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Acted for industrial, recreational, consumer and food product manufacturers and their insurers in defending a wide variety of product liability and tort claims, include negligent design and manufacture and failure to warn
Acted for various parties in defending and prosecuting numerous claims for product liability arising from industrial, commercial and residential fires
Acted for motor vehicle, motor vehicle component and recreational vehicle manufacturers in a wide variety of product liability and tort claims
Acted for medical device manufacturers in defending claims for negligent design and manufacture and failure to warn
Acted for helicopter engine and component manufacturers in defending claims for negligent design and manufacture and failure to warn
Acted for aircraft owners and operators in prosecuting claims against aircraft and component manufacturers for negligent design and manufacture and failure to warn
Acted for regional and international airports, aircraft owners and operators and their insurers in defending tort claims arising from aircraft crashes, aircraft collisions and ground events
Acted for railroads and trucking companies in defending a wide variety of claims, including occupier's liability, negligence and breach of statute
Acted for vessel owners and manufacturers and their insurers in prosecuting and defending claims arising from collision of vessels at sea, breach of contract, breach of warranty, negligence and negligent design and manufacture of vessels
Acted for ports and docks in defending claims for negligence, bailment and breach of contract
February 8, 2012
Lead All Investments Limited
Advising on the construction documentation on the development of Plantation Place, City of London
Advising on the EPC and JV arrangements for an LNG terminal in Europe
Acting for a developer on Part 8 Proceedings in the Construction and Technology Court
Acting for the developer following the termination of contractor's employment; time and money claims together with dispute on termination
Acting on behalf of various consortia on PFI projects in the health, defence, prison, and local authority sectors
Advising on the construction documentation for the refurbishment of a power plant on Ascension Island
Carrying out due diligence for Transport for London ('TFL') on major PFI/PPP projects
Advising a Train Operating Company ('TOC') on a substantial number of engineering and maintenance contracts
Advising the Developer on the redevelopment of Kings Cross and St Pancras Station
Advising on a hospital construction and management project using a joint venture structure for a Government Authority in the Middle East
Acting on the procurement and construction of a gas pipeline bypass
Advising a number of Acute Hospital NHS Trusts in relation to their PFI projects
Advising on the EPC contracts for two major power projects in Spain and one in South America
Advising on the procurement strategy and contract documentation for gas fired and electric power stations in South Africa and Iraq
ICC Arbitration for Japanese turbine manufacturer on a Spanish power station; time and money claim together with a dispute with JV partner resolved by mediation
February 6, 2012
Stella-Jones Inc. and Stella Jones International S.A.
Advising Petroleum Geo-Services on the disposal of its Atlantis oil and gas business to Sinochem
Advising on a farmin transaction for a Norwegian oil and gas company involving assets in Turkey
February 1, 2012
Applicant - Rehman
Advising Petroleum Geo-Services on its equity investment arrangements with a number of listed oil and gas companies
Advising various financial institutions on equity placements for listed international oil and gas companies
Advising a US energy company on the acquisition of three European oil and gas companies
Advising Resaca Exploitation, Inc. on its London Stock Exchange listing and $105m initial public offering to institutional shareholders
Advising Resaca Exploitation, Inc. on its proposed merger with Cano Petroleum, Inc and associated equity fundraising
Advising a US oil and gas company on a $100m fundraising for the development of Alaskan oil and gas assets
Advising a US-based hydrocarbon remediation business on a private placement of limited partnership interests
Acting for the vendors on the disposal of a US-based oil and gas company by way of reverse takeover of a London Stock Exchange listed company
Advising a US oil and gas business on a private placement of shares in the UK
Advising on the merger of two oil and gas businesses with contiguous assets in North America
Advising an international energy company on farmin transactions offshore Italy and offshore Tunisia
Acting for an international seismic business in relation to the restructuring of its equity investment in a London Stock Exchange listed oil and gas company
January 30, 2012
Eurocopter (Société par actions simplifiée)
December 28, 2011
Hungarian legal advisers to the Auchan Group
January 20, 2012
PolyTherics Limted
Counsel to a large Saudi group for the acquisition and construction of a medical and educational city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Counsel to a large US industrial group in connection with its commercial transactions and retailing operations on a day-to-day basis
January 19, 2012
Syndicate of agents
Counsel to a foreign company in connection with a bid for the remediation and treatment of a site in the Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia, to the National Water Company
Counsel to Al Rajhi Company in connection with the design and build of the ITCC Project, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
January 18, 2012
Tsige, Respondent
January 17, 2012
La Caisse centrale Desjardins du Québec
Advising Wiltshire District Council with regard to its £180 million Non-HRA Social Housing PFI
Advising Allied Irish Bank with regard to its provision of £104 million senior debt in support of the Oldham Social Housing PFI
January 13, 2012
Swala Resources Inc.
Advising Compass with regard to the provision of certain facilities management services to the Kent Social Housing PFI
January 12, 2012
Adriana Resources Inc.
Advising the Bouygues UK/Ecovert FM/Barclays Capital consortium with regard to the Barking Schools PFI
Advising in respect of substantial downstream transactions in the energy sector in the Middle East and Asia including LNG, NGL and refinery transactions, pipelines and maritime transport
Advising on a range of independent power projects in Europe, Asia and Africa, including the first regulated Power Purchase Agreement in South Africa and the first IPP in Kenya
Advising a European group on the acquisition of upstream oil concessions and mining concessions in North and South Sudan
Advising various independent oil companies on the acquisition of assets by initial acquisition or farm-in in the MENA and Sub-Saharan region and Central Asian Republics
Advising the Kier/Dexia consortium with regard to the Tendring Schools PPP
Advising a Chinese state-owned enterprise on the acquisition of five offshore oil concessions in South America
Advising Kent University with regard to its Student Accommodation PPP
Advising Middlesex University with regard to its Student Accommodation PFI
January 6, 2012
Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNS)
Advising London Borough of Newham with regard to its ICT PFI
Advising Coventry City Council with regard to its £68 million (PFI Credit) Street Lighting PFI
January 5, 2012
First Quantum Minerals
Advising the David Webster/ETDE consortium with regard to the Lambeth Street Lighting PFI, the Barnet and Enfield Street Lighting PFI and the Redcar and Cleveland Street Lighting PFI
January 5, 2012
Quik X Transportation shareholders
January 4, 2012
Plan Group Inc.
