Recent Experience
The management team and employee shareholders of Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd. in connection with AIMCo's acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Cando Rail from Torquest and the minority shareholders, and in connection with the management team's reinvestment in the go-forward enterprise.
BP Canada Energy Group ULC, as tax counsel in the sale of its 50% stake in the Sunrise oil sands project in northern Alberta to Cenovus Energy Inc.
Wilson 5 Foundation, with respect to its commitment of $100,000,000 to the B.C. Parks Foundation.
DenCorp Online Services Inc., in its sale to RecallMax Acquisition Ltd., an affiliate of TriWest Capital Partners V (2015) Inc.
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 US$433.9 million.
Flint Field Services Ltd., a provider of construction services in the oil and gas industry, in the divestment of its Tubular Inspection and Management business segment to ShawCor Ltd.
Canadian counsel to TMX Group Limited, in its acquisition of London-based Trayport Holdings Limited, and its US-based affiliate, Trayport Inc., and its sale of Natural Gas Exchange Inc. and Shorcan Energy Brokers Inc.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, in its proposed US$28-billion merger with Norfolk Southern Corp.
Newalta Corporation, in the sale of its Industrial Division to Revolution Acquisition LP, a company formed by Birch Hill Equity Partners, for cash proceeds of $300 million.
Enerbuilt Technologies Inc., in the sale of all of its assets and business to Flameless Solutions Inc., a related entity to WesternOne Inc., a reporting issuer, for consideration of cash and securities of WesternOne Inc., and related pre-closing reorganization of Enerbuilt Technologies Inc.
Parkland Fuel Corporation, North America's fastest growing distributor and marketer of fuels and lubricants, in its proposed $378 million purchase of assets of Pioneer Energy.
Harvest Operations Corp., in the sale of its subsidiary North Atlantic Refining Limited (NARL) to SilverRange Financial Partners LLC. The sale includes NARL's Canadian refining and marketing businesses in Newfoundland.
North West Redwater Partnership, in 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.
Corridor Resources Inc., in its $100-million joint venture with the Government of Quebec (through its affiliate, Ressources Quebec Inc.), Petrolia Inc. and Establissements Maurel & Prom S.A. (through its subsidiary, Saint-Aubin E&P (Quebec) Inc.)
RTL-Westcan Limited Partnership, a leading hauler of bulk commodities in Western and Northern Canada, in the sale of its operating business to Kenan Advantage Group and its industrial properties to Edgefront Realty Corp. The ownership group of RTL-Westcan included TriWest Capital Partners, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, members of the RTL-Westcan senior management team and others.
Northern Frontier Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed capital pool corporation, in the completion of its previously announced acquisition of the NEC Group and certain assets used in the operation of the NEC Group's business.
Apex Distribution Inc., in the sale of all of its issued and outstanding shares to Russel Metals Inc. for $225 million plus a five year earnout.
The private equity firm, Banyan Capital Partners Inc., via Tartan Canada Corporation, one of Banyan's portfolio companies, acquired Arc Line Construction Ltd. and JDK Rentals Ltd., concurrent with Tartan completing a senior debt facility financing with Alberta Treasury Branches and an exempt market private placement equity financing
Argent Energy Trust, in its $244-million initial public offering of trust units.
Sino-Forest Corporation, in the Restructuring Support Agreement between Sino-Forest and an ad hoc group of Sino-Forest's noteholders providing for a $1.8 billion restructuring pursuant to the Companies Creditors' Arrangement Act under which Sino-Forest's noteholders and other affected creditors would acquire substantially all of the assets of Sino-Forest.
Glencore International, in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Viterra for approximately $6.1 billion by way of a plan of arrangement and the sale of certain assets of Viterra to each of Agrium and Richardson International for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion.
Flint Energy Services, in its acquisition by URS Corp for $1.25 billion pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
Gibson Energy Inc., in its acquisition of Palko Environmental Ltd.
Flint Energy Services, in its US$138-million acquisition of Carson Energy Services.
Gibson Energy Inc., in its $500-million initial public offering.
IHS Inc., in its acquisition of Dyadem International, Ltd.
EOG Resources Canada Inc., in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Galveston LNG Inc. (owner of the Kitimat LNG Liquefaction project) for an undisclosed amount.
J. Aron & Company, in its acquisition of the natural gas marketing and trading books of each of Nexen Marketing, Nexen's Canadian marketing arm, and Nexen Marketing U.S.A. Inc., its U.S. unit, for an undisclosed sum.
Goldman Sachs, in its acquisition, through its affiliate J. Aron & Co., of the natural gas marketing business of Nexen Inc.
Encana Corporation, which had an enterprise value of approximately US$50 billion, in its division into two independent publicly traded companies - one new Encana Corporation, an unconventional natural gas company and the other Cenovus Energy Inc. an integrated oil company.
Bennett Jones