Counsel to China Zirconium Limited (HKSE: 0395; TSX: CZL), a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed company and one of the largest zirconium chemicals manufacturer and exporter in China, on its Canadian IPO and dual listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 2008
Counsel to Harmony Asset Limited (HKSE:0428; TSX:HAR), a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed asset management company, in its dual listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Co-counsel to Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. on its issuance of US$210 million in senior notes
Counsel to Explorator Resources Inc. with respect to the $55 million acquisition by Sociedad Punta del Cobre (Pucobre) by way of plan of arrangement of the 83% of Explorator shares not already owned by Pucobre
Counsel to Sasol Petroleum International on its $1.05 billion agreement to acquire from Talisman Energy a 50% stake in their Farrell Creek shale gas assets located in B.C.’s Montney basin
Counsel to Argonaut Gold in relation to its business combination with Pediment Gold Corp., creating a new enterprise valued at approximately $367 million
Counsel to Perilya Ltd. on its $184 million take-over bid for GlobeStar Mining Corporation
Counsel to the Special Committee of Terrane Metals Corp. with respect to its $650 million acquisition by Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. by way of plan of arrangement
Counsel to Stillwater Mining Company in connection with its US$118 million acquisition of Marathon PGM Corporation by way of Plan of Arrangement
Canadian counsel to Service Corporation International regarding debenture defeasance in connection with its CDN $290 million acquisition by take-over bid and compulsory acquisition of Keystone North America Inc.
Trident Exploration Corp. - Canadian Counsel to Trident Exploration Corp. and Trident Resources Corp. in connection with their cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 restructuring proceedings
Nortel Networks – Canadian Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Nortel Networks Inc. and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries in the cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 proceedings
Nortel Networks - Acting as Canadian counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Nortel Networks Inc. and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries in this cross-border CCAA/Chapter 11 proceeding
Counsel to Cascades Inc. in connection with its $560 million purchase of Domtar Inc.'s 50 per cent stake in Norampac Inc. and the related equity financing
Counsel to Dundee Securities, underwriter of the $120 million equity financing for Conjuchem Biotechnologies Inc. involving a significant cross border component
Counsel to Cascades Inc. in connection with the sale to PaperlinX Canada Limited of Cascades Resources, the Canadian paper merchanting business of Cascades Fine Papers Group Inc. (approximately $81 million)
Counsel to TD Securities Inc., financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Falconbridge Limited, in connection with Noranda Inc’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Falconbridge Limited’s remaining outstanding shares
Counsel to Underwriters (Goldman Sachs, Nesbitt Burns and Scotia McLeod) on its $2.1 billion cross border initial public offering by Canadian National Railway Company
Counsel to a major Hollywood Studio on structured financing transactions involving over US$200 million of production and marketing costs
Counsel to Talisman Energy Inc. in its $130 million take-over bid of Vista Midstream Solutions Ltd.
Counsel to Pogo Producing Company in its US $1.8 billion friendly bid for Unocal Corp.’s Northrock Resources Ltd., its western Canadian oil and gas properties
Counsel to PTI Group Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Oil States International, Inc., in connection with the $45 million cross-border credit facilities by Wells Fargo Bank Texas
Counsel to Bayer AG in its 2006 acquisition of Schering AG