking Air Limited in its acquisition from Bombardier Inc. of the Type Certificates issued by Transport Canada for the de Havilland fleet of heritage aircraft, including the Chipmunk, the Beaver and the Twin Otter. |
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2/4/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Gordon Brothers Merchant Partners LLC, a private equity fund, in its acquisition of a significant interest in Les Produits Aromatiques Clair de Lune Inc. |
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2/1/2007/2007 |
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Acted for Xstrata plc in its unsolicited takeover bid for Falconbridge Ltd. valuing Falconbridge at $24.1 billion. At the time of announcement, this transaction was the largest unsolicited takeover bid ever made in the global mining sector and its successful completion made Xstrata the world's fifth-largest mining company. |
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11/2/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its successful unsolicited US$10.4 billion takeover bid for Placer Dome Inc. resulting in a negotiated transaction to create the world's largest gold mining company. At the time of announcement this was the largest unsolicited takeover bid made in Canada and it is the largest acquisition transaction ever completed in the gold industry. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Mittal Steel in connection with its $37 billion bid for Arcelor. |
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8/25/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Trizec Canada Inc. and as Canadian counsel to Trizec Properties, Inc., one of the largest publicly traded REITs in the United States (and 38% owned by Trizec Canada), in their strategic auction, ultimately culminating in Brookfield Properties Corporation acquiring Trizec Canada in an all cash plan of arrangement and Trizec Properties in a parallel US cash-out merger. The combined transaction was valued at US$8.9 billion. |
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9/7/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Tim Hortons Inc. in its spin-off from Wendy's International, Inc. valued at $4.6 billion. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its pre-bid agreement with Goldcorp Inc. to dispose of certain assets acquired by Barrick in its takeover bid for Placer Dome Inc. and in the subsequent disposition of US$1.6 billion of assets to Goldcorp. |
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5/12/2006/2006 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of Retirement Residences REIT in connection with its strategic alternatives review process which culminated in a $2.8 billion supported takeover bid by Public Sector Pension Investment Board. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Onex Corporation on Canadian tax matters in connection with the attempted takeover of Australia's largest airline carrier, Qantas, by a consortium including Onex in a transaction valued at $10.2 billion that would have given Onex 12.5% of the airline. |
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12/16/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with the disposition of its 50% stake in the South Deep mine in South Africa to Gold Fields Limited for total consideration of US$1.525 billion. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for The Body Shop International plc in its sale to L'Oreal SA of France in a transaction valued at US$1.14 billion. |
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10/23/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its all cash US$1.53 billion unsolicited takeover bid to acquire NovaGold Resources Inc. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Baker Brothers Investments, a significant shareholder of AnorMED Inc., in connection with the successful proxy contest to change the board of directors of AnorMED, the subsequent unsolicited takeover bid for AnorMED by Genzyme Corporation, the resulting white knight agreement with Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the topping US$584 million offer by Genzyme. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Cadim Inc. (a division of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) in its partnership arrangements with Westmont Hospitality Group, and on behalf of both parties in connection with their joint acquisition of Boykin Lodging Company in an all cash merger transaction valued at approximately US$416 million. |
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8/25/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership in the restructuring of Cable Satisfaction International Inc., sponsored by Catalyst, including the sale of Cable Satisfaction's subsidiary, Cabovisao-Televisao por Cabo, S.A., to Cogeco Cable Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at $465 million. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc. in its acquisition of the interests of The Mills Corporation in three shopping centres located in Vaughan, Ontario, Glasgow, Scotland and Madrid, Spain for US$988 million. |
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12/16/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Australia-based Amcor Limited in the sale of its White Cap business in Europe, Asia, Brazil and the US to Silgan Holdings Inc. for a base price of €230 million. |
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9/7/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Minacs Worldwide Inc. in its auction process and the resulting negotiated all cash takeover bid for Minacs by Transworks Information Systems Ltd. in a transaction valued at $196 million. |
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11/23/2006/2006 |
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Acted for private equity firm EdgeStone Capital Partners in the sale of the firm to GMP Capital Trust for $152 million in cash and units. |
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10/23/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Scion Capital, the largest shareholder in Bolivar Gold Corporation, in its opposition to the acquisition of Bolivar by South African miner Gold Fields Limited, including Scion's dissident proxy solicitation and related litigation before the courts of Ontario and the Yukon Territory. |
