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Acted as Canadian counsel for PPG Industries in connection with its $1.05-billion acquisition of the North American architectural coatings business of AkzoNobel N.V.

2013
Acted for Audley Capital in successfully defeating motions for class certification and for leave to commence a claim for securities misrepresentation under Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act. This action was the first case in which leave to proceed under Part XXIII.1 was denied on the merits of the claim since that legislation permitting "secondary market claims" was introduced in Ontario.

2013
Acting for France-based pharmaceutical company, Sanofi S.A. on Canadian regulatory issues arising from the restructuring of its 15-year alliance agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb, a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company, in response to lost exclusivity on two of Sanofi's major drugs, Plavix® and Avapro®/Avalide®.

2013
Acting for Wärtsilä Canada Inc., a Finnish based engineering firm, in connection with a product liability litigation arising out of the manufacture and supply of marine engines and associated equipment.

2013
Acted for Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft Gmbh, for the account of hausInvest, in connection with its extensive Canadian real estate portfolio, including the sale of Stampede Station (Phase I) to Artis Real Estate Investment Trust.

2013
Acting for Veolia Transdev, the world's leading private player in the field of sustainable transport, in connection with its Canadian operations and acquisitions.

2013
Acting for Dassault Systèmes S.A., a world-leading 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock-Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions provider, in connection with its Canadian operations and acquisitions.

2013
Acted for Stingray Digital Group Inc. in connection with the refinancing of its $65-million credit facilities with a banking syndicate led by National Bank of Canada.

2012
Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust, representing the German fund Degi International, in connection with the acquisition by Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust of all of the issued and outstanding units of Degi Homburg Harris Limited Partnership, holder of a 100 per cent freehold interest in Penn West Plaza, a two-tower office property in Calgary, pursuant to purchase agreements with Degi International.

2012
Acted for subsidiaries of Grupo FerroAtlántica, S.A. in a successful bid for the acquisition of the solar-grade silicon assets of Timminco Inc. and Bécancour Silicon Inc. in connection with their insolvency proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.

2012
Acted for BELLUS Health Inc. in connection with the completion of its partnership with Asclepios Bioresearch (UK) Limited for the clinical development of BLU8499, BELLUS Health's drug candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

2012
Acted for Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft mbH, as manager of hausInvest, an open-ended real estate fund in Germany, in connection with its sale of its 50% interest in four prominent shopping centres in Canada (in Québec, Nova Scotia and British Columbia) to Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc. for $508 million.

2012
Acted for 3Ci Inc. in connection with the sale of its assets in the Murdochville Wind Farm Project to EDF EN Canada Development Inc.

2012
Acted for Audley Capital Advisors LLP, a London based investment advisor to hedge funds, in its governance discussions with Connacher Oil & Gas Limited.

2012
Acted as Canadian counsel to IMC International Metalworking Companies B.V. in connection with its contemplated strategic arrangement with Woulfe Mining Corporation and its 100%-owned tungsten/molybdenum South Korean subsidiary, Sangdong Mining Corporation.

2012
Acted for Dassault Systèmes S.A. in connection with its acquisition of the shares of Gemcom Software International Inc., a geological modeling and simulation company which is a world leader in mining industry software solutions, for approximately US$360 million.

2012
Acted for Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in connection with its US$2.8-billion acquisition of Scandinavia's top convenience and fuel retailer Statoil Fuel and Retail ASA (SFR) of Norway and with respect to its new US$3.2-billion three year credit facility.

2012
Acted for CDP Capital in connection with its sale of private equity interests in a number of tier-I private equity funds to a group of 4 separate buyers of secondary private equity fund interests.

2011
Acted for Sentient Global Resources Fund IV, LP in connection with its $6,831,000 investment in Samco Gold Limited regarding the initial public offering of Samco.

2011
Acted for KGHM Polska Miedz S.A., one of Poland's leading companies and Europe's largest copper miner, in its $2.87-billion acquisition of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. At the time of closing, this was the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Polish company.

2011
Acted for Infu-Capital, S.C.R. de Régimen Simplificado, S.A.U., a Spanish entity part of Grupo Fuertes, in connection with its private financing of Québec-based Prevtec Microbia Inc.

2011
Acted for HMV Group plc, a specialist retailer of entertainment and books, in connection with the sale of its Canadian business to Hilco UK Ltd.

2011
Acted for Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft Gmbh in the sale of Stampede Station (Phase I), a ten-storey office building located in Calgary, Alberta, to Artis Real Estate Investment Trust.

2011
Acted as Canadian counsel to Sigdo Koppers, a Chilean industrial engineering conglomerate, in connection with its US$790-million purchase of Magotteaux Group, a Belgian mining and cement services company.

2011
Acted as Canadian counsel for Triton Partners, a European based private equity firm, in connection with its US$527-million acquisition of DYWIDAG-Systems International GmbH, a Germany based manufacturer and supplier of building supplies.

