Recent Experience
Devon Canada Corporation and Devon Canada Crude Marketing Corporation, in their approx. $3.8-billion sale of substantially all of their assets to Canadian Natural Resources Limited.
Zedi Inc., in the sale of its software and automation businesses to affiliates of Emerson Electric Co.
The initial consenting senior unsecured noteholders in Bellatrix's recapitalization pursuant to the CBCA.
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., in its approximately US$300-million acquisition of RPM Technologies.
CIP Capital Management LLP, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of People 2.0, Inc.
BSM Technologies Inc., in its approximately $117.3-million sale to Geotab Inc. by way of plan of arrangement.
ATCO Ltd., completes private placement of $200M fixed-to-floating subordinated notes.
Algonquin Power Utilities, registered fixed to floating subordinated notes southbound MJDS offering.
The Ad Hoc Committee of Unsecured Debtholders in the US$4 billion recapitalization of Concordia International Corp.
Canadian counsel to Baker Technologies, Inc., a Colorado-based provider of cannabis-specific customer relationship management software, in its business combination with Santé Veritas Holdings Inc., Briteside Holdings, LLC and Sea Hunter Therapeutics, LLC.
Baker Technologies, Inc., a Colorado-based provider of cannabis-specific customer relationship management software, in its proposed business combination with Santé Veritas Holdings Inc., Briteside Holdings, LLC and Sea Hunter Therapeutics, LLC.
CST Canada Coal Limited, in its acquisition of coal assets of Grande Cache Coal LP and Grande Cache Coal Corporation for aggregate consideration of approximately USD$433.9 million.
AlarmForce Industries Inc., in its $184-million sale to BCE Inc.
A large independent oil and gas company, in connection with its onshore and offshore exploration and development projects in Gabon, including all commercial, tax and financing matters.
A private corporation, in connection with its takeover bid for all of the shares of Sun Gro Horticulture Inc.
Access Cash General Partnership and its investors, as tax
representation, in connection with the sale of 100 per cent of the
assets of EZEE ATM LP by Newport Partners Income Fund.
Access Pipeline Inc., in connection with a $400 million joint
venture between MEG Energy Corporation and Devon ARL Canada
Corporation.
Acting for an underwriting syndicate lead by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with a private placement of $1,532,000,000 of credit card receivables-backed notes issued by Master Credit Card Trust II.
Acting for an underwriting syndicate lead by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with a private placement of US$529,101,000 of credit card receivables-backed notes issued by Master Credit Card Trust II.
Acting for an underwriting syndicate lead by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with a public offering of $425,874,000 principal amount of receivables-backed notes issued by CNH Capital Canada Receivables Trust.
Acting for an underwriting syndicate lead by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with offering of $1,058,202,000 principal amount of credit card receivables-backed notes by Master Credit Card Trust.
Acting for an underwriting syndicate lead by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with the filing of an initial shelf prospectus relating to the offering of credit-card receivables backed notes by Master Credit Card Trust II.
Acting for an underwriting syndicate lead by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in connection with a public offering of $450,746,000 principal amount of receivables-backed notes issued by CNH Capital Canada Receivables Trust.
Aecon Group Inc., in connection with its $200 million acquisition of Lockerbie & Hole Inc. pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
Air Canada, in connection with a wide range of financial transactions, including its restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
Air Canada, in connection with financing of pre-delivery payments
for four Bing 777-220LR aircraft and six Bing 777-300ER
aircraft.
Air Canada, in connection with the Eximbank guaranteed
financing of four Bing 777-300ER Aircraft and three Bing
777-200LR Aircraft.
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., in connection with the $2.3 billion sale of all the outstanding shares of the company by way of plan of arrangement to Canwest, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and EdgeStone Capital Partners.
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., in connection with the sale
of Movie Distribution Income Fund's 49 percent indirect interest in
Motion Picture Distribution LP.
AltaRex Corp., a TSX-listed issuer, in connection with a plan of
arrangement involving AltaRex Medical Corp. and Nova Bancorp
Investments Ltd., which involved the spin-out of the bio-tech
assets of AltaRex Corp. to AltaRex Medical Corp., which acquired a
substitute TSX listing, the recapitalization of AltaRex Corp and
AltaRex Medical Corp. with approximately $6.15 million and the
transformation of AltaRex Corp. into a new oil and gas company
known as Twin Butte Energy Ltd.
