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Acted for Fronteer Gold Inc. in connection with its $2.3-billion acquisition by Newmont Mining Corporation. The transaction was structured as a plan of arrangement providing for cash consideration and the spin off of shares of Pilot Gold Inc., a new TSX-listed company holding exploration assets, to the former shareholders of Fronteer Gold.
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Acted for Atlas Holdings LLC in connection with its acquisition, together with Blue Wolf Capital Management, of a pulp mill in Pictou, Nova Scotia from Neenah Paper, Inc.
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Acted for Cadim Inc. (a division of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) in connection with its partnership arrangements with Westmont Hospitality Group and Cadbridge Investors LP, and acted for Cadbridge and InnVest REIT in connection with their joint negotiated takeover bid for Legacy Hotels REIT in a transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion.
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Acting for a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity and National Bank Financial in connection with an initial public offering of HealthLease Properties Real Estate Investment Trust.
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Acted as U.S. tax counsel for H&R Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a bought deal financing pursuant to which it issued $262 million aggregate principal amount of stapled units and convertible debentures.
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Acted as U.S. tax counsel for H&R Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a bought deal financing pursuant to which it issued $125 million aggregate principal amount of stapled units.
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Acted for Atlas Holdings LLC and Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC in connection with the sale of Northern Resources Nova Scotia Corporation (the parent company of Northern Pulp, the Pictou County kraft pulp mill, and Northern Timber, which owns forest land) to Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corporation.
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Acted as U.S. tax counsels for H&R Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with a bought deal financing pursuant to which it issued $100 million aggregate principal amount of 5.90 per cent Series D convertible unsecured subordinated debentures due June 30, 2020.
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Acted for Kimco North Trust III, an entity controlled by Kimco Realty Corp., a leading U.S.-based REIT, in connection with private placement offerings of $150 million principal amount.
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Acted as U.S. tax counsels for H&R REIT in its two separate $115-million bought deal offerings of senior unsecured debentures, due 2015 and 2017, respectively.
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Acted for Fronteer Development Group Inc. in its successful unsolicited insider bid for the remaining 58% of Aurora Energy Resources Inc. not already owned by Fronteer, in a transaction valuing Aurora at $175 million.
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Acted for H&R Real Estate Investment Trust which effected a Plan of Arrangement transferring certain notes issued by H&R (U.S.) Holdings, Inc. (a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of H&R) in the principal amount of US$125 million to H&R Finance Trust.
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Acted for Montréal-based Como Diffusion Inc. in regard to GB Merchant Partners, an affiliate of Gordon Brothers Group, and Crystal Capital acquiring a majority position in Como Diffusion's Como Fred David business, with Como's principals retaining a substantial stake.
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Acted for Schonbek Worldwide Lighting Inc. and its affiliated companies in connection with their sale to Swarovski US Holding Ltd., a subsidiary of Swarovski International Holding.
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Acted for Barzel Industries Inc. (formerly Symmetry Holdings Inc.) in its acquisition of Novamerican Steel Inc. for a purchase price of US$585 million. This transaction was only the second time that a US special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") acquired a US public company.
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Acted for IPC US Real Estate Investment Trust in its strategic process and ultimate sale of its assets to Everclear Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Behringer Harvard REIT I, in a US$1.4-billion all-cash transaction.
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Acted for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited in its negotiated share exchange takeover bid for Cumberland Resources Ltd. valued at $710 million.
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Acted for Kimco North Trust III, an entity controlled by Kimco Realty Corp., a leading U.S.-based REIT, in connection with its private placement offering of $200 million principal amount of 5.18% notes due 2013.