2011
Acted for Minmetals Exploration & Development (Luxembourg) Limited S.a.r.l. in connection with its acquisition, on a private placement basis, of 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Century Iron Mines Corporation (formerly Red Rock Capital Corp.). In connection with the acquisition of shares, Davies also acted for Minmetals in respect of the material terms of an Offtake Agreement to be entered into between Minmetals and Century providing for the purchase by Minmetals of iron ore produced from Century's Duncan Lake Property.

2011
Acted for Eurocopter Holding SAS, a subsidiary of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V., in connection with its acquisition of Vector Aerospace Corporation in a transaction valued at $635 million by way of a takeover bid.

2011
Acted for Paladin Labs Inc. in connection with its strategic relationship with ProStrakan Group, a UK-based specialty pharma company. Paladin was granted an exclusive license to ProStrakan's products for certain emerging territories and acquired ProStrakan's existing £50 million credit facility and certain conversion rights.

2010
Acted for African Barrick Gold Plc in connection with its US$150-million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders led by Citibank N.A.

2010
Acted for Jesta Capital Group in connection with its acquisition of the Fox Mobile Group, the wireless entertainment division of News Corporation.

2010
Acted for Yoplait France SAS, the second largest brand in fresh dairy products in the world, in connection with its acquisition of Québec-based Liberté Brand Products from its management and investment firms, Swander Pace Capital LLC and Roynat Capital Inc.

2010
Acted for Paladin Labs Inc. in its strategic investment in SpePharm Holding B.V. SpePharm is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, registering and marketing specialty medicines throughout Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, Paladin agreed to invest 4 million Euros in SpePharm through a secured convertible debenture.

2010
Acted for Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH in connection with the establishment of credit facilities to finance the acquisition, construction and operation by Starwood SSM2 Canada Incorporated of 33.581 MW DC solar power facilities located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

2010
Acted for BMO Capital Markets in connection with a $60-million bought deal private placement of subscription receipts of Fluid Music Canada, Inc. and for Bank of Montreal in connection with a US$100-million senior secured credit facility. The proceeds of the private placement and the bank financing will be used by Fluid Music to complete the EUR 160-million acquisition of Mood Media Group SA.

2010
Acted for Xstrata plc in connection with the renewal of its US$6-billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme.

2010
Acted as Canadian counsel to Terra Industries Inc. on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with CF Industries' US$4.7-billion acquisition of Terra, as well as in connection with the proposed US$4.1-billion acquisition by Yara International ASA of Terra and the proposed acquisition by Terra from Agrium Inc. of a 50% interest in Agrium's Carseland, Alberta nitrogen facility.

2010
Acted as Canadian counsel to Barrick Gold Corporation and African Barrick Gold plc in connection with the US$864-million initial public offering of African Barrick Gold. The offering was one of the largest recent initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange.

2010
Acted for a syndicate of agents led by Thomas Weisel Partners in connection with Starfield Resources Inc.'s offerings of flow-through and common shares.

2010
Acted as Canadian counsel for BofA Merrill Lynch, TD Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc. in a $300-million underwritten private placement by Metropolitan Life Global Funding I of 2.625% fixed rate notes due December 3, 2012, secured by a funding agreement issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

2010
Acted for 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.

2010
Acted for Bellus Health Inc. in the negotiation of agreements pursuant to which a subsidiary of Celtic Therapeutics will acquire and license worldwide rights related to the Phase III investigational product candidate KIACTA (for the treatment of AA Amyloidosis).

2010
Acted for Vitus Investments III Private Limited in connection with the sale of its interest in Virochem Pharma Inc.

2009
Acted for Khan Resources Inc., a uranium exploration and development company focused on Mongolia, in connection with the successful defense of a hostile takeover bid by Atomredmetzoloto JSC, a Russian state-owned enterprise, and acted for Khan Resources Inc. in connection with the "white knight" negotiated offer by way of takeover bid by CNNC Overseas Uranium Holding Ltd., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation.

2009
Acted for Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Limited in connection with a US$250-million backstopped rights offering by Katanga Mining Limited, qualified by way of a short form prospectus filed in each of the provinces and territories of Canada.

2009
Acted for INEOS Melamines LLC with respect to a $36-million recovery allegedly due as a result of the termination of a tolling agreement.

2009
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 U.S. 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.

2009
Acted for Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. in its acquisition of the assets and technology of FuelMaker Corporation from a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

2009
Acted for Codere S.A., a Spanish gaming company, and Grupo Caliente, a Mexican gaming company, in their dealings with the U.S. horse racing industry.

2009
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.

2009
Acted as Canadian counsel to Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Limited, a subsidiary of Glencore International AG, which was a lender and underwriter in a US$265.3-million mandatorily convertible loan facility for Kamoto Copper Company SARL, a subsidiary of Katanga Mining Limited.