Anadarko Canada Corporation, in connection with the sale of various
assets in Central and Southern Alberta and Southeast Saskatchewan
to Advantage Oil & Gas Limited for $186 million.
Anadarko Canada Corporation, in connection with two sales, one
being the sale of a subsidiary and the second being a smaller sale
of assets with proceeds of approximately $853 million.
Anderson Energy Ltd., an Alberta-based oil and gas company, in connection with its acquisition by Freehold Royalties Ltd. and related reorganization pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
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 $86 million public offering of convertible debentures.
Argent Energy Trust in connection with its proposed initial public offering of trust units for approximately $200 million.
ATCO Ltd. in connection with the disposition of ATCO I-Tek Inc. and ATCO's Australian IT operations to affiliates of Wipro Ltd. ("Wipro") for aggregate sale proceeds of approximately $210 million.
ATCO Ltd. in connection with the negotiation, structuring and other commercial matters relating to ATCO entering into a strategic alliance with Wipro including 10-year master service agreements governing the provision of IT services by Wipro to the ATCO Group of Companies valued at approximately $1.2 billion.
ATCO Power, in connection with the $1.5 billion, 1000-MW Barking Independent Power Project in London, England.
Waste Connections, Inc. on an approximately $13-billion merger with Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.
BG Group plc, in connection with its US$345.6 million acquisition
of El Paso Oil & Gas Canada Inc.
BlackBerry Partners Fund Limited Partners (including Royal Bank of Canada, Thomson Reuters and Research In Motion) in the formation of the $150 million venture capital fund.
Blue Ant Media Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Canadian broadcaster GlassBOX Television Inc. and the Travel+Escape, Bite TV and AUX TV specialty channels.
Blue Ant Media Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Canadian broadcaster High Fidelity HDTV and its four premium high definition channels – Oasis HD, eqhd, radX and HIFI HD.
BNP Paribas, in connection with the completion of a cross-border
US$180 million term loan B facility and a US$15 million working
capital facility for Connacher Finance Corporation, the proceeds of
which were used to finance the construction of Connacher's oil
sands project in Northern Alberta and finance the operation of a
refinery in Montana.
Brookfield Properties Corporation, in connection with its US$7.2
billion acquisition of Trizec U.S. and Trizec Canada Inc.
and the financing of the same.
Burlington Resources, in connection with a US$1.5 billion
syndicated cross-border credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank
and other lenders.
Canadian Airlines Corporation, in connection with the restructuring of the Canadian airline industry that resulted in the merger of Canadian Airlines and Air Canada.
Canadian Airlines, in connection with the $1.8 billion bid by Onex to purchase Air Canada and Canadian Airlines and merge them into a single carrier.
Canadian counsel to Castle Harlan and CHAMP Private Equity, the buyout firms, the sale of United Malt Holdings Ltd. to GrainCorp Ltd.
Canadian counsel to Citicorp USA, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., in connection with US$4.63 billion secured credit facilities
for General Motors and General Motors Canada.
Canadian counsel to Credit Suisse, in connection with its amended and restated senior secured credit facilities to Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. including a seven-year $1.625 billion term loan facility, seven-year $50 million synthetic letter of credit, and five-year $225 million revolving credit facility.
Canadian counsel to Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with the proposed acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev of the remaining stake in Grupo Modelo that it does not already own for approximately US$20.1 billion.
Canadian counsel to Regal Beloit Corporation in connection with the US$1.44 billion world-wide acquisition of the Power Transmission Solutions business (“PTS”) of Emerson Electric Co.
Canadian counsel to Starwood regarding all competition law matters and filings in connection with its acquisition by Marriott International, Inc.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited in connection with its proposed US$28 billion merger with Norfolk Southern Corp.
Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund, in connection with the fund's US$1.2 billion acquisition of EnCana Corporation's gas storage business, now known as Niska Gas Storage.
Chieftain International Inc., in connection with its $915 million
acquisition by Hunt Oil Company.
CIBC World Markets Inc., lead in a syndicate of underwriters, in connection with $72 million net proceed offering of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures by Progress Energy Trust.
Compass Petroleum Ltd. in connection with the $97.8 million acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Compass Petroleum Ltd. by Whitecap Resources Inc.
