Davies acted for WIND Mobile Corp. (WIND) and its shareholders including West Face Capital in connection with Shaw Communications Inc.’s acquisition, by plan of arrangement, of a 100% interest in Mid-Bowline Group Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, WIND, for an enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion.
The Davies team on this transaction included Patrick Barry, Jennifer Grossklaus, Kevin Greenspoon, Fanming Meng and Zain Rizvi (M&A); Raj Juneja and Chris Anderson (Tax); Elisa Kearney (Regulatory) and Matthew Milne-Smith (Litigation).
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