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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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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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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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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 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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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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2008 |
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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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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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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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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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2007 |
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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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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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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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2007 |
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Acted for an investment group led by Joseph Neubauer and investment funds managed by GS Capital Partners, CCMP Capital Advisors, JP Morgan Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Warburg Pincus LLC on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with the acquisition of ARAMARK Corporation in a transaction valued at $8.3 billion. |
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2007 |
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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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2006 |
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Acted for Vishay Intertechnology Inc. on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of the Power Control Systems (PCS) business from electrical component maker International Rectifier for approximately US$290 million. |
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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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2006 |
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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 for Barrick Gold Corporation in its all cash US$1.53 billion unsolicited takeover bid to acquire NovaGold Resources Inc. |
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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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2006 |
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Acted for Dubai Ports World on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for US$6.8 billion. |
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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 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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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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2006 |
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Acted for Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. as its shares in PanAsia Paper Company Pte Ltd. were acquired by Norske Skog in a transaction valued at US$600 million. |
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2005 |
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Acted for Vista Equity Partners in its acquisition of MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $77 million. |
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2005 |
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Acted for GE Commercial Distribution Finance on its acquisition of Bombardier Capital's Inventory Finance division in a transaction valued at US$2.3 billion. |
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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 Patheon Inc. in its US$415 million acquisition of MOVA Pharmaceutical Corporation, and the related acquisition financings of a $245.9 million public offering and a US$169 million credit facility. |
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2004 |
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UK-based Meggitt Plc acquired the Design and Manufacturing division of Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group for US$1.45 billion. |
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2004 |
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Acted for an affiliate of Bain Capital in connection with the purchase of Verizon Communications Inc.'s directory operations, SuperPages Canada, in a transaction valued at $1.985 billion.
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2004 |
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Acted for the Westmont/Whitehall Partnership in connection with the disposition of its portfolio of 25 Canadian hotels for proceeds of approximately $300 million. |
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2004 |
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Acted for Commerz Grundbesitz Investmentgesellschaft GmbH ("CGI"), one of the largest real estate investment fund managers in Europe, in its acquisition of a 50% interest in six limited partnerships that own six major Canadian regional shopping centres and one office tower, with a combined leaseable area of more than 4 million square feet. This is CGI's first investment in Canada. The scope and magnitude of the transaction makes it one of the most significant transactions in the Canadian real estate industry in recent history. |
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2004 |
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McCain Foods Ltd. acquired the assets of the Carberry, Manitoba potato processing plant owned by Midwest Food Products Inc.(a subsidiary of Nestlé Canada Inc.) for an undisclosed purchase price. Davies provided Competition advice to McCain in Canada. |
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2004 |
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Purchase by Amcor Limited from Rexam Plc of Rexam's healthcare flexibles packaging operations (approximately $275 million). |
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2003 |
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Take-over bid by Russel Metals Inc. for all the shares and convertible subordinated debentures of Leroux Steel Inc. (approximately $185 million). |
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2003 |
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Acquisition by Redbourne Investments Inc. and other investors of Place Montréal Trust in Montréal. |
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2002 |
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Acted for Shaw Communications Inc. in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Moffat Communications Limited by negotiated takeover bid. |
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2001 |
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Purchase by Astral Media Inc. of Corus Entertainment's 50% interest in The Family Channel and its 20% interest in Teletoon Canada Inc. ($127 million). |
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2001 |
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Acquisition of Donohue Inc. by Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. ($7.1 billion) and related Competition Act proceedings. |
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2001 |
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Acquisition by Etex Group S.A. of the pipe systems division of Glynwed International plc (UK) (£786 million). |
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2001 |
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