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Acted for MI Developments, Inc. ("MID") in its successful defence of applications made to the Ontario Securities Commission by Greenlight Capital, Inc., Farallon Capital Management LLC and others seeking orders denying MID the use of various securities law exemptions and seeking to require MID to obtain minority shareholder approval before proceeding with proposed related party transactions with Magna Entertainment Corp. |
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2009 |
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Acted for MI Developments, Inc. in a divestment and spin-off of ownership position in Magna Entertainment to MI Developments shareholders. |
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2008 |
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Acted for BCE Inc. and Bell Canada before the Supreme Court of Canada and the courts below in the landmark case involving the proposed $51.7 billion privatization of BCE and the attempt by certain holders of debentures of Bell Canada (BCE's subsidiary) to prevent court approval of the transaction on the basis that the transaction failed to properly protect their interests. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada reversed the previous decision from the Québec Court of Appeal, rejected the claims made by the debentureholders, and restored the trial judge's approval of the transaction. |
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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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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 for a subsidiary of Magna in defending an oppression application brought against it before the Superior Court of Justice and the Divisional Court. |
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2006 |
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Acted for Rogers Wireless Inc. in its successful defence of an injunction proceeding brought by Telus Corporation concerning claims of misleading advertising. |
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2006 |
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