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8/24/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Pershing Square Capital Management LP and certain other institutional investors in Sears Canada Inc. in connection with their successful efforts to oppose Sears Holding Corporation's insider bid and related efforts to squeeze out the minority shareholders of Sears Canada, including proceedings before the Ontario Securities Commission and the Ontario Courts. |
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1/24/2006/2006 |
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Acted for private equity fund EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund III LP in its acquisition, along with its co-investors including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, of a 50% interest in Continental Alloys & Services, a Houston based global manufacturer and distribution of bar and tubular products for the oilfield service industry. |
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7/17/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Hydro-Québec and Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Quebec in the sale of their indirect interest in Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Fortuna SA, the owner of the largest hydro electricity generating facility in Panama, to Enel Latin America LLC in a transaction valued at US$150 million. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for General Electric Company in its sale of GE Access Distribution to Avnet, Inc. for $410 million. |
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11/6/2006/2006 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel for Man Financial Inc. (now MF Global Ltd.), a global broker for exchange-traded futures and options, in its negotiated acquisition of the Canadian operations of Refco Group Ltd. |
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1/1/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Bear Stearns & Co Inc., the financial advisor to Regalito Copper Corp., in connection with the US$137 million negotiated takeover bid for Regalito Copper by Pan Pacific Copper Ltd. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Hydro-Québec and Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Quebec in the sale of Consorcio TransMantaro SA to Interconexíon Eléctrica SA ESP and Empresa de Energía de Bogotá SA ESP in a transaction valued at $117.5 million. |
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12/1/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its US$90 million acquisition of two electricity utilities which together serve 80% of the electricity customers on the Turks & Caicos Islands. |
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11/30/2006/2006 |
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Acted for CashCode Co., a payment solutions company, in its sale to Crane Co. in a transaction valued at US$86 million. |
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1/17/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in its $60 million negotiated takeover bid for Pioneer Metals Corporation. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners Inc. in the acquisition by Birch Hill Equity Partners III, LP of the assets of Bio Agri Mix LP. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Fortis Inc. in its acquisition of a majority ownership position in Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd., a TSX-listed company that is the sole provider of electricity on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. |
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12/16/2006/2006 |
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Acted for private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners Inc. and its portfolio company Emerging Information Systems Inc. in the acquisition of Financial Profiles Inc., a financial planning software company based in San Diego, California. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for BHP Billiton in its acquisition of the Guatemalan mining assets of Jaguar Nickel Inc. and the execution of exploration alliance agreements with Jaguar Nickel. |
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1/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Celestica Inc. in its acquisition of the Philippines manufacturing operations of Powerwave Technologies Inc., as well as a multiyear supply contract with Powerwave. |
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8/25/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with the conversion of its interest in a Papua New Guinea joint venture into a 9.59% stake in its joint venture partner Nautilus Minerals Inc. |
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11/22/2006/2006 |
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Acted for IPC US REIT in its acquisition of a preferred equity interest in the 3.5 million sq ft Bank of America Center in San Francisco, California. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Sleep Country Canada Inc. in its offering of senior secured notes, the proceeds of which were used to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Sleep America of Arizona. |
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10/31/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited in connection with its US$66.8 million acquisition of the Pinos Altos project in Mexico from Industrias Penoles S.A. de C.V. |
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8/25/2006/2006 |
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Acted for private equity lead investor EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund in its acquisition of an equity interest in Porter Aviation Holdings Inc., which launched the new Porter Airlines out of the Toronto City Centre Airport. |
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3/27/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Lifestyle Brands Ltd. in its sale of trademarks and related intellectual property to Collective Licensing International, LLC. |
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1/26/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Decision Resources, Inc. in its acquisition of Millennium Research Group Inc. |
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2/2/2006/2006 |
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Acted for Hydro-Québec in the sale of its interest in Hidroeléctrica Río Lajas SA, the owner of a hydro electricity generating facility in Costa Rica, to Corporación de Inversiones Abonos Superior SA, its Costa Rican partner. |
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7/20/2006/2006 |
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