Counsel for the selling agents in connection with the offering of $1.263 billion of auto loan receivables-backed notes by Canadian Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust III.
Counsel for the underwriters in connection with the offering of $694 million of auto loan receivables-backed notes by Canadian Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust II.
Counsel for the underwriters in connection with the offering of up to $3 billion of asset-backed notes by Master Credit Card Trust.
Counsel to BMO Capital Markets, as sole underwriter, in connection with the bought deal secondary offering of 46,000,000 common shares of Mandalay Resources Corporation held by a fund advised by West Face Capital Inc. for aggregate gross proceeds of $50,600,000
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.
Counsel to Extendicare Inc. and Extendicare REIT, in connection with a $1.6 billion reorganization resulting in the distribution of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. to Extendicare shareholders and the conversion of the remaining business of Extendicare into a Canadian real estate investment trust, Extendicare REIT.
Counsel to Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. in connection with its rights offering under which it raised gross proceeds of approximately $95,000,000.
Counsel to OJSC Russian Machines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Basic Element, in connection with its $1.5 billion investment in Magna International Inc.
Counsel to SSAB corporation, in connection with its $9.1 billion acquisition of Ipsco Inc.
Counsel to the lead arrangers and the syndicate of lenders in connection with the US$4.0 billion revolving credit facility for Barrick Gold Corporation.
Counsel to the underwriters, co-led by Scotia Capital Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc., in connection with the issuance of preferred shares by Pembina Pipeline Corporation for gross proceeds of $225,000,000.
Counsel to underwriters and the syndicate of lenders in connection with US$1.25 billion credit facility for Cameco Corp.
Credit Suisse, Canadian counsel for the administrative and collateral agent in connection with advice on loan agreements, Canadian security documents and title insurance matters surrounding a US$226.5 million first lien credit agreement.
Crius Energy Trust in connection with its $100 million initial public offering of trust units.
CUNA Mutual Group in connection with its acquisition by Co-operators Life Insurance and Central 1 Credit Union.
Darling International Inc., in connection with its acquisition of all the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., for approximately $645 million.
Datacalc Research Corporation v. The Queen, 2002 DTC 1479 (TCC).
Deer Creek Energy Limited, in connection with its
acquisition by Total E&P Canada Limited (a subsidiary of
Total S.A.) by way of a takeover bid for approximately $1.6
billion.
Diamond Tree Energy Ltd., in connection with its $100
million Arrangement Agreement combining Diamond
Tree Energy Ltd. and Crocotta Energy Inc.
Diamond Tree Energy Ltd., with respect to its offer to
purchase Blue Mountain Resources Ltd. in a $115 million share
for share take-over bid.
Doman Industries (forest products) - counsel to senior bondholder group in connection with Doman's US$1.1 billion total debt in connection with its restructuring pursuant to the CCAA.
Duluth Metals Limited in connection with the acquisition by Antofagasta plc of all of the outstanding common shares of Duluth Metals Limited by way of a plan of arrangement for a total transaction value of approximately $104.6 million.
Enerflex Systems Ltd., in connection with a debt restructuring process that replaced its existing debt agreements with $100.6 million senior secured notes via private placement to investors in Canada and the United States and a $150 million three year syndicated bank credit facility.
Enerflex Systems Ltd., in connection with its reorganization, by way of a plan of arrangement, into a mutual fund trust, Enerflex Systems Income Fund.
EOG Resources, Inc., one of the largest independent North American oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, in connection with a divestment of all of its assets in Manitoba and certain assets in Alberta through two separate transactions for approximately US $410 million.
Esprit Exploration Limited, Esprit Energy Trust, Prospex Resources
Limited, Esprit Acquisition Corporation and Esprit Exchanges
Limited, in connection with an estimated $660 million
reorganization into an income trust and a spin-off of exploration
company (Prospex Resources Limited) by plan of arrangement.
Extendicare Inc., a leading North American provider of post-acute and long-term senior care services, in connection with the sale of substantially all of its nursing, rehabilitative and assisted living business in the United States to a group of investors led by Formation Capital, LLC, a healthcare-focused private investment firm, and an affiliate of Safanad Inc. a global investment firm, for US$870 million.
Extendicare Inc., a leading provider of care and services for seniors throughout Canada, in connection with the $83 million acquisition of the home health business of Revera Inc.