Advising Care UK plc with regard to the Manchester and Hampshire/Isle of Wight Independent Sector Treatment Centre Schemes
Advising the Consortium with regard to the Ministry of Defence Project Waldorf PFI
Advising the Government of the Republic of Cyprus negotiating the terms of the Concession Contract for the development, refurbishment and operation of international airports at Larnaca and Paphos
Representing a sponsor in relation to its participation in an African hydropower project, Uganda
Representing Nalcor in relation to the development of the C$6 billion 824MW Muskrat Falls hydropower project and associated transmission assets, Canada
Representing an investor in relation to oil terminalling agreements at a Bahamian oil terminal
Representing Gate LNG in relation to the development of an €850 million LNG receiving facility in the Netherlands
Representing Mubadala in relation to its investment in the Barka II, Oman and the Hadjret en Nous, Algeria, power projects
Representing the project company during bid and implementation stages in relation to the Barka and Ras Laffan Power and Water Projects in Oman and Qatar
Representing BP Alternative Energy in its strategic alliance with Clipper Windpower for a long-term turbine supply arrangement and joint development of five wind projects in the US
Representing a private equity investor on numerous bids and investments in the European renewables sector, including project development of projects acquired at an early stage
Drafting a pro-forma EPC contract for a leading United Arab Emirates gas sector entity
Counsel to Vanchem (subsidiary of the Duferco Group) on the acqusition of Rakhoma Mining Resources
Representing the lenders in relation to the Brindisi LNG Regasification Project in Italy
Acted for technology companies in defending and prosecuting claims for breach of contract and negligence relating to the design and manufacture of software and hardware
Drafting a suite of pro-forma EPC contract documentation for a leading global power developer
Representing a leading Asian energy company in its negotiation of an LNG SPA from the Gorgon Project, Australia
Representing a leading Asian energy company on its renegotiation of an LNG SPA with a Middle Eastern LNG project
Representing a contractor in relation to the BTC pipeline
Representing the lenders in relation to gas supply arrangements to a UK IPP subject to a financial restructuring
Counsel to Vale SA in relation to development and equity structuring aspects of the Moatize integrated mine and power project in Mozambique
Representing the sponsors in relation to the development of an LNG receiving facility in Hong Kong
Representing RIL in relation to various charterparties in respect of offshore oil field service and drilling vessels in India
Representing Vale in relation to the Moatize IPP and expansion of the Mozambique electricity transmission network
Advised Marcegaglia SpA and Dongkuk Steel Mill Company on all aspects of their proposed acquisition of Teeside Cast Products, a slab manufacturing facility in the north-east of England, from the Corus Group
South African Counsel to an AIM listed company on its acquisition of a controlling interest in a JSE listed company
Representing various potential participants in the Kuwaiti fast track power programme
Representing the lead arrangers in relation to the Sohar Power and Water Project, Oman
Representing the lead sponsor in relation to procurement for an LNG liquefaction project in Nigeria
Representing West LB in relation to the English law aspects of the US$488 million Delba drilling rig project financing
Representing the developers in relation to the Cirebon IPP in Indonesia
Representing Vopak in relation to the development of standard form construction documentation for oil & gas storage facilities
Representing the lead arrangers in relation to the Al Ezzel Power Project, Bahrain
Representing RIL in relation to its development of the KGD6 offshore gas field and integrated pipelines project India
Representing the project company in relation to the US$2 billion Gebze, Izmir and Adapazari IPPs
Advising a consortium comprising six major oil companies and British Airways (Heathrow Airport Hydrant Consortium), set up to operate the fuel hydrant infrastructure at Heathrow Airport
Representing Plinacro on its gas storage agreements for its gas storage business, Croatia
Representing Plinacro on its acquisition of INA's gas storage business, Croatia
Representing the project company in relation to the development of 3 wood-chip fuelled IPPs in Italy with particular emphasis on EPC arrangements and Italian renewable energy incentives and concessions
Representing the project company of the ELNG Project in Egypt
Advised the Duferco Group, a Swiss steel and trading group, on all aspects of its acquisition of the vanadium business of Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation in South Africa from Evraz
Representing PSEG India in relation to the Salalah Power System privatisation, Oman
Representing the project company on the tender, procurement and risk allocation aspects of the US$4.5 billion Dolphin Project (including off-shore extraction, under-sea pipelines, gas processing and gas receiving facilities) in Qatar and Abu Dhabi
Advised the International Finance Corporation in connection with proposals and structuring advice for the establishment of a state owned vehicle by the Government of Mongolia to hold government interests in strategic mining deposits in Mongolia
Representing the project company on the tender, procurement and corporate restructuring aspects of the £250 million Dragon LNG Regasification Project, Wales
Advised the International Finance Corporation and the Government of Mozambique in connection with the US$123 million tender of an exploration concession for the Moatize coal project in Mozambique
Advising the International Finance Corporation in connection with the tender process to select a developer for a silver project in Tajikistan
December 19, 2011
Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited
December 19, 2011
Summit plc
December 16, 2011
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company
December 16, 2011
A. M. Castle & Co.
December 15, 2011
Ridgewood Canadian Investment Grade Bond Fund
December 15, 2011
Valeurs mobilières Desjardins inc. and BMO Capital Markets as co-leads for a syndicate of dealers
December 15, 2011
Syndicate of Underwriters
December 15, 2011
Sinclair IS Pharma plc
Uranium One Inc.
November 7, 2011
Abcodia Ltd
December 2, 2011
Medicis Pharmaceuticals
November 2011
Friends of the Earth Canada
November 30, 2011
Q Chip Ltd
November 30, 2011
Sillenger Exploration Corp.
November 23, 2011
Bank of Montreal
November 23, 2011
Discover 2011 Flow-Through Limited Partnership
November 23, 2011
Azure Dynamics Corporation
November 15, 2011
Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc.
Ongoing
Special committee of the Katanga board
November 9, 2011
Syndicate of agents led by Octagon Capital Corporation
November 8, 2011
Canusa-CPS, A Division of Shawcor Ltd.
November 8, 2011
Avigilon Corporation
November 7, 2011
Syndicate of lenders
November 4, 2011
Agent - GMP Securities LP
November 3, 2011
Teliti International Ltd
Advised on and drafted corporate governance policies for cement company preparing for IPO
Acting for a major shipyard following a dispute over the conversion of a bulk carrier into a deep sea pipe lay vessel
Advised on the conclusion of a joint venture shareholders' agreement in respect of proposed renewable energy projects in Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Russia
Advising investors on recovery of a Maharajah's treasure from a depth of 3,000 metres in the Mediterranean
Acting for the owners of a Canadian flag vessel after the loss of the vessel in the North Atlantic
Acting for the builders of a ULCC rejected by the buyers
Advised a major investor on the acquisition of BAA plc
Advised on the shariah compliant project financing of a sugar refinery in Yemen
Advised the banks in connection with three of the few successfully project financed power stations in India
Advised the developers of a regional network of airports in Europe and the US
Advised a concessionaire on a hotel development project in Sierra Leone
Advised a large utility in connection with its successful multilateral sponsored financing of certain network upgrades and other investments
Advised on the financing of a cement production facility in Ethiopia
Advised a large international investment bank on gambling legislation in relation to their proposed acquisition of the entire issued share capital of one of South Africa's leading JSE listed gambling and hospitality companies for ZAR 12 billion
Advised a major US investment bank on a substantial real estate acquisition in China
Advised a multinational logistics and transportation company on its US$40 Million disposal to a government of a Southern African Country
Advised a multinational petroleum company in relation to the disposal of its downstream assets in Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana
Advised a major shareholder of MTN Limited on securities legislation relating to a collar financing and securities lending transaction entered into with major global banks and a Pre-Paid Forward and Swap Transaction entered into with a major local bank
Advised a major public limited company on its balance sheet restructuring
Advised a major shareholder of MTN Limited on issues arising out of the Securities Regulation Panel Code on Takeovers and Mergers in the proposed merger between Bharti Airtel and MTN Limited which had an estimated value of US$23 Billion
Advised a major public company on the negotiation of their £750m forward start facility
Acting for the owners of a VLCC following missile attack and subsequent salvage
Acting for the owners of a fully laden VLCC following collision and fire onboard, successfully disputing salvors' expert's assessment of dangers resulting in large reduction of the salvage award
Acting for the owners of a Canadian flag vessel following collision with an oil rig in the North Sea
Acting for underwriters after catastrophic failure of LNG storage tank in Umm Said
Advised an existing project company in relation to the completion of a US$3 billion natural gas pipeline
Advised a major private equity sponsor on the acquisition of a healthcare business
Acting for underwriters following suspicious main engine failure resulting in constructive total loss of the vessel
Advised the lenders in relation to four separate power projects in Pakistan
Advised the sponsors of a tailing facility for a North American gold mine
Advised the lenders in connection with a petrochemical refinery in Thailand
October 2011
Ernst & Young Inc.
October 31, 2011
Armistice Resources
October 26, 2011
AuRico Gold Inc.
October 25, 2011
Underwriters – Euro Pacific Canada Inc.
October 21, 2011
Silver Gold Glatt & Grosman LLP and SGGG Fund Services Inc.
October 17, 2011
Tiger Resource Finance plc
Eldorado Gold Corporation
October 20, 2011
Capital Desjardins
October 10, 2011
ENK Plc
October 7, 2011
Monaghan Mushrooms Ltd.
July 2011
CST Mining Group Ltd
October 2011
Fluormin Plc
Rogers Communication Inc.
September 30, 2011
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
September 28, 2011
Mecanim Inc.
September 16, 2011
Établissements Maurel & Prom
September 12, 2011
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
September 8, 2011
Canusa-CPA; A Division of Shawcor Ltd.
September 7, 2011
Argentium Resources
September 2, 2011
Golden Minerals Company
September 2011
Vale S.A.
August 31, 2011
IAMGOLD Corporation
August 31, 2011
Swala Resources Inc.
30 August, 2011
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
August 30, 2011
Ipsen Limited
August 26, 2011
United Parcel Service Canada Ltd.
August 25, 2011
Tsige, Respondent
August 18, 2011
Abbarch Architecture Inc. and Abbarch Architecture (Ontario) Inc.
