Recent Experience
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.
Lineage Logistics, owned by Bay Grove Capital, in its acquisition of cold storage company Ontario Refrigerated Services, Inc.
Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company, in the sale of its entire Canadian fossil fuel-based electricity generation portfolio for approximately $835 million, which was completed in three stages, through the sale of its interest in the Cory project in Saskatchewan to SaskPower International Inc., a sale of its interest in the Brighton Beach project in Ontario to Ontario Power Generation Inc., and a sale of the balance of the applicable generation assets through a sale of its equity interest in ATCO Power Canada Ltd. to Heartland Generation Ltd., an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners.
SENSO Lighting Inc., in the sale of 100% of its outstanding equity securities to Luminii, LLC, a portfolio company of The Riverside Company.
Third Eye Capital Corporation, in the $20-million equity subscription in Pieridae Energy Ltd. by Erikson National Energy Inc.
Diversified, in its acquisition of the business of Advanced Presentation Products.
Lithion Power Group, in its acquisition of Aved Electronics.
ZCL Composites Inc., in its approximately $312-million acquisition by Shawcor Ltd. by way of plan of arrangement.
Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, in its investment in Specialized Desanders Inc., a leading oilfield equipment company.
The senior management team of Dalradian Resources Inc., in Dalradian's $537-million acquisition by Orion Mine Finance.
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.
Denham Capital, agrees to sell JDS Silver Holdings Ltd. to Coeur Mining, Inc. for up to US$250 million.
Vesta Energy Corp., in a $295-million equity financing co-led by energy private equity firms Riverstone Holdings, LLC and JOG Capital Corp.
FSD Pharma Inc., in its acquisition of Israel clinical pharma Therapix Bioscience Ltd.
Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, in an investment in Specialized Desanders Inc., a leading oilfield equipment company.
Riverstone Holdings, LLC and NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC, in its $244-million sale of 67% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Northern Blizzard Inc. to Waterous Energy Fund.
The shareholders of HMA Land Services Ltd., in its sale to RPS Energy Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of LSE-listed RPS Group plc.
TriWest Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, in its acquisition of a majority interest in Trimlite Mfg Inc—a manufacturer and distributor of high quality stile and rail doors, fiberglass doors, decorative glass, door accessories and other home and building products for the North American building material industry—in partnership with Trimlite's senior management team.
Kissner Holdings LP, on its $400,000,000 notes offering and related refinancing transactions.
Riverstone acquires 50% interest in Utopia Pipeline Project from Kinder Morgan.
Edge Natural Resources LLC, in the acquisition of Canamax Energy Ltd. by Edge and senior management and certain other shareholders of Canamax in a transaction valued at approximately $82 million.
NES Global Talent, a UK-based technical and engineering recruitment and staffing services provider, in its acquisition of Alberta-based Sure Flow Consulting Services Ltd. and Sure Flow Oilfield Services Ltd.
Benevity, Inc., a supplier of workplace giving and volunteer management software solutions, in a CDN $38-million Series A financing by JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software and services companies.
Metalmark Capital, in the acquisition of Kissner Milling Company Limited and Kissner Group Inc. by an investor group led by Metalmark Capital and including Silvertree, a joint venture between Silverhawk Capital Partners and Demetree Salt, LLC, and the Kissner management team.
Northern Frontier Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed capital pool corporation, in the completion of its previously announced acquisition of the NEC Group and certain assets used in the operation of the NEC Group's business.
RTL-Westcan Limited Partnership, a leading hauler of bulk commodities in Western and Northern Canada, in the sale of its operating business to Kenan Advantage Group and its industrial properties to Edgefront Realty Corp. The ownership group of RTL-Westcan included TriWest Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, members of the RTL-Westcan senior management team and others.
The shareholders of HMA Land Services Ltd., in its sale to RPS Energy Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of LSE-listed RPS Group plc.
TriWest Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, in its acquisition of Triple M Housing Ltd, a leading manufacturer of factory built housing.
Northern Frontier Corp., in its $27-million acquisition of Central Water & Equipment Services Ltd., a concurrent $21-million bought deal offering of common shares and warrants and the establishment of new senior credit facilities.
OMERS Ventures LP, in its participation in a $7.65-million investment in 360Incentives.com.
Natural Gas Partners, in its $95-million purchase of shares in Petrus Resources Ltd.
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