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust ("Extendicare REIT"), in connection with the $126.6 million offering of trust units and 7.25 percent convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its
$86.3 million offering of trust units.
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with its conversion from an income trust structure to a corporate structure by way of a plan of arrangement.
Flint Energy Services in connection with its acquisition by URS Corp for $1.25 billion pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
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 $218.5
million acquisition of Countryside Power Income Fund.
Foundation Resources, in connection with private placement offerings of "flow-through" shares.
Gibson Energy Inc. in connection with its $500 million initial public offering.
Gibson Energy Inc. in connection with its completed offering of subscription receipts for total gross proceeds of approximately $403 million.
Gibson Energy Inc. in connection with its US$445 million acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of the parent holding company of OMNI Energy Services Corp.
Gibson Energy ULC, in connection with the successful completion of its previously announced offering of US$560 million of secured notes due 2014.
Glencore International in connection with its sale to CF Industries of Viterra's 34% stake in Canadian Fertilizers Limited following closing of Glencore's supported $6.1 billion acquisition of Viterra Inc.
Grupo Modelo, in connection with its joint venture with Molson Coors for importing, distributing and selling Modelo products in Canada.
Hyak Energy ULC, a subsidiary of Accelerated Oil Technologies LLC, in connection with its acquisition of producing oil properties in southwest Saskatchewan from Connacher Oil & Gas Ltd. for $57,500,000.
Innova Exploration Ltd., in connection with its $329 million acquisition by Crescent Point Energy Trust by way of a take-over bid, payable in cash.
Intrafinity Inc., doing business as SharpSchool, in connection with the acquisition of substantially all of its assets by West Corporation
ION Geophysical Corporation, Inc., as Canadian counsel, in
connection with its $350 million acquisition of the outstanding
shares of ARAM Systems, Ltd. and its affiliate company, Canadian
Seismic Rentals, Inc.
Iteration Energy Ltd., in connection with the arrangement agreement
providing for its acquisition of Cyries Energy Inc., creating an
intermediate oil and gas exploration and development company with
an enterprise value of approximately $1 billion.
Korea National Oil Corporation, in connection with its $310 million acquisition of a 100 percent interest in the BlackGold oil sands assets of Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited, a subsidiary of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation.
Korea National Oil Corporation, the state-owned oil and gas company of South Korea, in connection with its acquisition of Harvest Energy Trust for approximately $4.1 billion.
Lead investor in connection with the completion of a private placement by Xplornet Communications Inc. of $123.0 million of 13.0% unsecured notes due 2021 and $25.0 million of preference shares.
Lone Pine Resources Canada Ltd. and Lone Pine Resources Inc., in connection with a $400-million cross-border recapitalization and restructuring transaction pursuant to a plan of compromise and arrangement under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and ancillary proceedings under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Management Minority Shareholders, in connection with sale of majority interest in A&B Rail Services Ltd. by Fulcrum Capital Partners, a private equity and mezzanine financing firm to a group of investors led by TorQuest Partners, a manager of private equity funds.
Marathon Oil Corporation, in connection with its US$6.9 billion acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement.
MDS Proteomics Inc., (biotechnology), counsel to debtor, in connection with its $100 million debt, in the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act proceedings.
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 $800 million
cross-border private placement equity financing for oil sands
development projects.
MEG Energy Corporation, in connection with its US$1 billion equity and debt financings for its Christina Lake Regional Project, an oil sands development project in the Athabasca region of Alberta, Canada.
Meridian Credit Union in connection with its merger with Desjardins Credit Union to create Ontario's largest credit union with 263,000 members and $8 billion in assets under management.
Mill City Capital LP with its acquisition of Havlik International Machinery Inc. from Havlik Holdings Inc.
Mirant Energy Marketing Canada Limited, in connection with one of the largest oil and gas Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) restructurings in North America.
Mitsubishi Corporation in connection with its acquisition of a 40% interest in Encana Corporation's Cutbank Ridge natural gas assets in Northeastern British Columbia for approximately $2.9 billion.
NAL Oil & Gas Trust in connection with its $400 million acquisition of Breaker Energy Ltd.
NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Services Corporation, and the shareholders thereof, in connection with the sale of a majority stake in NCSG to an investor syndicate led by TriWest Capital Partners IV, L.P. and Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund Board.