August 18, 2011
Alter Moneta
August 16, 2011
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
August 2011
iCongo and its principals
August 12, 2011
Syndicate of lenders led by National Bank of Canada
August 11, 2011
Ontario Hospital Association
August 5, 2011
Agent – Euro Pacific Canada Inc.
August 2011
Fluormin Plc
Rogers Communications Inc.
July 19, 2011
Devimco Inc.
July 28, 2011
SkyePharma PLC
July 21, 2011
Haivision Network Video
July 20, 2011
Paul Sadlon Motors Incorporated
July 19, 2011
Ripley Entertainment Inc.
July 19, 2011
ENERGY INDEXPLUS Dividend Fund and Middlefield Limited
July 18, 2011
Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Fondaction CSN and the French fund Fonds Aerofund II
July 14, 2011
IAMGOLD Corporation
Transport Beaulé inc.
Caisse populaire Desjardins du Centre-ville de Québec
Securities insurance company
Moulton Contracting Ltd.
Moulton Contracting Ltd.
Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd.
Advised a major shareholder of MTN Limited on issues arising out of the Securities Regulation Panel Code on Takeovers and Mergers in the proposed merger between Bharti Airtel and MTN Limited which had an estimated value of US$23 billion
Corporation d'hébergement du Québec
June 30, 2011
St. Michael's Hospital
June 28, 2011
Artis REIT
June 27, 2011
Fujitec Canada Ltd.
June 2011
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
June 23, 2011
Fairweather Ltd. et al.
The mandated lead arrangers and banks (National Bank Financial Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets, BNP Paribas and UBS Securities LLC)
June 22, 2011
Agents – Euro Pacific Canada Inc.
June 21, 2011
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
June 17, 2011
RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and syndicate of agents
June 16, 2011
Novacap Technologies III
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada and Telus Communications
June 9, 2011
Syndicate of lenders
June 7, 2011
June 6, 2011
Roper Industries
June 1, 2011
Desjardins Credit Union
May 31, 2011
Essential Energy Services Ltd.
May 31, 2011
MKS Inc. (Independent Committee)
May 27, 2011
Artis REIT
The joint bookrunners and banks (BNP Paribas, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, J.P. Morgan Limited, Natixis, Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking, and The Royal Bank of Scotland
May 24, 2011
Xplornet Communications Inc.
May 23, 2011
Sinclair Pharma Plc (now trading as Sinclair IS Pharma)
May 18, 2011
Underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and Canaccord Genuity Corp.
May 18, 2011
Aveos Fleet Performance Inc.
May 17, 2011
Underwriters co-led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Dundee Securities Corporation
In progress
KNG
May 13, 2011
Plutonic Power Corporation (Special Committee)
May 13, 2011
1520658 Ontario Inc.
May 11, 2011
Paul Sadlon Motors Incorporated
May 11, 2011
St. Michael's Hospital
May 3, 2011
Public Bike System Company ("PBSC")
May 3, 2011
Smiths Detection Toronto Ltd. and Smiths Detection Montreal Inc.
May 2011
Inergia Petroleum Limited
April 29, 2011
Artis REIT
April 28, 2011
Coradiant Inc.
April 27, 2011
Stratford Chick Hatchery Ltd
R. (Ministry of Labour) v. Stratford Chick Hatchery Ltd. (unreported)
April 21, 2011
Sheltered Oak Resources Corp.
April 21, 2011
Investment dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc.
April 20, 2011
REIT INDEXPLUS Income Fund and Middlefield Limited
20 April 2011
Mr Casey
April 19, 2011
Alliance Pharma plc and Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited
April 19, 2011
United Rentals, Inc.
April 18, 2011
Underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns
April 2011
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
April 15, 2011
Capstone Infrastructure Corporation (Special Committee)
April 15, 2011
Artis REIT
April 15, 2011
IAMGOLD Corporation
April 14, 2011
Upper Lakes Group Inc.
Bank of Nova Scotia
April 13, 2011
The Catalyst Capital Group Inc.
April 13, 2011
Aveos Fleet Performance Inc.
April 12, 2011
Toshiba of Canada Ltd
April 11, 2011
Ontario Pension Board
April 11, 2011
Syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc.
April 11, 2011
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
April 8, 2011
SacOil Holdings Limited
April 8, 2011
Pretium Resources Inc.
April 8, 2011
Vale S.A.
April 8, 2011
Gammon Gold Inc.
April 6, 2011
Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc.
April 5, 2011
Yellowhead Mining Inc.
April 4, 2011
Cloudworks Energy Inc.
April 1, 2011
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank acquires Chrysler Financial for US$6.3 billion
April 1, 2011
Cytiva
April 1, 2011
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
April 1, 2011
Syndicate of banks including Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada and The Toronto-Dominion Bank
April 1, 2011
MIJO Corporation
March 31, 2011
Tyréns AB and AKT II Limited
British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority
March 30, 2011
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
March 30, 2011
Northern Securities Inc. and Byron Capital Markets Ltd.
March 30, 2011
Tiffany & Co.
March 29, 2011
Respondent
March 29, 2011
Canada Post Pension Plan
March 28, 2011
Tiffany & Co.
March 24, 2011
Petrodel Resources Ltd
March 23, 2011
Tsige, Defendant
March 18, 2011
Barclays Capital
March 15, 2011
Syndicate of leaders
March 14, 2011
Gold Wheaton Gold Corp.
March 11, 2011
GMP Securities L.P. and Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc. (co-lead agents)
March 10, 2011
Formation Metals Inc.
March 9, 2011
BMO Nesbitt Burns
March 3, 2011
Laurier Glass Ltd.
February 28, 2011
Xstrata Canada Corporation – Xstrata Zinc Canada Division
February 28, 2011
Manulife Canadian Real Estate Funds
Marc Renaud, André Giroux and Sylvie Giroux
February 28, 2011
Adanac Molybdenum Corporation
February 28, 2011
National Bank Financial Inc.
February 24, 2011
Pelangio Exploration Inc.
February 24, 2011
Syndicate of investment dealers led by GMP Securities L.P.
February 23, 2011
GLG Life Tech Corporation
February 23, 2011
Underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
February 22, 2011
Theratechnologies Inc.
February 22, 2011
Armistice Resources Corp.
February 21, 2011
Goldcorp Inc.
February 18, 2011
Pathway Quebec Mining 2011 Flow-Through Limited Partnership
February 18, 2011
INDEXPLUS Dividend Fund and Middlefield Limited
February 17, 2011
PAI partners and Swissport International
February 3, 2011
Theratechnologies Inc.
February 14, 2011
HudBay Minerals Inc.
February 14, 2011
Pensionfund Realty Limited
February 10, 2011
Azure Dynamics Corporation
British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority
February 3, 2011
International Power plc
February 1, 2011
Management team of CM&D Pharma Limited.
February 3, 2011
West Face Capital
EPCOR Distribution & Transmission Inc.
February 1, 2011
Agents led by GMP Securities L.P.
February 1, 2011
Asia Bio-Chem Group Corp.
February 1, 2011
Underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. and BMO Capital Markets
EPCOR Distribution & Transmission Inc.
February 1, 2011
Scotiabank
Scotiabank acquires DundeeWealth for $2.3 billion
February 1, 2011
CHIP Mortgage Trust
February 1, 2011
DundeeWealth Inc.
January 31, 2011
CTV Limited
January 28, 2011
Agents co-led by Raymond James Ltd. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
January 27, 2011
Underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Dundee Securities Corporation
January 24, 2011
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
January 24, 2011
Amdac-Carmichael Ltd
January 19, 2011
The Independent Order of Foresters
January 18, 2011
MTS Allstream
January 18, 2011
Caisse centrale Desjardins
January 17, 2011
LaSalle Investment Management
Korea Finance Corporation and Export Import Bank of Korea finances $144 million natural gas rights acquisition by STX Energy from Encana Corporation
January 11, 2011
International Air Transport Association
January 11, 2011
Amazon Mining Holding Plc
January 11, 2011
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company
January 10, 2011
Compass Minerals
January 10, 2011
RBC Capital Markets
Acted for Malaysian sovereign/government funds in relation to their overseas acquisitions and investments in the UK
December 20, 2010
Engensa Limited
2011
Québec company
2011
African company
Counsel in France to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with minority investments in French companies, funds or mezzanine financing operations
January 2011
Dale Parizeau Morris Mackenzie
2011
Canadian client
Counsel to a Chinese party in an ICC arbitration with a Middle Eastern party relating to a supply agreement
Law Society of British Columbia v. Auguste Christiane Frederich Von Pfahlenburg-Marienburg [2010] S.C.B.C. Docket: L052123 Vancouver Registry
2011
African company
Counsel to Metalclad in United Mexican States v. Metalclad Corp.- Judicial Review of NAFTA Chapter 11 Award
Counsel to Vallourec in connection with commercial transactions
Counsel to successive Lone Star investments funds in connection with the acquisition and resale of groups of hotels in France and the resale of another group of some 50 hotels in France
Acted for financial institutions in defending and prosecuting claims for fraud, negligence, breach of contract and breach of statute
Capstone Mining Ltd.
