Initial Purchasers

Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by Deutsche Bank and Citigroup, in the private placement of US$450-million aggregate principal amount of high yield notes by IAMGOLD Corporation.

Blackstone Tactical Opportunities

Acted for Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, a fund managed by Blackstone, in its sale of TITUS Inc., an Ottawa-based leading provider of data classification and categorization solutions, to an affiliate of HelpSystems Holdings, Inc.

Initial Purchasers

Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank and CIBC Capital Markets, in the private placement of US$750 million of senior secured notes of GFL Environmental Inc.

BofA Securities, MUFG, Scotiabank and BMO Capital Markets

Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by BofA Securities, MUFG, Scotiabank and BMO Capital Markets, in the private placement of US$600 million of notes of CCL Industries Inc.

Blackstone Tactical Opportunities

Acted for Blackstone Tactical Opportunities in its US$460-million sale with Orion Resource Partners of the gold prepay, stream facilities and an offtake agreement in respect of Lundin Gold Inc.'s Fruta del Norte mine to Newcrest Mining Limited.

Digital Colony

Acted for Digital Colony in connection with the additional $148.5 million of bank financing raised to recapitalize Beanfield Technologies Inc. and the related tuck-in acquisition by Beanfield of the fibre business of Aptum Technologies.

SEMAFO Inc.

Acted as counsel to SEMAFO Inc. in its US$2.1-billion business combination with Endeavour Mining Corporation by way of plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Québec).

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$1.0-billion public offering of 3.70% senior notes due 2049, issued in the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.

Digital Colony

Acted for Digital Colony, the global digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital, Inc., in its acquisition (and related bank financing) of Beanfield Technologies Inc., an independent bandwidth infrastructure provider serving the enterprise, carrier and multi-dwelling unit markets in Toronto and Montréal over its owned fibre network.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its $1-billion public offering of 3.25% senior notes due 2029, issued in Canada. This offering was supported by the largest single-tranche order book on record in Canada.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$1.25-billion public offering of 4.35% senior notes due 2049, issued in the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.

Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Macquarie Capital and RBC Capital Markets

Acted as Canadian counsel to the initial purchasers, led by Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Macquarie Capital and RBC Capital Markets, in the private placement of US$600 million of high-yield notes of GFL Environmental Inc.

Ipsen S.A.

Acted for French biopharmaceutical company Ipsen in the acquisition of Québec-based Clementia Pharmaceuticals for a purchase price of US$25.00 per share in cash upfront, plus a contingent value right (CVR) of US$6.00 per share, for a total transaction value of up to US$1.31 billion.

Management Systems Resources Inc.

Acted for Management Systems Resources Inc., a leading provider of automated global trade compliance software solutions, in the sale of the Visual Compliance and eCustoms business to Descartes Systems Group for $330 million.

Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.

Acted for Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. in its $88.7-million acquisition of Endy, one of Canada's leading mattress-in-a-box e-commerce players, and the financing of this acquisition through an increase in and amendment to its $210-million senior secured syndicated credit facility.

Berkshire Partners

Acted as Canadian counsel to Berkshire Partners in the $800-million sale of Farm Boy, a fast-growing and successful Canadian food retailer, to Empire Company Limited.

Enercare Inc.

Acted for Enercare Inc., one of North America's largest home and commercial services and energy solutions companies, in its $4.3-billion sale to Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional partners by way of plan of arrangement.

Arizona Mining Inc.

Acted for Arizona Mining Inc. in its sale to South32 Limited in an all-cash transaction valuing Arizona Mining at approximately $2.1 billion, by plan of arrangement.

National Bank Financial Inc. and TD Securities Inc.

Acted for the syndicate of agents, led by National Bank Financial Inc. and TD Securities Inc., in TMX Group Limited's $200-million Canadian private placement of 3.779% senior unsecured debentures.

Hydroméga Services Inc.

Acted for Hydroméga Services Inc. in the acquisition of Cochrane Power Corporation's Cochrane Power Generating Station, a cogeneration facility equipped with a 30MW natural gas turbine and a 15MW biomass fuelled boiler and steam turbine.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in its US$750-million underwritten public offering of senior notes due 2048, issued in the United States under the multijurisdictional disclosure system.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in the establishment of its US$1.5-billion commercial paper program.

