Davies | Hillel W. Rosen

Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate/Commercial

Corporate Finance & Securities

Technology

Commercial Real Estate

Competition & Foreign Investment Review

Representative Work

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McGill University Faculty of Law Advisory Board

Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Turnaround Management Association

Director, Jewish Public Library

Perspective - Gover Report on Canadian Competition Bureau's Use of Subpoena Powers May Signal a More Consultative Approach for Future Investigations

Perspective - When is a “Sale” not a Sale? The Competition Tribunal Issues Its First Decision under the Competition Act’s Ordinary Sale Price Provisions

Québec, 1988

Oxford University, M.A., 1987
McGill University, B.C.L., LL.B. (Double Gold Medalist), 1985

Hillel Rosen is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate/Commercial, Corporate Finance & Securities, Technology, Commercial Real Estate and Competition & Foreign Investment Review practices. He is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Hillel has a diverse practice that is transactional in nature. He has particular expertise in business acquisitions (including restructurings of distressed or insolvent companies), renewable energy projects, life sciences businesses, real estate transactions and the forest products industry. Hillel is involved with the firm’s regulatory practice concerning the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act and, in that regard, he has helped many Canadian and multinational corporations through the merger compliance procedures.

Representative Work

Represented Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. (RES) as part of the St-Laurent Énergies consortium, consisting of EDF Énergies Nouvelles, Hydromega Services Inc., and RES, when they were awarded five wind farm projects by Hydro-Québec Distribution representing a total capacity of 954 Megawatts (MW). These five projects represent a total anticipated investment in excess of $2 billion.
Represented Paladin Labs Inc. when it entered into a strategic partnership with Isotechnika Pharma Inc. for the commercialization of voclosporin. The transaction was achieved by way of a Plan of Arrangement.
Acted for Faubourg Boisbriand Shopping Centre Holdings Inc. (a joint venture among Kimco Realty Corporation, Cherokee Partners and Sterling Centrecorp) in connection with a $165 million construction credit facility in respect of the Faubourg Boisbriand lifestyle retail complex in Boisbriand, Québec.
Acted for Gestion forestière Lacroix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Société générale de financement du Québec, when it acquired a private timberland covering some 148,000 acres in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec from Bowater Inc.
Acted for TPG Partners V LP in connection with Competition Act and Investment Canada Act matters relating to its acquisition of Axcan Pharma Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.3 billion.
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.
Represented Kimco Realty Corporation with respect to corporate commercial, tax and real estate matters when Kimco Realty and Riocan Real Estate Investment Trust acquired a 10-property shopping centre portfolio located in central and eastern Canada for approximately $156 million.

Recognition

Achieved one of Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rankings.

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