Counsel to the SITQ group with respect to the drafting of their various commercial leases in France
Counsel to Lone Star investments funds in connection with the acquisition and resale of a high-rise building in La Défense, office buildings portfolios, and industrial properties previously owned by Thales etc.
Representing a bidder in relation to an Omani desalination project
Counsel to Cadim with respect to the acquisition of buildings and real estate holding companies in France: Foncière de la Cité Group, take over bid on a French real estate company, etc
Alexco Resource Corporation
2011
Proponent of a biogas project
Representing Aqualyng in relation to the US$40 million Ghana water desalination project
Ordre des architectes du Québec and the Association professionnelle des designers d'intérieur du Québec
Ordre des dentistes du Québec, the Office des professions du Québec and the Ordre des hygiénistes dentaires du Québec
Representing African Development Bank in relation to the financing of the US$187 million Cimerwa cement plant, Rwanda
Counsel to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with its acquisition of a shareholding in La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild Banque
December 31, 2010
Economical Mutual Insurance Company
EPCOR Power Development Corp. (now Capital Power)
December 31, 2010
Respondent
December 31, 2010
AlphaPro Management Inc.
Cenovus FCCL Ltd. (formerly EnCana FCCL Ltd.)
December 30, 2010
Sheltered Oak Resources Corp.
AES Pacific
EPCOR Energy Alberta Inc.
EPCOR Power Development Corp. (now Capital Power)
December 27, 2010
Uranium One Inc.
December 23, 2010
Armistice Resources Corp.
December 22, 2010
Metcalfe & Mansfield Capital Corporation
December 21, 2010
Pretium Resources Inc.
December 21, 2010
Agents led by GMP Securities L.P.
December 21, 2010
Diploma PLC
December 17, 2010
Internet Brands, Inc.
Since 2009
First Quantum Minerals
December 17, 2010
Golden Hope Mines Limited
December 17, 2010
Lenders and hedge providers
December 16, 2010
BHP Billiton
December 16, 2010
BetaPro Management Inc.
December 15, 2010
Leucadia National Corporation
December 15, 2010
Manicouagan Minerals Inc.
December 15, 2010
Uranium One Inc.
December 13, 2010
AlphaPro Management Inc.
December 10, 2010
Nova Metrix LLC
December 9, 2010
364-Day Secured Term Loan Lenders
December 9, 2010
Byron Securities Limited
December 9, 2010
Starfield Resources Inc.
December 7, 2010
Urodynamix Technologies Ltd.
December 6, 2010
Theratechnologies
December 6, 2010
Enablence Technologies Inc.
December 3, 2010
Syndicate of dealers co-led by TD Securities and RBC Capital Markets
December 3, 2010
Underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets
Craigdarloch Holdings Ltd.
December 1, 2010
Artis REIT
November 30, 2010
Investors
November 30, 2010
Syndicate of agents led by Octagon Capital Corporation
November 30, 2010
Inukshuk Wireless Partnership
November 29, 2010
RSW Inc. (principal shareholders)
November 29, 2010
Riva Gold Corporation
November 25, 2010
AXMIN Inc.
November 25, 2010
H. Lundbeck A/S and Lundbeck Canada
November 25, 2010
Investment dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc.
November 25, 2010
Discovery 2010 Flow-Through Limited Partnership
November 24, 2010
Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Union Securities Ltd.
November 23, 2010
Desjardins Securities Inc., RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities Inc., BMO Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Casgrain & Company Limited and Laurentian Bank Securities
November 19, 2010
Nextnine Ltd.
November 19, 2010
TD Bank, Ontario Pension Board, Bimcor, Manulife and Canada Life
November 19, 2010
Adriana Resources Inc.
November 17, 2010
Underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc.
November 17, 2010
Ipsen Limited
November 17, 2010
Respondent
November 15, 2010
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of New Brunswick
November 15, 2010
Armistice Resources Corp.
November 12, 2010
GeneNews Limited
November 12, 2010
First Nickel Inc.
November 12, 2010
Artis REIT
November 10, 2010
Yellowhead Mining Inc.
November 10, 2010
Minera IRL Limited
November 9, 2010
Zincore Metals Inc.
November 9, 2010
Canadian institutional investor
November 9, 2010
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
November 4, 2010
Copernic Inc.
November 4, 2010
Ubisoft Divertissements Inc.
November 2, 2010
Underwriters co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
November 2, 2010
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
November 2, 2010
Laurentian Bank Securities
November 2, 2010
Dealer syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Advised a major investor on the acquisition of AB Ports plc and Thames Water
November 1, 2010
Boralex Power Income Fund (Special Committee)
Advised one of China's largest telecommunications companies on its successful bid to supply one of South Africa's leading mobile network operators with telecommunications equipment for the installation of a "4Gs" network valued at ZAR 2.9 Billion
November 1, 2010
Investment Planning Counsel Inc.
November 1, 2010
Advent International
November 2010
Movirtu Limited
October 28, 2010
Consorcio Minero Horizonte S.A.
Drafting and negotiating a suite of agreements to establish a national industry wide smart-card and identification scheme
October 27, 2010
Inergia Petroleum Limited
October 27, 2010
Exeter Resource Corporation
October 27, 2010
GMV Minerals Inc.
October 26, 2010
Aura Silver Resources Inc.
October 25, 2010
Quanta Services, Inc.
October 22, 2010
Canaccord Genuity Corp.
October 22, 2010
Golden Minerals Company
Sears Canada
October 21, 2010
Canam Group Inc.
October 20, 2010
Underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Dundee Securities Corporation
October 20, 2010
OceanaGold Corporation
October 19, 2010
Retrocom Mid-Market Real Estate Investment Trust
October 18, 2010
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
October 15, 2010
Artis REIT
October 15, 2010
NOVACAP and Fonds de Solidarité
October 14, 2010
finnCap Limited
ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
October 7, 2010
Syndicate of agents co-led by Raymond James Ltd. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
October 6, 2010
Sinclair Pharma Plc
October 6, 2010
GLG Life Tech Corporation
October 5, 2010
Caisse centrale Desjardins
September 30, 2010
Lead arranger
September 30, 2010
Robert Raich and Spiegel, Sohmer Inc.
September 30, 2010
Sheltered Oak Resources Corp.
September 29, 2010
Centric Health Corporation
September 29, 2010
Protox Therapeutics Inc.
September 28, 2010
Peninsula Resources Ltd.
September 24, 2010
Longreach Oil and Gas Limited
September 23, 2010
Concert Properties Ltd.
September 23, 2010
Pathway Quebec Mining 2010-II Flow-Through Limited Partnership
September 22, 2010
Barrick Gold Inc.
Kuwait Airways -v- Iraqi Airways and Capt Al Jabbar Enforcement (2010) CA
Sovereign Trade Credit Corporation 144A $97,750,000 securitised notes issue 2000
Kuwait Airways Corporation -v- State of Iraq and Iraqi Airways Company Supreme Court of Canada (2010)
September 21, 2010
REM Forest Products Inc.
Sovereign Trade Credit Corporation 144A $73 000,000 securitised notes issue 1999
September 16, 2010
Augusta Resource Corporation
September 15, 2010
Yves and Lorraine Gauthier
Liberty Sites Ltd
September 14, 2010
BetaPro Management Inc.
September 13, 2010
Laurentian Bank Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc.
September 9, 2010
Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. (Special Committee)
September 8, 2010
CANUSA-CPS, a division of Shawcor Ltd.
September 3, 2010
L. V. Lomas Limited
September 1, 2010
MIJO Corporation
August 31, 2010
Gammon Gold Inc.
