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Acted as counsel to the Board of Directors of the Toronto Port Authority. |
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2009 |
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Acted for the founder of Biovail Corporation in an Ontario Securities Commission proceeding against him with respect to financial reporting issues. |
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2009 |
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Acted for InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust in its successful efforts to defend an attempt by Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust to remove InnVest's independent trustees from the board and replace them with Royal Host nominees. |
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2009 |
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Advised the Enforcement Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission in connection with its investigation into the stock option backdating by Research in Motion. |
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2009 |
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Advised Special Option Committee of Fronteer Development Group Inc. in connection with a review of the corporation's stock option practices. |
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2008 |
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Acted for the independent investigator into matters related to the RCMP pension and insurance fund and worked closely with a large forensics team to produce the investigative report. |
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2007 |
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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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2006 |
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Advising two different private, family owned multi-national corporations on succession planning, governance and corporate restructuring in connection with transition of management, ownership and control from one generation to the next. |
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2006 |
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Acted for the Province of Ontario with respect to providing corporate securities and corporate governance advice on its strategic alternatives for Teranet Inc., the Province's electronic land registry system, and advised the Province in connection with the execution of Teranet's $700 million private placement offering. |
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2006 |
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Acted for a subsidiary of Magna in defending an oppression application brought against it before the Ontario Superior Court and the Divisional Court. |
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2006 |
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Acted for the Special Committee of Minacs Worldwide Inc. in discussions relating to strategic alternatives and advised the Board on the ultimate sale of the company. |
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2006 |
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Acted for the Enforcement Branch and for the Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission on the adoption of rules relating to the governance of mutual funds. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Biovail Corporation and the board on a highly successful governance renewal project, ultimately becoming regular outside counsel to the company. |
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2005 |
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Acted for the Board of Directors of Canada Post Corporation throughout the process leading up to the delivery of two reports in response to the Auditor General's Report. |
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2004 |
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Acquisition by Irving Tissue Corporation of tissue manufacturing facility in Weston, Ontario from Procter & Gamble Inc. |
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2001 |
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Structuring private equity manager and its private equity funds. |
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