Zochem LLC

Acted for Zochem LLC (formerly Zinc Oxide LLC) in its acquisition of Zochem Inc. from American Zinc Recycling LLC, creating the largest producer of zinc oxide in North America.

Sentry Investments

Acted for Sentry Investments in its $780-million acquisition by CI Financial Corp. in a transaction that combines two of Canada's largest independent active asset managers.

Iron Mountain Incorporated

Acted for Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM) in connection with the divestiture of certain records and information management assets in the United States and Canada to Arkive, Inc., a portfolio company of the U.S.-based private equity firm, Summit Park Partners. The U.S. Department of Justice and Canadian Competition Bureau required these assets to be divested following IRM's US$2-billion acquisition of Recall Holdings Ltd.

Pershing Square Capital Management

Acted as Canadian counsel to Pershing Square Capital Management in connection with its concurrent cross-border secondary offering of US$1.4 billion of Canadian Pacific Railway common shares. The transaction was effected as a U.S.-style bought deal, and the shares were sold to the public at variable prices.

Woodbourne Canada Partners III (CA) LP

Acting for Woodbourne Canada Partners III (CA) LP with its $180-million acquisition with Tridel Builders Inc. of the residential component of The Well from RioCan REIT, Allied Properties REIT and Diamondcorp.

BMO Capital Markets, Credit Suisse Securities Canada and Scotiabank

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters BMO Capital Markets, Credit Suisse Securities Canada and Scotiabank in connection with Centerra Gold Inc.'s $195-million public offering of subscription receipts. The proceeds of the offering were used to partially finance Centerra's $1.1 billion purchase of Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.

Panolam Industries International, Inc.

Acted as Canadian counsel to Panolam Industries International, Inc., a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC, in connection with its acquisition by Insight Equity Management Company LLC, a leading middle market private equity firm.

BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets Inc. in connection with a $181.5-million secondary bought deal public offering of trust units of Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust.

BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of underwriters co-led by BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets Inc. in connection with a $143.9-million bought deal offering of subscription receipts of Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust. The proceeds from the offering were used to fund part of the purchase price for Milestone's $502-million acquisition of 15 properties from Landmark Apartment Trust, Inc.

RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc.

Acted for a syndicate of agents led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. in connection with the initial public offering of Energy Credit Opportunities Income Fund, a closed-end investment fund which is managed by Purpose Investments Inc.

Birch Hill Equity Partners

Acted for Birch Hill Equity Partners and Sleep Country Canada in connection with the $300-million initial public offering of common shares of Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. and in connection with a new $175-million senior secured credit facility. The proceeds of the initial public offering were used to acquire Sleep Country Canada Inc.

Alfa S.A.B. de C.V.

Acted for Alfa S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its proposed acquisition, with Harbour Energy Ltd., of all of the outstanding common shares of Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. for an all-cash purchase price of approximately $1.7 billion, plus the assumption of approximately $5 billion in debt. The acquisition was structured as a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia).

Woodbourne Capital

Acted for Woodbourne Capital in connection with its investment in a residential and commercial development at Montgomery Square in Toronto.

Woodbourne Capital

Acted for Woodbourne Capital in connection with its participation in an equity investment in, and the subordinate tranches of a $76-million loan to, a Hilton Hotel project in Calgary.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Acted for Rogers Communications Inc. in connection with concurrent separate Canadian and U.S. public offerings in the aggregate amount of $2 billion, consisting of $250 million floating rate senior notes due 2017, $400 million senior notes due 2019 and $600 million senior notes due 2024 offered in Canada and US$750 million senior notes due 2044 offered in the U.S. pursuant to the Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System.

True Gold Mining Inc.

Acted for True Gold Mining Inc. in connection with its $51.9-million financing consisting of a $42-million bought deal offering of units by way of short form prospectus and concurrent $9.9-million private placement of units to Liberty Metals & Mining Holdings, LLC, True Gold's largest shareholder.

Moody's Corporation

Acted as Canadian Counsel for Moody's Corporation in connection with its $155-million acquisition of CSI Global Education Inc., Canada's leading provider of financial learning, credentials, and certification.