Recent Experience
A reporting issuer, in the oil and gas energy services sector in connection with completing a private placement with a value of $3.7 million
Anderson Energy Ltd., in connection with a $100 million offering of
25,700,000 subscription receipts in conjunction with a concurrent
acquisition.
Anderson Energy Ltd. in connection with a bought deal common share
offering for proceeds of approximately $30 million.
Anderson Energy Ltd., in connection with its $15 million public
offering of common shares and the concurrent $5 million purchase of
Anderson common shares on a private placement basis.
Argent Energy, an Alberta income trust that operated and managed oil and gas properties located in the U.S., sold substantially all of its assets in its cross-border CCAA/Chapter 15 proceeding.
Argent Energy Trust in connection with its $100 million public offering of trust units to finance an acquisition of oil and gas assets.
Argent Energy Trust in connection with its $126.5 million public offering of trust units to finance an acquisition of oil and gas assets – counsel to Argent (October 2012)
Argent Energy Trust in connection with its $244 million initial public offering of trust units.
Argent Energy Trust in connection with its $63 million public offering of convertible debentures.
Argent Energy Trust in connection with its $86 million public offering of convertible debentures.
Avalon Exploration Ltd., in connection with its $12.5 million
private placement of common shares and flow-through shares.
Avalon Exploration Ltd. in connection with its sale of all of its outstanding shares by way of plan of arrangement to Twin Butte Energy Ltd. in a transaction valued for approximately $89 million.
BlackRock Ventures Inc., in connection with a $100 million of
3.5 percent convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due
2012 through RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and GMP Securities L.P.
BlackRock Ventures Inc., in connection with the $2.4 billion
acquisition of the company by Shell Canada Limited.
BlackRock Ventures Inc., in connection with its $123.75
million public offering on a bought deal of common shares.
Blizzard Energy Inc., in connection with the $50 million private
placement of common shares and flow-through common shares.
Blizzard Energy Inc., the vendor, in connection with a plan of
arrangement whereby Shiningbank Energy Income Fund acquired the
majority of Blizzard's natural gas assets.
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., lead to a syndicate of underwriters, in connection with a $50 million initial public offering of DirectCash Income Fund.
Canaccord Capital Corporation and Haywood Securities Inc., co-lead to a syndicate of underwriters, in connection with a $33.2 million public offering of common shares by Verenex Energy Inc.
Canaccord Capital Corporation, as underwriter, in connection with a
$4.7 million private placement of flow-through shares for Veteran
Resources Inc.
Canaccord Capital Corporation, in connection with a $15 million
private placement of common shares and flow-through common shares
of TimberRock Energy Corporation.
Canaccord Capital Corporation, lead to a
syndicate of underwriters, in connection with a $29
million bought deal short form prospectus offering, including
exercise of the over-allotment option, by Sterling Resources
Limited.
Cenovus Energy Inc. in connection with its cross-border $1.5 billion public offering of common shares.
Cenovus Energy Inc., in connection with the completion of a US$3.5 billion private offering of debt securities which are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 under Rule 144A and Regulation S and the subsequent exchange of such debt securities for debt securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
CIBC World Markets Inc., lead to a syndicate of
underwriters, in connection with True Energy Trust's $86.2
million convertible debenture offering.
Corridor Resources Inc., in connection with a $30.55 million short
form prospectus offering of common shares.
Counsel to Eimskip Atlas Canada, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avion Group, and KingSett Real Estate Growth LP No. 2, in connection with Avion's $580 million acquisition of Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust, and with respect to structured real estate secured financing for the transaction which was provided by KingSett.
EnCana Corporation, which had an enterprise value of approximately US$50 billion, in connection with its division into two independent publicly traded companies - one new EnCana Corporation, an unconventional natural gas company and the other Cenovus Energy Inc. an integrated oil company.
First Energy Capital Corporation, as lead underwriter, in
connection with a $11.9 million private placement of common and
flow-through shares of Aventura Energy Inc.
