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The lead arrangers and the lending syndicate of a US$2.55-billion term facility and US$600-million revolving credit facility to support the US$6.3-billion sale of Nuvei
Employment Hero Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Humi Holdings, valued at over C$100 million
MustGrow Biologics in its acquisition of NexusBioAg, which provides crop nutrition solutions, including micronutrients, nitrogen stabilizers, biostimulants, and foliar products, from Univar Solutions Canada
LSI Industries (Nasdaq; LYTS), a manufacturer of commercial lighting and display solutions, in its acquisition of Canada’s Best Store Fixtures, a provider of retail fixtures and custom store design solutions for grocery, quick service restaurant, c-store, banking and specialty retail environments
Discovery Silver Corp in its $425-million acquisition of Newmont Corporation interest in its Porcupine Operations
Magna Mining in entering into a definitive share purchase agreement with a subsidiary of KGHM International
Recognize Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of Blue Mantis and its subsidiaries in the US, Canada, and India, from ABRY Partners
Acted as Canadian legal counsel to Lynx Software Technologies, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners, in connection with the acquisition of Core Avionics & Industrial
Osisko Mining in its approximately C$2-billion sale to Gold Fields
Ronin Equity Partners, LLC in its acquisition of Minus Forty Corporation and QBD Inc., leaders in the manufacture and distribution of freezers, coolers and refrigerated merchandising products
Represented Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV, a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its C$1.39 billion business combination with Hammerhead Resources Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement, to form Hammerhead Energy Inc., a Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company dually-listed on the TSX and Nasdaq
Storytel, a Swedish audiobook and e-book streaming services provider, in its acquisition of Audiobooks.com from KKR
PowerSchool in its acquisition of Chalk.com Education
Lineage Logistics, an international refrigerated warehousing and storage company owned by Bay Grove Capital, on its acquisition of VersaCold Logistics Services, a Canadian refrigerated warehousing company with fully integrated logistics capabilities, from Torquest Partners, The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario and OPTrust
CF Acquisition Corp. VI, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, as Canadian counsel on its business combination with Rumble Inc., a high growth neutral video distribution platform with an international user/subscriber base, valued at an initial enterprise value of US$2.1-billion
Datasite LLC, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners LLP, in its acquisition of Firmex Inc., a leading virtual data room and subscription file-sharing provider
The Watermill Group, in its acquisition of Weston Forest Products Inc., a leading distributor and remanufacturer of softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty panel products across North America.
Bird Construction Inc., in its $96.5-million merger with Stuart Olson Inc.
Riverstone Holdings LLC, as Canadian counsel, in its acquisition of International-Matex Tank Terminals from Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation for US$2.67 billion
Nippon Steel Corporation in its $1.15-billion investment in Elk Valley Resources Ltd., a steelmaking coal business to be spun-out as an independent public company from Teck Resources Ltd.
Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC and Kissner Group Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in their US$3.2-billion agreement to acquire K+S Aktiengesellschaft's North and South American salt business, including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt
True Wind Capital and its portfolio company, Transflo, in Transflo's approximately $20-million acquisition of Microdea, a document management software company in the transportation and logistics sector
Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company, in the sale of its entire Canadian fossil fuel-based electricity generation portfolio for approximately $835 million, which was completed in three stages, through the sale of its interest in the Cory project in Saskatchewan to SaskPower International Inc., a sale of its interest in the Brighton Beach project in Ontario to Ontario Power Generation Inc., and a sale of the balance of the applicable generation assets through a sale of its equity interest in ATCO Power Canada Ltd. to Heartland Generation Ltd., an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners
Diversified, in its acquisition of the business of Advanced Presentation Products
1908 GP Inc., in the formation of 1908 LP and the formation and capitalization of POI Holdings LP by a syndicate of private Canadian investors led by Cody Church, on behalf of Clear North Capital, together with a team that included Rakesh Saraf (formerly of ATRF) and Kenny Albert (formerly of Kilmer Capital), and the acquisition of a majority interest in the business of POI Business Interiors Inc., a provider of workspace environment solutions and a Steelcase distributer in Ontario
Wilbur-Ellis Holdings II, Inc., in its acquisition of Nachurs Alpine Solutions
Devon Canada Corporation and Devon Canada Crude Marketing Corporation, in their approx. $3.8-billion sale of substantially all of their assets to Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., in its approximately US$300-million acquisition of RPM Technologies
Clover Leaf Holding Company and Connors Bros. Clover Leaf Seafoods Company, affiliates of Bumble Bee Foods, in the US$925-million sale of substantially all of their assets to FCF Co., Ltd. (Pensions)
Kissner Group Holdings LP, completed its acquisition of NSC Minerals Ltd., a market-leading provider of salt products in Western Canada and the North Central United States, from an investor group led by Altas Partners. (Pensions)
Canadian counsel to Conagra Brands, Inc. in its $10-9 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Longview Aviation Capital Corp., in its acquisition of the Dash 8 program from Bombardier Inc.
Klondex Mines Ltd., in its US$462-million acquisition by Hecla Mining Company pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement
The Board of Directors of Sears Canada, in Sears' CCAA proceedings, one of the largest court-supervised liquidations in Canadian history
Schlumberger Production Management, on the purchase of the Palliser Block assets in Alberta from Cenovus Energy Inc. for cash consideration of $1.3 billion
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, in completing C$12.74-billion acquisition of a 70 percent working interest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project and other oil sands assets
Cenovus Energy Inc., in its $17.7-billion acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ Deep Basin conventional assets in Alberta and British Columbia and 50% interest in the FCCL Partnership
Northern Transportation Company Ltd., counsel for the CCAA debtors
Stantec Inc., in its $1.25 billion credit facilities to finance, in part, the successful acquisition of MWH Global, Inc. for approximately US$793 million
Waste Connections, Inc., in an approximately $13 billion merger with Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.
Precision Castparts Corp., in its US$560 million acquisition of Noranco from MidOcean Partners and PSP Investments
Extendicare Inc., a leading provider of care and services for seniors throughout Canada, in the $83 million acquisition of the home health business of Revera Inc.
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
Repsol S.A., in the proposed $15.1 billion acquisition of Talisman Energy Inc.
Canadian counsel to Regal Beloit Corporation, in the US$1.44 billion world-wide acquisition of the Power Transmission Solutions business (“PTS”) of Emerson Electric Co
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
ATCO Ltd., in the disposition of ATCO I-Tek Inc. and ATCO's Australian IT operations to affiliates of Wipro Ltd. ("Wipro") for aggregate sale proceeds of approximately $210 million
Darling International Inc., in its acquisition of all the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., for approximately $645 million
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
The Sterling Group, in its acquisition of the Liqui-Box Corporation ("Liqui-Box") from DuPont
Meridian Credit Union, in its merger with Desjardins Credit Union to create Ontario's largest credit union with 263,000 members and $8 billion in assets under management
CUNA Mutual Group, in its acquisition by Co-operators Life Insurance and Central 1 Credit Union
The committee of first lien and second lien secured creditors, in the US$1.5 billion restructuring of Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited by way of a plan of arrangement
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