2009
Acted for Caisse régionale de crédit agricole in connection to Mecachrome International Inc. and its Canadian subsidiaries' joint plan of arrangement and reorganization under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act, while a similar plan de sauvegarde pursuant to the French Code de Commerce was approved with respect to Mecachrome International Inc.'s French subsidiaries.

2009
Acted for San K.J. Lee, in the case of San K.J. Lee v. V&G International Licensing Inc., an oppression remedy proceeding in Québec, with interim safeguard measures including the appointment of an interim receiver-manager and injunctive relief in Québec, the United States and Switzerland.

2009
Acted as Canadian counsel to Schaeffler KG in connection with its acquisition of Continental AG, one of the world's leading automotive industry suppliers, in a transaction valued at US$16.1 billion.

2009
Acted for J.P. Morgan (Suisse) SA in connection with its US$20-million secured financing of the purchase of a Bombardier aircraft by Horizon Jet Limited.

2008
Acted for Patheon Inc. in its joint venture with Italy's BSP Pharmaceuticals, a company focussed on the development and marketing of cytotoxic pharmaceutical products.

2008
Acted for Enligna Canada Inc., a subsidiary of the German-based Enligna AG, in the purchase of assets of MacTara Limited, a Nova Scotia manufacturer of wood pellets under the protection of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, for an amount of $6.5 million.

2008
Acted as Canadian counsel for Salamander Energy plc in its proposed exchange offer for Serica Energy plc valued at £124 million which, had it proceeded, would have been the first takeover bid structured to comply with the substantive takeover bid rules of both the United Kingdom and Canada.

2008
Acted for Credit Suisse in the establishment of its $2-billion medium term note program.

2008
Acted for Audley European Opportunities Master Fund Limited in connection with its US$30-million credit facility provided to Western Canadian Coal Corp.

2008
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.

2008
Acted for Glencore International AG in connection with the formation of its strategic partnership with Polymet Mining Corp., including a convertible loan to Polymet.

2008
Acted as Canadian counsel to Fulcrum Group on the merger with Butterfield Fund Services to create Butterfield Fulcrum Group.

2008
Acted for each of Glencore International AG and RP Explorer Master Fund, significant stakeholders in Katanga Mining Limited, in connection with the merger of Katanga and Nikanor PLC to create a company with a combined market capitalization of approximately US$3.3 billion.

2008
Acted for Amot Investments Canada Ltd. in its purchase and financing of a 50% interest in the E-Commerce Complex Phase I and for the owners in the disposition thereof to KanAm Grund Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbh.

2007
Acted successfully for Novel Commodities S.A. against the Republic of Guinea before the Federal Court of Canada in the context of a dispute involving the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.

2007
Acted for Xstrata plc in connection with the establishment of its US$6-billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme.

2007
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 Citigroup in connection with their joint negotiated US$1.32 billion acquisition of Red Roof Inns Inc.

2007
Acted for Wega Mining ASA in its $118-million acquisition of Goldbelt Resources Ltd., the first time in Canada that a takeover bid was combined with a 19.9% private placement of shares of the target.

2007
Acted for the Beaverbrook (U.K.) Foundation in closely watched trial and appellate arbitration proceedings that were held in public in New Brunswick concerning the ownership of numerous valuable works of art acquired by the Beaverbrook (U.K.) Foundation between 1954 and 1965 and currently housed at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton.

2007
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 euros.

2007
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.

2007
Acted for Zinifex Limited (now OZ Minerals Ltd.) in its $360-million negotiated takeover bid for Wolfden Resources Inc.

2007
Acted as Canadian counsel for Dako Denmark A/S in the DKK 7.25-billion (US$1.28-billion) sale of Dako Denmark A/S, a world leader in cancer diagnostics, to private equity fund EQT V.

2007
Acted for INEOS on Canadian regulatory matters in connection with the formation of a joint venture to combine the INEOS Silica business and PQ Corporation, both manufacturers of industrial silicates and silicas, in a transaction valued at US$1 billion.

2007
Acted for Xstrata plc in connection with its 144A US$500 million offering of 6.9% notes due 2037. The notes were offered by Xstrata Finance (Canada) Ltd., a subsidiary of Xstrata and guaranteed by Xstrata and certain of its subsidiaries.

2007
Acted for INEOS Group in its joint venture with NOVA Chemicals Corp. to form INEOS NOVA.

2007
Acted as Canadian counsel for Epicor Software Corporation in its acquisition of NSB Retail Systems plc by way of a UK scheme of arrangement for $322 million.

2007
Acted as Canadian counsel for Goldman, Sachs & Co., the financial advisor to steel manufacturer IPSCO Inc., in the sale of IPSCO to SSAB Svenskt Stal AB in a transaction valued at approximately $7.7 billion.

2007
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 $1 billion.

2007
Acted for Entertainment One Income Fund in its strategic review process and the resulting negotiated $186 million asset sale to Marwyn Investment Management LLP and distribution of the proceeds to unitholders.

2007

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