August 31, 2010
Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
August 31, 2010
Magna International Inc. (Special Committee)
Association des abattoirs avicoles du Québec
2010
Héritiers de la succession de feu Raymond Eudore Provencher
August 25, 2011
Schindler Elevator Corporation
August 25, 2010
Haywood Securities Inc.
August 24, 2010
Parker Hannifin Corporation
August 24, 2010
BNP Paribas
August 20, 2010
MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.
August 17, 2010
CGI Group Inc.
August 6, 2010
Inukshuk Wireless Partnership
Since January 1, 1994
MTD Products Inc.
Since 2001
VLC, Inc.
July 29, 2010
Canada's Wonderland Company and Wonderland Company Inc.
July 29, 2010
LaSalle Investment Management (Canada)
July 28, 2010
AlphaPro Management Inc.
July 20, 2010
Eldorado Gold Corporation
July 19, 2010
Underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets, TD Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets
July 18, 2010
GS Engineering & Construction Corp.
July 18, 2010
Société générale de financement du Québec ("SGF")
July 16, 2010
LaSalle Investment Management (US)
July 15, 2010
Infrastructure Québec (PPP Québec)
July 15, 2010
AlphaPro Management Inc.
Yukon Water Board
July 14, 2010
AlphaPro Management Inc.
July 2010
Cinar et al.
July 12, 2010
Fujitec Canada Ltd.
July 8, 2010
Underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
July 7, 2010
Silgan Holdings Inc.
July 7, 2010
Lakeside Steel Inc.
July 2, 2010
The College of Opticians of Ontario
College of Optometrists of Ontario v. SHS Optical Ltd. (c.o.b. Great Glasses), 2010 ONSC 3786
July 2, 2010
The Ontario College of Opticians
July 1, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
July 2010
Public Bike System Company ("PBSC")
June 30, 2010
Entrée Gold Inc.
June 30, 2010
VisionTV
June 30, 2010
LNG Energy Ltd.
June 29, 2010
Merit Mining Corp.
June 29, 2010
Oxeco Plc
June 28, 2010
LAB Research Inc.
June 28, 2010
De Beers
June 3, 2010
Respondent
June 23, 2010
BetaPro Management Inc.
June 22, 2010
NFI Industries
June 22, 2010
Concert Properties Ltd.
June 21, 2010
BioSyntech, Inc.
June 17, 2010
Canadian Pacific Railway
June 15, 2010
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
June 15, 2010
Bryton Capital Corp.
June 14, 2010
Starfield Resources Inc.
June 14, 2010
Heritage Legacy Infrastructure 2008 Corp.
Since 2010
Government of Québec
June 14, 2010
AXMIN Inc.
June 11, 2010
Whitebox Advisors LLC
June 10, 2010
China Sci-Tech Holdings Limited
June 8, 2010
Caisse centrale Desjardins
June 7, 2010
Manulife Financial
Manulife incorporates a federal trust company named Manulife Trust Company
June 3, 2010
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
Canadian Transportation Safety Board
Rio Tinto Alcan
Mazur v. Lucas [2010] B.C.C.A Docket: S031385 Vancouver Registry
CPR v. Railworks Rail Services of Canada Ltd. [2010] S.C.B.C. Docket: S031385 Vancouver Registry
May 28, 2010
Golden Hope Mines Limited
May 28, 2010
BreconRidge Corporation and its board of directors
May 28, 2010
Anthem Ventures Capital Corp.
May 27, 2010
Foraco International SA
May 26, 2010
Grant Forest Products (Independent Directors)
Toshiba of Canada Ltd
May 26, 2010
Infrastructure Quebec
May 2010
Centre d'accueil Nazareth Inc.
Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
May 20, 2010
Underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and CIBC World Markets Inc.
May 18, 2010
Underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Dundee Securities Corporation
May 18, 2010
Kea Petroleum PLC
May 17, 2010
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Toronto-Dominion Bank acquires The South Financial Group
May 17, 2010
Vivonet Inc.
May 14, 2010
National Bank of Canada
May 14, 2010
Bell Canada, Rogers Wireless Partnership, Shaw Cablesystems G.P., and Telus Communications Inc.
TELUS
May 13, 2010
RBC Capital Markets and Investec Bank Limited
2009-2010
Sixty U.S. employees
May 7, 2010
A. Farber & Partners Inc.
May 7, 2010
Underwriters led by Jennings Capital Inc. and including Cormark Securities Inc.
May 5, 2010
Capital Desjardins inc.
May 3, 2010
Andrew Peller Limited
May 3, 2010
Respondent
April 30, 2010
Golden Hope Mines Limited
April 30, 2010
Deloitte & Touche Inc.
April 30, 2010
Pivotal Corporation
April 29, 2010
Protox Therapeutics Inc.
April 28, 2010
Underwriters co-led by Cormark Securities Inc. and Haywood Securities Inc.
April 28, 2010
Minera IRL Limited
April 28, 2010
Northern Financial Corporation
April 27, 2010
Underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc.
April 23, 2010
Augusta Resource Corporation
April 2010
Air Canada
April 21, 2010
COMPASS Income Fund, Middlefield Limited
April 19, 2010
DuPont Canada Inc.
April 19, 2010
Ontario Teachers' Pension Board and a strategic partner
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board acquires AIG's Canadian mortgage insurance business
April 13, 2010
Underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Paradigm Capital Inc.
April 13, 2010
Caisse centrale Desjardins
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education, Full Day Kindergarten Program, Modular Classroom Project, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
April 1, 2010
Stella-Jones Inc.
April 1, 2010
Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc.
FortisBC
March 31, 2010
Short and long term lenders (both banks and bond purchasers)
March 31, 2010
HMSHost Corporation and the project lenders, The Bank of Nova Scotia and The Toronto-Dominion Bank
March 2010
Compagnie de volailles Maxi ltée
Well-Being Senior Services Ltd.
March 29, 2010
Innergex Power Trust (Special Committee)
March 29, 2010
GMP Securities LP
March 25, 2010
HSBC Bank Canada
Newdale Holdings Inc., Seikanon Corporation
March 23, 2010
De Beers
March 23, 2010
BHP Billiton Canada Inc.
March 23, 2010
Exeter Resource Corporation
March 19, 2010
Champion Enterprises
March 2010
V.B.
March 2010
Société de transport de Montréal
March 16, 2010
Protox Therapeutics Inc.
March 16, 2010
Gammon Gold Inc.
March 16, 2010
IPICO Inc.
March 15, 2010
ENERCON
March 12, 2010
Uranium One Inc.
March 12, 2010
IPICO Inc.
March 12, 2010
Augusta Resource Corporation
March 8, 2010
Verrus
March 8, 2010
OceanaGold Corporation
March 8, 2010
Publicis Groupe S.A.
Teck Metals Ltd. and Teck Resources Limited
March 5, 2010
Teck Metals Ltd. and Teck Resources Limited
March 4, 2010
Pathway Quebec Mining 2010 Flow-Through Limited Partnership
March 1, 2010
Leisureworld Caregiving Centre
March 2010
Internet service provider
March 1, 2010
JJR IV Acquisition Inc.
February 26, 2010
Underwriters
February 26, 2010
MINT Income Fund and Middlefield Limited
February 25, 2010
Syndicate of agents led by Raymond James Ltd.
February 24, 2010
Cossette U.K. Limited
February 23, 2010
ISE Limited
February 22, 2010
Alliance Pharma plc
February 22, 2010
International Royalty Corporation
Zale Canada Co. dba Mappins Jewellers
February 18, 2010
Syndicate of lenders consisting of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Bank of Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank and Caisse Centrale Desjardins
February 18, 2010
GMP Securities L.P.
February 18, 2010
Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.
February 18, 2010
Labopharm Inc.
February 16, 2010
UnoMobi Inc.
February 15, 2010
Kea Petroleum PLC
Alberta Treasury Branches
February 12, 2010
Oxford Nutrascience Group PLC
February 11, 2010
Augusta Resource Corporation
February 10, 2010
AlphaPro Management Inc.
February 9, 2010
AlphaPro Management Inc.
February 5, 2010
360networks Corporation
February 4, 2010
Enablence Technologies Inc.
February 1, 2010
MDS Inc.
February 1, 2010
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
February 1, 2010
Public Bike System Company ("PBSC")
Since February 2010
Sand Technology Inc.
