Recent Experience
Kensington Capital Partners and Kensington Private Equity Fund in its acquisition and subsequent amalgamation of Resolute Health Corporation Limited, a leading Canadian healthcare services business specializing in the testing and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
EQT Infrastructure, a global investment organization, as Canadian counsel to EQT Infrastructure V, in its acquisition of First Student and First Transit, two North American subsidiaries of the UK publicly listed company First Group plc, and market leading providers of essential transportation services to schools and communities in North America, for US$4.6 billion.
Ronin Equity Partners in the simultaneous acquisitions of QBD and Minus Forty, two leading North American manufacturers of commercial refrigeration equipment, both located in Toronto.
Lee Equity Partners and Twin Point Capital in the acquisition of Alliance Corporation, a distributor of wireless equipment throughout North America, headquartered in Ontario.
Redecan, Canada's largest privately-owned licensed producer with leading market shares across multiple categories, on its sale to Hexo Corp., a TSX listed company, for a purchase price of $925 million payable in cash and shares.
ecobee Inc. in the US$770-million acquisition by Generac Holdings Inc. of all of ecobee Inc.'s outstanding securities by way of a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
48North Cannabis Corp. in its $50-million acquisition by HEXO Corp.
Datasite LLC, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners LLP, in its acquisition of Firmex Inc., a leading virtual data room and subscription file-sharing provider.
The Watermill Group, in its acquisition of Weston Forest Products Inc., a leading distributor and remanufacturer of softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty panel products across North America.
Dye & Durham Limited, a leading provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions for legal and business professionals, in its $530-million acquisition of DoProcess LP, an Ontario-based provider of practice-specific software for legal professionals, from OMERS Infrastructure.
Cenovus Energy Inc., in its $23.6-billion proposed acquisition of Husky Energy Inc.
Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC and Kissner Group Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in their US$3.2-billion agreement to acquire K+S Aktiengesellschaft's North and South American salt business, including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt.
Kissner Group Holdings LP, completed its acquisition of NSC Minerals Ltd., a market-leading provider of salt products in Western Canada and the North Central United States, from an investor group led by Altas Partners.
True Wind Capital and its portfolio company, Transflo, in Transflo's approximately $20-million acquisition of Microdea, a document management software company in the transportation and logistics sector.
Special Committee of the Board of Summit Industrial Income REIT, in the internalization of its asset and property management functions.
First Majestic, completes its US$320-million acquisition of Primero Mining and enters into new stream agreement with San Dimas Mine.
McEwen Mining Inc., in its US$35-million cash purchase of the Black Fox Mine and other assets from Primero Mining Corp.
Waste Connections, Inc., in an approximately $13-billion merger with Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.
Acal PLC, a UK-based company and a leading international supplier of customised electronics to industry, in its acquisition of Plitron Manufacturing Inc., a Toronto-based designer and manufacturer of custom toroidal transformers for transportation, medical and industrial applications.
CG Power Systems Canada Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Mumbai-based Crompton Greaves Limited, in the sale of its assets to PTI Manitoba Inc. for an enterprise value of C$20 million.
Precision Castparts Corp., in the US$560-million acquisition of Noranco from MidOcean Partners and PSP Investments.
VimpelCom Ltd., in its sale process and disposition of their debt and equity interests in the Globalive group of companies in Canada, including Globalive Wireless Management Corp. (WIND Mobile), including the forgiveness or sale of approximately $2 billion of debt owed by WIND Mobile and the sale of their equity interests in WIND Mobile for approximately $130 million.
Darling International Inc., in its acquisition of all the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., for approximately $645 million.
Glencore International, in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Viterra for approximately $6.1 billion by way of a plan of arrangement and the sale of certain assets of Viterra to each of Agrium and Richardson International for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion.
Bennett Jones