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• Acted for Neucel Specialty Cellulose Ltd. and Wellspring Capital in connection with the financing of a pulp mill in Port Alice, British Columbia and a strategic investment by Fulida Group Holding Ltd., an integrated textile manufacturer in China.

• Acted for the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in connection with the restructuring of the Ilot Voyageur project worth in excess of $300 million.

• Acted for Wellspring Capital Management LLC in connection to the acquisition by a wholly owned subsidiary of Packaging Solutions Holdings Inc. of the plastic flexible packaging business operated by Excel-Pac Inc., a Montréal-based manufacturer specializing in the dairy, food and confectionary markets.

• Acted for Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. on its acquisition of The Circle K Corp. in a transaction valued at $1.06 billion.

• Acted for the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) in connection with its $1.2 billion acquisition of the new fleet of cars for the Montréal subway system and the execution of the procurement contract with the consortium formed by Bombardier Transport Canada Inc. and Alstom Canada Inc.

• Acting for CSX Transportation, Inc., one of the largest railway companies in North America, in connection with its proposed development of an intermodal terminal and other infrastructure projects in the Province of Québec.

• Acted as Canadian counsel to Sigdo Koppers, a Chilean industrial engineering conglomerate, in connection with its US$790-million purchase of Magotteaux Group, a Belgian mining and cement services company.

• Acted for ArrowStar LLC in the environmental aspects of the closure of its activities at its Pointe-Claire facilities. The activities carried on the 200,000 sq. ft. site were the production and distribution of chemical products for the textile industry.

• Acted for Corus Entertainment in the environmental aspects of the sale of regional radio stations and related antenna equipment in the Province of Québec.

• Acted for TD Securities Inc. as dealer manager in a rights offering of Fibrek Inc.

• Acted for Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust in its initial $57.5-million bought deal public offering of trust units.

• Acted for Prinoth SpA, a member of the Leitner Technologies Group, in its acquisition of the Camoplast Inc. Track Machine Group, a leading manufacturer of snow groomers and other utility vehicles.

• Acted successfully for Home Depot of Canada Inc. in a case involving claims regarding the environmental development of a Home Depot site in Québec.

• Acted for Ingersoll-Rand in the sale of its Sherbrooke manufacturing plant.

• Acted as Canadian counsel to BHP Billiton in its unsolicited offer to acquire Rio Tinto in a share exchange deal valued at US$147 billion.

• Acted for Ivaco and Sivaco, two large metal processing and steel wire drawing plants located in Marieville, Québec, with respect to all environmental aspects of their reorganization.

• Acted for 333 Sherbrooke Street East L.P. as it secured $62 million in loans from SNSPF Interim Finance B.V. for the working capital and the construction of Phase II of the residential condominium development located at 333 Sherbrooke Street East in Montréal. Phase I of the development includes 113 condominium units.

• Acted for Gestion Forestière Lacroix Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Générale de Financement du Québec, in an acquisition from Bowater Inc., a private timberland covering some 148,000 acres in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec.

• Acted for Six Flags, Inc. in regard to its acquisition of La Ronde Amusement Park in Montréal for an amount of $30 million and related commitment to invest an additional $90 million.