February 2010
Oil company
February 1, 2010
Otéra Capital
February 1, 2010
Corporation VoiceAge Inc.
January 31, 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
Terasen Gas Inc.
January 29, 2010
Kiwara PLC
January 28, 2010
Sino Minerals Corp.
January 27, 2010
Toshiba of Canada Ltd.
January 26, 2010
Underwriters
January 26, 2010
Aquiline Resources Inc. (Special Committee)
January 22, 2010
Tri Origin Minerals Ltd.
January 22, 2010
Moydow Mines International Inc.
January 20, 2010
Underwriters
January 19, 2010
Ernst & Young
January 19, 2010
EnWave Corporation
January 19, 2010
Open Link Financial, Inc.
January 14, 2010
Groupe Conseil Harland Inc. and Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc.
Corporation of Delta
January 7, 2010
Uruguay Mineral Exploration Inc.
January 2010
Quebecor Media Inc.
Terasen Gas Inc.
Ordre des comptables accrédités du Québec
January 2010
Foodstuffs distributor
January 1, 2010
Cummins Inc. and its affiliates
Representing a developer of a student accommodation project in the UK
December 31, 2009
Redwood Asset Management Inc.
December 31, 2009
Starfield Resources Inc.
2006 through 2009
Re City of Toronto, Orders MO-2135-I, MO-2226, MO-2275, MO-2282-I, MO-2389, MO-2396-F (Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario)
January 2010
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM)
December 31, 2009
Co-operators Life Insurance Company
December 29, 2009
Agents co-led by Haywood Securities Inc. and Canaccord Financial Ltd
December 29, 2009
Haywood Securities Inc.
December 23, 2009
Sheltered Oak Resources Corp.
December 23, 2009
Cossette Inc.
December 23, 2009
GeneNews Limited
December 22, 2009
Azure Dynamics Corporation
December 22, 2009
Cap-Link Ventures Ltd.
December 2009
Yellow Pages Income Fund and YPG Holdings
December 21, 2009
Underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc.
December 18, 2009
BSG Capital Markets PCC Limited
December 18, 2009
Ridgewood Canadian Investment Grade Bond Fund
December 18, 2009
Allen-Vanguard Corporation (Independent Directors)
December 18, 2009
Canaccord Adams Limited and Royal Bank of Canada Europe Limited
December 18, 2009
Ionic Capital Corp.
December 17, 2009
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
International Air Transport Association
December 17, 2009
Mezzanine lender
Terasen Gas Inc.
December 15, 2009
Eldorado Gold Corporation
December 15, 2009
Uranium One Inc.
December 15, 2009
Scotia Capital Inc.
Hypothèques CDPQ Inc.
December 11, 2009
Summit Corporation plc
December 11, 2009
Summit Corporation plc
December 10, 2009
Underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corporation
December 9, 2009
Atna Resources Ltd.
December 9, 2009
AlphaPro Management Inc.
December 4, 2009
XATA Corporation
December 2, 2009
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
December 1, 2009
First and second lien lenders
December 2009
YA Global Master SPV Limited
December 1, 2009
Agrisoma Biosciences, Inc.
Investissement Québec
November 30, 2009
Syndicate of investment dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc.
November 30, 2009
CTVglobemedia
November 27, 2009
Underwriters led by Paradigm Capital Inc.
November 26, 2009
Exeter Resource Corporation
November 26, 2009
Tandem Expansion Fund I, L.P. , the General Partner and Brentsi Investments Inc.
November 26, 2009
Al Jazeera English and Ethnic Channels Group Limited
November 25, 2009
Labopharm Inc.
November 25, 2009
GLG Life Tech Corporation
November 23, 2009
Toshiba of Canada Limited
November 23, 2009
Dealers led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
November 23, 2009
Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society and Ms. Sheryl Kiselbach
November 20, 2009
Bondholders
November 19, 2009
Underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets
November 19, 2009
Nextraction Energy Corporation
November 18, 2009
Ixiasoft Inc.
November 18, 2009
Discovery 2009 Flow-Through Limited Partnership and Middlefield Fund Management Limited
November 18, 2009
AlphaPro Management Inc.
November 18, 2009
AlphaPro Management Inc.
November 13, 2009
Universal Stainless Steel and Alloys Inc.
November 12, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
November 11, 2009
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
La Presse Ltd and Cyberpresse Inc.
November 9, 2009
Societe générale de financement du Québec ("SGF")
November 9, 2009
Consortium of local investors, 39 employees of the TV station and locals of the Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union.
November 9, 2009
Shaw Communications Inc.
November 9, 2009
RSM Richter Inc.
November 6, 2009
National Bank of Canada
November 5, 2009
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company
November 5, 2009
ENERCON
November 3, 2009
Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc.
November 2, 2009
Hillsborough Resources Limited
November 1, 2009
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Northleaf Capital Partners, formerly TD Capital Private Equity Investors, completes its transition to an independent global private equity investment firm
October 30, 2009
Ixia
October 30, 2009
Armistice Resources Corp.
Simone Boucher
October 28, 2009
Uranium Focused Energy Fund Fund and Middlefield Fund Management Limited
October 27, 2009
October 27, 2009
Re City of Toronto, Final Order MO-2468-F (Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario)
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec and Laval University Foundation
October 26, 2009
Grey Island Systems International Inc.
October 26, 2009
Logistec Corporation and Logistec Stevedoring (Atlantic) Inc.
October 26, 2009
CHIP Mortgage Trust
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
October 23, 2009
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Aéroports de Montréal
October 22, 2009
International Power
October 22, 2009
Gammon Gold Inc.
ADC Affiliate Ltd.
October 19, 2009
Result Energy Inc.
October 16, 2009
BioSyntech, Inc.
1520658 Ontario Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets Inc.
October 15, 2009
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
October 15, 2009
Underwriters led by CIBC World Markets
October 15, 2009
Underwriters co-led by Scotia Capital Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
October 13, 2009
Pelangio Exploration Inc.
October 13, 2009
Canadian Home Income Plan (CHIP)
Canadian Home Income Plan (CHIP) continues as a Schedule I Bank named HomEquity Bank
October 8, 2009
Underwriters co-led by Thomas Weisel Partners Canada Inc. and Cormark Securities Inc.
October 8, 2009
Le Marché Végétarien Inc.
Ville de Montréal
October 8, 2009
Starfield Resources Inc.
October 6, 2009
The Canada Post Corporation (the "CPC")
October 6, 2009
Members of the Asper family
October 5, 2009
FCI S.A.
Firebird Global Master Fund
October 2, 2009
8PM Chemist Ltd
October 1, 2009
Western Financial Group Inc.
Shaw Communications Inc.
October 1, 2009
Quanta Services, Inc.
SemCanada Crude Company, SemCAMS ULC and Sem Canada Energy Company
September 30, 2009
LAB Research Inc.
September 30, 2009
AREVA
Transat A.T. Inc.
September 29, 2009
Leisureworld Caregiving Centre
Continues to represent First Nations and industry clients on economic development initiatives including hydro-electric, solar and other projects
Represents private enterprises and has acted for a municipality on infrastructure and public private partnerships and other relationships
September 25, 2009
New World Resource Corp.
September 24, 2009
Sheltered Oak Resources Corp.
Underwriters
Pathway Quebec Mining 2009-II Flow-Through Limited Partnership
Various clients
Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines Limited
Underwriters co-led by Jennings Capital Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
Alliance Grain Traders Inc.
GMP Securities L.P. and Scotia Capital Inc.
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Rogers Communications Inc., Bell Canada and Inukshuk Wireless Partnership
NorthWest Value Partners Inc.
September 2, 2009
Summit Corporation plc
DuPont Canada Inc.
NowPublic, Inc.
Distributel Communications Limited
Underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. and GMP Securities L.P.
Thor Explorations Ltd.
September 2009
Oando plc
Jyco Sealing Technologies Corporation
China Nonferrous Metals Exploration Corp.
Rogers Publishing Limited
Lakeside Steel Inc.
Channel Zero Inc.
Underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets
August 21, 2009
Pan African Resources plc
Augusta Resource Corporation
August 18, 2009
Alliance Pharma plc and Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited
August 13, 2009
Azure Dynamics Corporation
August 12, 2009
A1 lenders
GeneNews Limited
Rift Oil PLC
BDO Dunwoody
Kerry (Canada) Inc.
