Recent Experience
Canadian counsel to Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V., in 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.
Bank of Canada, on proposed TSX and London Stock Exchange and subsequent acquisition by Maple.
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust, in its conversion from an income trust structure to a corporate structure by way of a plan of arrangement.
RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in US$5.0-billion credit facilities to finance the successful acquisition of Equinox Minerals Limited by Barrick Gold Corporation.
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust, in its
$86.3-million offering of trust units.
CUNA Mutual Group, in its acquisition by Co-operators Life Insurance and Central 1 Credit Union.
Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust, in the $126.6-million offering of trust units and 7.25 percent convertible unsecured subordinated debentures.
Visa Inc., in its US$19.7-billion Initial Public
Offering of shares.
SSAB, in its sale of the IPSCO Tubulars business to
Evraz for US$4.025 billion.
Grupo Modelo, in its joint venture with Molson Coors for importing, distributing and selling Modelo products in Canada.
WCE Holdings Inc., the parent company of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange, in connection with the sale of all shares, totalling $50 million, to Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. by a plan of arrangement.
Extendicare Inc. and Haro Financial Corporation, in the sale of all outstanding shares of Crown Life Insurance Company to Canada Life Assurance Company.
OJSC Russian Machines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Basic Element, in its $1.5-billion investment in Magna International Inc.
SSAB corporation, in its $9.1-billion acquisition of Ipsco Inc.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, in its proposed
investment with James Richardson International Limited to
acquire Agricore United.
The Special Committee of Bema Gold Corporation, in the US$3.1-billion takeover offer by Kinross Gold Corporation.
Eimskip Atlas Canada, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avion Group, and KingSett Real Estate Growth LP No. 2, in Avion's $580-million acquisition of Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust.
Extendicare Inc. and Extendicare REIT, in 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.
Bennett Jones