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in connection with a $300 million
public offering of common shares.
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in connection with its approximately
$137.6 million public offering of common shares.
Flint Energy Services Ltd., in connection with its
$470 million acquisition of Transco Energy Services Ltd.
Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P., in connection with its $160
million public offering of 12600000 limited partnership units.
Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P. in connection with its public offering of $200 million principal amount of 5.60 per cent Senior Unsecured Notes Series 1 due July 28, 2014.
Fort Chicago Energy Partners LP, in connection with its $270
million acquisition of Alberta Ethane Gathering System.
HealthPoint Capital Partners II LP, in connection with its
$22.3 million acquisition of DTI Dental Technologies Inc.
HYgait Resources Ltd., in connection with its acquisition by Wild
River Energy Ltd., by way of a three corner amalgamation for share
consideration.
Marathon Oil Corporation, in connection with its US$6.9 billion acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement.
Marquee Energy Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of the Western Canadian assets of Sonde Resources Corp.
MEG Energy Corp., in connection with its $400 million public bought deal common share financing and concurrent $400 million private placement common share financing.
MEG Energy Corp. in connection with its completed initial public offering of its common shares on August 6, 2010. A total of 20,000,000 shares were issued at $35.00 per share, for aggregated gross proceeds of $700,000,000.
MEG Energy Corp. in connection with its unsecured US$750 million offering of 6.50% senior secured notes.
MEG Energy Corp. in connection with its US$1 billion offering of 7.00% senior unsecured notes.
MEG Energy Corp. in connection with the $157 million secondary offering of common shares by one of its principal shareholders Warburg Pincus LLC
Merrill Lynch & Co., lead to syndicate of underwriters, in
connection with the issue and sale by Agrium Inc. of its US$300
million aggregate principal amount of 7.153% debentures due May 23,
2036.
Nexen Inc., as Canadian counsel, in connection
with a public offering of US$1 billion of 10 year and 30
year senior notes.
Nexen Inc., in connection with a US$1.5 billion offering of common
shares, senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities via
short form base shelf prospectus.
Nexen Inc. in connection with its offering of cumulative redeemable class A rate reset preferred shares, series 2 for aggregate gross proceeds of $200 million.
Nexen Inc., in connection with the issuance of US$1.04 billion of
cross border senior debt.
Nexen Inc., in connection with a US$1.25 billion offering of
6.40 percent Notes due 2037 and US$250 million offering of 5.65
percent Notes due 2017.
Oncolytics Biotech Inc., in connection with $13.8 million cross-border public offering of common shares.
Parallel Energy Trust in connection with its $393 million initial public offering of trust units.
ProspEx Resources Ltd. in connection with its $186 million acquisition by Paramount Resources Ltd. by way of plan of arrangement.
RBC Capital Markets, Peters & Co. Limited and Cormark
Securities, jointly led a syndicate of underwriters, in
connection with a $80.1 million public offering of common shares
and "flow-through" common shares by MGM Energy Corp.
RBC Dominion Securities, the agent, in connection with the $20
million private placement of common shares by Northpine
Energy.
Salamander Energy plc, in connection with its US$220 million
acquisition of GFI Oil & Gas Corporation by way of a plan of
arrangement.
Statoil ASA, in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition of North American Oil Sands Corporation by way of take-over bid.
Synenco Energy Inc., in connection with its acquisition by Total E&P Canada Ltd. for approximately $540 million by way of take-over bid.
Temple Energy Inc., in connection with its offering of special
warrants.
Veresen Inc. in connection with its $200 million bought deal offering of 8,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares.
Veresen Inc. in connection with its $303 million bought deal financing.
Veresen Inc. in connection with the purchase of Encana Corp's midstream gas gathering and processing plants in Alberta and British Columbia for $920 million.
Visant Corporation, in connection with its acquisition of Intergold
Ltd. by way of take-over bid.
Waste Connections, Inc., in connection with an approximately $13 billion merger with Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.