The legacy of the estate McLennan and Gombos
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
August 4, 2009
Canadian Pacific
Agents led by GMP Securities L.P.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
MIJO Corporation
Export Development Canada
IPICO Inc.
Société générale de financement du Québec
Eldorado Gold Corporation
European Nickel PLC
First Nickel Inc.
William H. Davies, Q.C., Commissioner
Astaire Group Plc
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, Belair Insurance Company, and ING Halifax Insurance Company
Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund
July 20, 2009
Northgate Properties Inc.
Vancouver International Airport
CCMP Capital Advisors
Northland Power Income Fund (Independent Trustees)
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Northern Health Authority
International Royalty Corporation
Toronto International Film Festival Inc.
Vidéotron Ltd
Hard Creek Nickel Corporation
Sears Canada
Dealers led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Black Photo Corporation
Wasteco
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
The Plan Group
July 7, 2009
Infinity Rubber Technology Group Inc.
Minera IRL Limited
De Beers Canada Inc.
Moulton Contracting Ltd.
Mandated Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners and the syndicate of banks
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
June 30, 2009
BetaPro Management Inc.
Copernic Inc.
Creaform Inc.
Grant Forest Products Inc. (Independent Directors)
Acted on behalf of Investors
Underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and CIBC World Markets Inc.
Underwriters led by Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc.
Addax Petroleum Corporation
Synairgen plc
GMP Securities L.P.
JJR II Acquisition Inc.
June 15, 2009
Citco
Citco establishes a Schedule II bank named Citco Bank Canada
EnStream LP
Desjardins Venture Capital
PurGenesis Technologies Inc.
June 11, 2009
Ornge Issuer Trust
Distributel Communications Limited
The Bank of Nova Scotia
United Parcel Service Canada Ltd.
June 3, 2009
Manulife Financial
Manulife Financial completes offering of $350 million preferred shares
Syndicate of underwriters led by Scotia Capital Inc.
Capital Desjardins inc.
Marcos Ergas
Ambrilia Biopharma Inc.
Alegro Health Corp.
May 9, 2009
Summit Corporation plc
The Brick Group Income Fund (Special Committee of Trustees)
Uruguay Mineral Exploration Inc.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("EBRD")
GMP Securities Europe LLP
Haywood Securities Inc.
Fortsum Business Solutions Inc. and its Special Committee
Protox Therapeutics Inc.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Atikwa Minerals Corporation
Société en commandite Stationnement de Montréal
Guidant Corporation, Guidant Canada Corporation, Guidant Sales Corporation and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.
May 7, 2009
Summit Corporation plc
IPICO Inc.
Underwriters co-led by Jennings Capital Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
Various employers for dismissals
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
Various employers
Norpak Handling Ltd.
Société immobilière du Québec
Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec
Barrick Gold
AXMIN Inc.
ADP Canada Co.
FMC Corporation
Grant Thornton Limited
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
European Nickel PLC
St. Lawrence Cement Inc.
Trimag L.P.
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Indalex Limited (Canadian directors and officers)
Bank of Nova Scotia
April 2, 2009
HSBC Bank Canada
Rohm & Haas Co.
Private investors in a construction project
Rutter Inc.
Ornge
Fugro Data Solutions Canada Inc.
The University of British Columbia
Cluff Gold plc
Capital Desjardins inc.
Lenders
Agents co-led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
Underwriters led by Canaccord Capital Corporation and TD Securities Inc.
AlphaPro Management Inc.
TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated
HudBay Minerals Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Magna Entertainment Corp., et al
Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
United Parcel Services Canada Ltd.
Intuit Canada, Intuit Inc, and Intuit Canada Limited
Underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets
Tyco Safety Products Canada Ltd.
March 11, 2009
Schindler Elevator Co.
March 10, 2009
RSM Richter Inc.
Simmer & Jack Mines, Limited and First Uranium Corporation
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Gold Wheaton Gold Corp.
International Air Transport Association
Main Knitting Inc.
HaiVision Systems Inc.
March 2, 2009
Fairfax Financial Holdings and Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Fairfax Financial Holdings and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) complete purchase of preferred units of Canadian Western Bank through a $135 million private placement
Global petrochemical company
Sojitz Corporation
Armistice Resources Corp.
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP)
February 27, 2009
HSBC Bank Canada
Rexnord LLC
Starfield Resources Inc.
Exeter Resource Corporation
H. Lundbeck A/S and Lundbeck Canada
Les Industries Amisco Ltée (Special Committee)
Bridgestone Canada Inc.
ING Canada
Compliance Energy Corporation
Marc Renaud and Micheline Goulet
February 19, 2009
Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc.
Syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Cluff Gold plc
February 16, 2009
Shinhan Bank
Shinhan incorporates a Schedule II Bank named Shinhan Bank Canada
Syndicate of banks including National Bank of Canada, Laurentian Bank and Comerica Bank
GeneNews Limited
Gold Reserve Inc.
Tribar Industries Inc. et al.
RMSenergy Dalhousie Mountain LP
February 6, 2009
The Government of the Bahamas
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
Western Financial Group
Advising in relation to a complex multi-guarantee structure supporting a €1.8 billion bank syndicate-financed investment in West European assets
Counsel to SITQ Inc. in connection with the disposition of a high-rise building situated at La Défense
Counsel to Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies in connection with French and international corporate and commercial matters
Counsel to Canadian investments funds (including Novacap and TelecomMedia Fund L.P.) in connection with French aspects of various investments
Counsel to Bombardier Transport France and Bombardier Inc., in connection with the financing of railway and aeronautic equipments carried out through factoring transactions
Counsel to the Mecachrome group with respect to a financial reorganization conducted by GE Capital
Counsel to the Canadian biotechnologies group Les Biotechnologies Atrium Inc. with respect to its refinancing operations
Counsel in France to Loto-Québec in connection with the acquisition of the Moliflor group (casinos) through a co-investment transaction carried out jointly with Bridgepoint
Counsel to the Canadian biotechnologies group Les Biotechnologies Atrium Inc. with respect to the acquisition and disposition of French companies
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Calyon New York Branch and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Inmet Mining Corporation
Vancouver International Airport Authority
Radiant Hospitality Systems
Desjardins Group
Issuer Trustees/Debtors and one of the Sponsors
Northwest Community College and others
Med-Emerg International Inc.
Bridgestone Canada Inc.
The shareholders of TheraGenetics Limited
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Export Development Canada
Black Photo Corporation
Apitope Technology (Bristol) Ltd
Biotica Technology Limited
Land O'Lakes
Sears Canada Inc.
Polaris Minerals Corporation
FCI Canada
Guidant Corporation, Guidant Canada Corporation, Guidant Sales Corporation and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.
Summit Corporation plc
MINT Income Fund and Middlefield Fund Management Limited
Representing the Republic of Srpska in relation to its shareholder arrangements with the successful bidder for its PPP motorway project
TELUS
Counsel to TELUS in numerous matters including injunctions to restraining use of copyrighted materials; restrain breach of confidence; restrain posting of threatening materials on the Internet; misleading advertising
Fortsum Solutions d'affaires
Holborn Properties Ltd.
Sparkling Hill Hotel Properties Ltd.
Representing numerous lenders and developers in relation to mine and mouth of mine infrastructure
Representing Bouygues in relation to the Zagreb airport PPP redevelopment, Croatia
Representing Aktor and Housing & Construction in relation to their bid for the PPP concession to develop and operate the Bar – Boljare toll motorway, Montenegro
Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
Washington National Insurance Company
Triple Plate Junction PLC
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Cossette U.K. Limited
Barrick Gold Corporation
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
Mandated Lead Arrangers and core group of Bombardier's North American banks
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Theratechnologies Inc.
Syndicate of agents co-led by Manulife Securities Incorporated and Raymond James Ltd.
Prestige Telecom Inc.
AngloGold Ashanti
First Uranium Corporation
Frontenac Ventures Corporation
December 12, 2008
International Game Technology, IGT-Canada Inc. and VLC, Inc.
Ornge
Quéformat Ltd.
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP)
National Bank of Canada
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Sterling Mining Company
Nstein Technologies Inc.
Advising on $150million advances to a Middle Eastern state enterprise backed by oil offtake
Air Canada
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
Hayes Forest Services Limited
Gold Reserve Inc.
