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Acting for Chi Mei Optoelectronics in its defence of class actions across Canada alleging price fixing in respect of the sales of LCD panels. |
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2009 |
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Acting for a Québec-based gas retailer in connection with criminal charges laid by the Competition Bureau for alleged price fixing and related class actions. |
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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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2009 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Google Inc. on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with its proposed services agreement with Yahoo! Inc. |
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2008 |
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Acted as Canadian counsel to Wells Fargo & Company on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of Wachovia Corporation in a deal valued at US$11.7 billion. |
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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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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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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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2008 |
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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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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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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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2007 |
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Acted for Canada Pipe Company Ltd. with respect to a contested abuse of dominance case before the Competition Tribunal, Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada. This matter was ultimately resolved through a negotiated Consent Agreement in December 2007. |
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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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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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2006 |
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Acted for BCE Inc. on the recapitalization and ownership restructuring of Bell Globemedia Inc. valued at $1.3 billion. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Metro Inc. on its acquisition of A&P Canada in a transaction valued at $1.7 billion. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Cineplex Galaxy Limited Partnership in competition matters related to its acquisition of the Famous Players movie exhibition business of Viacom Inc. for a purchase price of $500 million. Following the acquisition of Famous Players, Cineplex Galaxy is Canada's largest movie exhibition business. |
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2005 |
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Acted for an affiliate of Bain Capital in the sale of its interests in Advertising Directory Solutions Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $2.55 billion.
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2005 |
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Acted for Masonite International Corporation on its acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in a deal valued at $3.1 billion. |
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2005 |
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Acted for both ROW Entertainment Income Fund (ROW) and Standard Broadcasting Ltd. as ROW acquired all of the home entertainment distribution assets of Video One Canada Ltd. from Standard Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. for $74 million to create one of Canada's leading distributors of home entertainment products, including CDs, DVDs and multi-platform video games. Under the terms of the agreement, ROW paid 50% in cash and 50% in stock. |
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2004 |
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