Newalta Corporation in connection with the sale of its Industrial Division to Revolution Acquisition LP, a company formed by Birch Hill Equity Partners, for cash proceeds of $300 million.
Noront Resources Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of chromite properties in the Ring of Fire mineral region in northern Ontario from certain subsidiaries of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. for a purchase price of US$27.5 million pursuant to an Approval and Vesting Order granted by the Québec Superior Court on April 28, 2015.
North American Development Group, in conjunction with Gibralt
Capital Corporation, in connection with the approximately $135
million acquisition by Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
of an effective 50% undivided interest in Dartmouth Crossing
Shopping Centre.
North West Redwater Partnership in connection with its $3.5 billion credit facility and $1.0 billion bond offering, the proceeds of which will contribute to the funding of the construction of North West's $8+ Billion bitumen refinery in the Alberta Heartland. The project is supported by 30-year tolling commitments of the Government of Alberta and Canadian Natural.
Noteholders of OPTI Canada Inc. ("OPTI") in connection with a proposed plan of reorganization, compromise and arrangement under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act providing for the USD $2.15 billion acquisition of OPTI by a wholly-owned subsidiary CNOOC Limited and, failing that, the USD $2.15 billion recapitalization of OPTI.
NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corp., in connection with the possible sale of all or substantially all of the assets of NUCRYST and the consideration of an amalgamation of the NUCRYST with 1499642 Alberta Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Westaim Corporation.
NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals Corporation and The Westaim Corporation, in connection with NUCRYST's US$45 million cross-border initial public offering, which was concurrently offered in Canada and the United States.
Omstead Foods Limited, in connection with the divestment of its
frozen vegetable and coated appetizer division to Bonduelle SA and
its frozen fruit division to Silver Valley Farms.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, in connection with the $3.3-billion acquisition of Heritage Royalty Limited Partnership, a former subsidiary of Cenovus Energy Inc. holding a broad portfolio of oil and gas royalties in Western Canada.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, in connection with the acquisition
of part of InterGen - 10 power plants - from Shell Generating
(Holding) BV, for a total consideration of US$1.75 billion and
assumption of US$3.1 billion of debt.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. in connection with its agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and RBC Capital Markets for a bought deal private placement of approximately $200 million.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. in connection with its business combination to acquire Virginia Mines Inc. for approximately $461 million.
Osisko Mining Corporation in its response to Goldcorp Inc's unsolicited offer and subsequent agreement with Yamana Gold Inc. and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited to jointly acquire 100% of Osisko's issued and outstanding common shares for total consideration of $3.9 billion.
Parkland Fuel Corporation in connection with its private placement by way of offering memorandum of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.0% Senior Notes, due 2022.
Parkland Income Fund, in connection with its $135 million
acquisition of Neufeld Petroleum and Propane Ltd. and Neufeld
Holdings Ltd.
Parkland Income Fund in connection with its $97,750,000 offering of subordinated debentures.
Parmalat Dairy & Bakery Inc. - senior noteholders of
Parmalat in connection with its $610 million refinancing
with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in connection its $1.3 billion acquisition of Esprit Energy Trust.
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in connection with an offering of
23,310,000 trust units for gross proceeds of $526 million.
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in connection with its approximately $1.1 billion acquisition of Canadian oil and gas properties and undeveloped lands through the acquisition of the shares of four subsidiaries of ConocoPhillips Canada.
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in connection with its consolidation of Class A trust units and Class B trust units into a single class of trust units, with a total market capitalization greater than $4 billion.
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in connection with its US$400 million
offering of Notes on a Private Placement basis.
Pengrowth Energy Trust, in connection with the $299 million
offering of trust units.
Perpetual Energy Inc. in connection with the sale and disposition of 90% of its interest in Warwick Gas Storage Inc. to a partnership sponsored by Brookfield Asset Management for total proceeds of $81 million dollars.
Precision Castparts Corp. in connection with its acquisition of Aerostructure and Industrial Products from Héroux-Devtek for $300 million.
Precision Castparts Corp., a worldwide manufacturer of complex metal components and products, in connection with its acquisition of all of the outstanding securities of Centra Industries, a leading manufacturer of complex aerostructure components for the world's major commercial and military aircraft programs, and the land used to operate the business of Centra Industries for an undisclosed price.
