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Acted for Postmedia Network Inc. in the acquisition of the publishing business of Canwest LP under a sale proceeding conducted pursuant to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. The assets included the largest publisher of English-language newspapers in Canada as well as an extensive portfolio of digital media and online assets. The aggregate enterprise value of the assets was estimated to be $1.1 billion. Also acted throughout the CCAA proceedings for an Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders, comprised of 18 investment funds, which held the majority of Canwest LP's outstanding indebtedness and which provided a $250 million equity commitment to permit the acquisition. |
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2010 |
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Acted for Brainhunter Inc. and its subsidiaries in an acquisition by Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd. and Zylog Systems (India) Limited pursuant to a Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. |
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2009 |
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Acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its agreement to sell to Silver Wheaton Corp. silver in an amount equal to 25% of the life-of-mine silver production from Barrick's Pascua-Lama project and 100% of silver production from Barrick's Lagunas Norte, Pierina and Veladero mines until project completion at Pascua-Lama in exchange for a US$625 million cash deposit and US$3.90 cash per ounce of silver. |
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2009 |
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Acted for Bank of Montreal and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with the 2008 restructuring of over $2 billion of asset-backed debt obligations and related credit derivatives transactions of Apex Trust and Sitka Trust. |
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2008 |
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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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2007 |
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