ProspEx Resources Ltd. in connection with its $186 million acquisition by Paramount Resources Ltd. by way of plan of arrangement.
Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc. in connection with the formation of a midstream partnership with a subsidiary of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P
Red Willow Energy Trust and Southern Ute, in connection with
complex corporate and tax structuring matters relating to the $200
million sale of oil and gas assets to Trident Resources
Corporation.
Represented certain shareholders of SkyPower Limited in connection with Canadian Solar Inc.'s $185 million purchase of a majority interest in SkyPower Limited and related joint venture and commercial arrangements.
Resource Well Completion Technologies Inc. in connection with the acquisition by Schller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG of a majority interest for approximately $40 million.
Ripplewood Holdings LC, in connection with its acquisition of Reader's Digest.
Riverstone Holdings LLC, in connection with their agreement to
acquire Gibson Energy Holdings, Inc. from Hunting Plc for a
purchase price of $1.25 billion and related financing.
RuggedCom Inc., a leading provider of rugged communications networking solutions designed for mission-critical applications in harsh environments, in connection with its defence of an unsolicited take-over bid by Belden Inc. and subsequent supported acquisition by Siemens Canada Limited by way of take-over bid for approximately $440 million.
Salamander Energy plc, in connection with its US$220 million
acquisition of GFI Oil & Gas Corporation by way of a plan of
arrangement.
Sale of the ownership interest of Newport Partners Holdings LP, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Tuckamore Capital Management Inc., in Baird MacGregor Insurance Brokers LP and Hargraft Schofield LP to Laurio Management Corp.
Schlumberger Limited in connection with its acquisition of Geophysical Exploration & Development Corporation.
Secured financing by Credit Suisse, in connection with the $1.72 billion acquisition of the Carestream Health group of companies by Onex.
Senior bondholders of Stelco Inc. (steel), the largest group of affected creditors, in connection with a $3 billion reorganization of Stelco under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the issuance of new senior floating rate notes thereunder.
Senior noteholders of SR Telecom Inc. (telecommunications
equipment) in connection with its $90 million note debt for its
restructuring.
Senior noteholders of Vicwest Corporation (steel) in connection with its $90 million note debt restructuring pursuant to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
Shareholders of H. L. Powell Trucking Limited, in connection
with the $191 million acquisition of the company by Producers
Oilfield Services Inc.
Shell Canada, in connection with construction contracts for the
expansion of it $6 billion Athabasca Oil Sands Project.
Shell Canada Limited, in connection with its approximately $8.7 billion acquisition by Shell Investments Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc.
Shore Gold Inc., in connection with a merger with Kensington
Resources Limited by plan of arrangement to create a consolidated
diamond exploration and development company with a market
capitalization of approximately $885 million at the time of
closing.
Shore Gold Inc., in connection with the acquisition by Kensington Resources Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shore Gold, of an aggregate 60 percent participating interest in the Fort á la Corne Joint Venture (FALC JV) from De Beers Canada Inc., Cameco Corporation and UEM Inc. for $180 million and the subsequent sale of a 40 percent participating interest in the FALC JV to Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited.
Sinopec Group in connection with its $2.9 billion acquisition of Daylight Energy Ltd.
SkyPower Wind Energy Fund LP, in connection with the sale of its Terrawinds wind energy project near Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec and related assets for approximately $300 million.
Sociedad Punta del Cobre S.A.(Pucobre), a Chilean copper producer, in connection with its proposed acquisition of Explorator Resources for $80 million by way of plan of arrangement.
SSAB, in connection with its sale of the IPSCO Tubulars business to
Evraz for US$4.025 billion.
Statoil ASA, in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition of North American Oil Sands Corporation by way of take-over bid.
Statoil Canada Ltd. in connection with acquisition by PTTEP Canada Limited of the remaining 60% ownership interest in the Thornbury, Hangingstone and South Leismer oil sands areas in exchange for Statoil's 40% stake in the Leismer and Corner projects and approximately US$200 million in cash.
Stellarton Energy Corporation, in connection with the $143.5
million acquisition by Tom Brown.
Stratic Energy Corporation, in connection with its $120 million
acquisition of Grove Energy Limited.
Summit Resources Limited, in connection with the $240
million acquisition of the company by Paramount Resources
Limited in a friendly takeover bid.
SurfEasy Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Opera Software.
Tamarind Energy and its management team in connection with its US$800 million capital commitment from Blackstone Energy Partners to create a significant upstream company with an emphasis on South East Asia oil and gas development.
Teck Cominco Limited, in connection with the $475 million
acquisition of a 15 percent interest in the Fort Hill Oil
Sands Project from UTS Energy Inc. and Petro-Canada.
TELUS Corporation, as Canadian tax counsel, in connection with the approximately $763 million acquisition of Emergis Inc.
TELUS Corporation, in connection with its $500 million offering of unsecured notes.
TELUS Corporation, in connection with its $700 million offering of unsecured notes.
TELUS Corporation, in connection with its $1 billion MJDS offering of unsecured notes in Canada and the United States.
TELUS Corporation, in connection with its proposed reorganization into an income trust, which would have been the largest income trust conversion in Canadian history.
Temple Exploration Inc., in connection with the $115 million
acquisition of the company by Husky Energy.
TerraPro Group Inc., an Alberta-based provider of environmental, terrain protection and remote access solutions, in connection with its reorganization pursuant to a plan of arrangement and concurrent refinancing
TerraVest Income Fund in connection with its substantial issuer bid to purchase units for aggregate consideration of approximately $19.7 million.
The Catalyst Capital Group Inc., in connection with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Advantage-Rent-a-Car pursuant to a sale process under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
The largest bondholder in connection with the $1.2 billion recapitalization of Ainsworth Lumber Co, Ltd.
The MTN Noteholders (largest creditor group - $1.4 billion) in connection with the $2.4 billion recapitalization of Yellow Media Inc. pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act.
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of AbitibiBowater, in connection with the CCAA restructuring of AbitibiBowater.
The Sterling Group in connection with its acquisition of the Liqui-Box Corporation ("Liqui-Box") from DuPont.
Total Energy Services Inc., in its public offering of $69-million aggregate principal amount of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures, including $9-million aggregate principal amount of debentures distributed following the exercise of an overallotment option granted to the underwriters.
Tri Gas Exploration Inc., in connection with a $159-million
friendly takeover by Calpine Corporation.
TriWest Capital Partners, in connection with its sale of the Con-Force group of companies to Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $120 million.
TriWest Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, in connection with the acquisition of Prostar Well Service Inc. and Prostar Manufacturing Inc. (formerly Rangeland Drilling Automation Inc.)
TriWest Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, and certain other shareholders in connection with the sale of Primex Manufacturing Ltd., a British Columbia-based producer of proprietary, specialized plastic products.
Universal Energy Group Ltd., in connection with its acquisition by
Just Energy Income Fund (formerly Energy Savings Income Fund),
for approximately $350 million.
Unocal Canada Limited, in connection with the income tax
aspects of its approximately US$1.7 billion sale of Northrock
Resources Limited to Pogo Producing Inc.
Veresen Inc. in connection with the public offering of 56,120,000 subscription receipts for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $920 million to be used to partially fund the acquisition of the 50% convertible preferred interest owned by Global Infrastructure Partners in the Ruby pipeline system for US$1.425 billion.
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.
VimpelCom Ltd. in connection with 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.
Visa Inc., in connection with its global restructuring.
Wachovia Corporation, formerly Congress Financial Corporation (Canada), the lender, in connection with the US$140.3 million purchase and sale transaction by CNL Income Properties Inc. and Intrawest Corporation of several retail and commercial properties at several Intrawest Resort Villages in Canada and the United States.
WaterFurnace, one of the market leaders in the North American geothermal heat pump heating and cooling solutions market, in connection with its acquisition by NIBE, a leading heat pump manufacturer in Europe for $378 million by way of plan of arrangement.
WCE Holdings Inc. in connection with the sale of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange to Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. by way of plan of arrangement.
Wheels Group, Inc. in connection with its corporate reorganization and subsequent acquisition by Radiant Logistics Inc. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $100 million
Williams Energy (Canada) Inc., in connection with its sale of three
natural gas liquids extraction plants to Inter Pipelines Fund for
$715 million.
Wood Composite Technologies Inc., in connection with its $10.3
million brokered new issue offering pursuant to long form
prospectus and concurrent Tier 1 listing on the TSX Venture
Exchange.
Bennett Jones