XPV Cleantech Fund Limited Partnership
IPICO Inc.
AXMIN Inc.
Latitude Resources plc
MMFX Technologies Corporation
Underwriters led by Scotia Capital Inc
Bowring & Co.
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc.
Écho Capital FIER Outaouais
Vancouver International Airport Authority
Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc.
Nextraction Energy Corp.
IPICO Inc.
Logistec Corporation and Logistec Stevedoring (Atlantic) Inc.
9009-0564 Québec and Roger Roy
Tomen Power Corporation
Advising a seller on credit insurance and bank risk participation in respect of a European oil purchaser and issues arising on the subsequent bankruptcy of the purchaser
Petro-Canada
Haywood Securities Inc.
Vivonet Incorporated
Lignol Energy Corporation
Hugo Rojas
Apitope International NV
Chromos Molecular Systems Inc.
RSM Richter Inc.
Syndicate of dealers led by CIBC World Markets Inc.
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co., Belair Insurance Company Inc., ING Halifax Insurance Company and Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Hard Creek Nickel Corporation
Proximagen Neuroscience PLC
Pathway Quebec Mining 2008-II Flow-Through Limited Partnership
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Jaguar Financial Corporation
October 7, 2008
Antisoma Plc
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Sanimax
Ville de Montréal
Ornge
October 6, 2008
Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial completes $2.3 billion sale of ownership stake in CI Financial
Fugro Data Solutions Canada Inc.
Joseph Mimran and Associates Inc.
Alexco Resource Corp.
October 3, 2008
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and Raymond James Ltd
Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust
Colubris Networks, Inc.
Sobeys
Secured pre-export payment arrangements for purchases of sugar from Brazil
Lignol Energy Corporation
Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund
The Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
September 26, 2008
Schindler Elevator Corp. v. 1147335 Ontario Inc. (c.o.b. Weston Property Management), [2008] O.J. No. 5631
Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership II
Foraco International SA
Bank of Montreal
Asia Bio-Chem Group Corp.
SkyePharma Plc
Summit Corporation plc
ARIUS Research
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by RBC Capital Markets
September 15, 2008
Northgate Properties Inc.
Roxgold Inc.
Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership II
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Lenders including Sun Life Assurance Company, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Canada Life, Bank of Ireland, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, National Australia Bank, The Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Bank of Montreal.
Counsel serving as company spokesperson in collective bargaining
Pelangio Mines Inc.
York University
International Royalty Corporation
Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada
Compliance Energy Corporation
Handleman Company
CTVglobemedia Inc.
FrontFour Capital Group LLC
First Nickel Inc.
Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, the Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, Belair Insurance Company, and ING Halifax
Sheltered Oak Resources Inc.
Azure Dynamics Corporation
Skye Resources Inc.
National Bank of Canada
Legal Aid Ontario
Ornge
OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
From 2004 to 2008
Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
GMP Securities L.P., Cormark Securities Inc. and Haywood Securities Inc.
Aggreko plc
Dectron Internationale Inc. (Special Committee)
Several financial institutions
Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund
Calvi Holding Srl
Orezone Resources Inc.
Underwriters co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and TD Securities Inc.
Libertas Capital
Biovail Corp.
Thomas Weisel Partners Canada Inc. and MGI Securities Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
August 6, 2008
Toyota Canada Inc. and 33 Toyota dealers in British Columbia
Black Photo Corporation
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Co-counsel in inquires before the British Columbia office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, on collective agreement grievance arbitrations, injunction applications
Advising a West European bank on its political and structured credit risk insurance policy portfolio
Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
Lead Counsel on collective agreement grievance arbitrations
Rainmaker Income Fund
Lead Counsel on an appeal before the Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal
Prosilica Inc.
Syndicate of senior secured lenders led by TPG Credit Management
DEGI International
Participating Co-operatives of Ontario Trusteed Pension Plan
Tristone Capital Ltd. and RBC Capital Markets
MovieSet Inc.
Gemcom Software International Inc.
Syndicate of agents co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and BMO Capital Markets
Summit Corporation plc
Outstart Inc.
Capital d'Amérique CDPQ Inc., a subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund
TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated and African Rainbow Minerals Limited
Association des producteurs de films et de television du Québec (APFTQ), Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ) and The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)
Proximagen Neuroscience PLC
July 14, 2008
McKesson Canada Corporation
Moydow Mines International Inc. and Gondwana (Investments) S.A.
Group DKG Corp.
Retrocom Mid-Market Real Estate Investment Trust
BHP Billiton
Acted for BHP Billiton in relation to the development of its $4 billion potash project in Saskatchewan and in relation to option and royalty agreements in Canada, South America and Europe
Klöckner & Co and Namasco Ltd.
Ubisoft Divertissements Inc.
Syndicate of agents co-led by Manulife Securities International Limited and Raymond James Ltd.
Syndicate of dealers led by TD Securities Inc.
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Frontenac Ventures Corporation
Mobidia Technology Inc.
Toro FX Inc.
Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
Jennings Capital Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corporation
Dismed Inc. and its shareholders
Lenders
Waterloo Courthouse P3 (Ontario)
Contact Exploration Inc.
Jennings Capital Inc.
Pan African Mining Corp.
European Nickel PLC
Uranium One Inc.
Black Photo Corporation
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Modern Bioscience plc
Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership II
Syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Transat A.T. Inc.
Encorp Pacific (Canada)
Travelzest plc
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Casgrain & Company Limited, CIBC World Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc.
Asia Bio-Chem Group Company Ltd.
ACE Biosciences
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Longbow Resources Inc.
MedCell Bioscience Ltd.
Augusta Resource Corporation
BetaPro Management Inc.
Armistice Resources Corp.
Infrastructure Ontario
Underwriting syndicate led by GMP Securities L.P.
AXMIN Inc.
Advance Forklift Parts & Sales Inc.
Lenders
Hamilton Health System P3 (Ontario)
The Government of Quebec
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Inmet Mining Corporation
Humberts Group plc (now called Pedstowe plc) and the Administrators of Humberts Limited (now called Pedstowe London Limited)
Humberts Group plc (now called Pedstowe plc)
Inmet Mining Corporation
Advised Inmet Mining Corporation in relation to the development of its EUR 373 million open cut copper mine in Las Cruces, Spain
Atlantic Fishing Industry Alliance
BMO Capital Markets and underwriters led by Haywood Securities Inc.
Le Soleil Hotel & Suites Ltd. and Executive Inn Inc.
Northgate Minerals Corporation
Blue Oar plc
The Corporation of the City of Brantford
2008
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Advising on offset and payment arrangements, as well as risk mitigation, in relation to mutual crude oil and oil product supplies to and between two South American states' energy companies
Hyatt Equities, LLC
Inversiones y Asesorias en Recursos Hidricos S.A.
Adanac Molybdenum Corporation
DRAXIS Health Inc. (Special Committee)
Grant Forest Products Inc.
Acted as co-counsel on a judicial review of a decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (Ontario)
Protox Therapeutics Inc.
Morris Waxman
May 23, 2008
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Northland Power Income Fund
Ad hoc committee of holders of debentures issued under Bell Canada's 1976 and 1996 trust indentures
Foresters Securities (Canada) Inc.
YellowHead Mining Inc.
Provided counsel to YellowHead Mining Inc. in relations to a strategic investment by a syndicate of Korean industrial companies in a copper project and an off-take agreement for copper concentrate
Home Equity Income Trust and CHIP Mortgage Trust
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
Le Groupe Fruits & Passion Inc. (founders), SGF Soquia Inc. and Société générale de financement du Québec
Merit Mining Corp.
Starfield Resources Inc.
May 5, 2008
ENERCON
Asian Mineral Resources Limited and its subsidary, Ban Phuc Nickel Mines LLC
Agents led by National Bank Financial Inc.
Lending syndicate led by The Bank of Nova Scotia
GLG Life Tech Corporation
Result Energy Inc.
Ionic Capital Corp.
Longyear Canada, ULC
Industrial Alliance, Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
The Plan Group
Underwriting syndicate led by National Bank Financial Inc.
Humberts Group plc (now called Pedstowe plc)
Kennametal Inc.
Obtala Resources
April 23, 2008
John Titus Lohse and Karen Elizabeth Lohse
Gastem Inc.
National Bank of Canada
Underwriting syndicate led by National Bank Financial Inc.
Addenda Capital Inc.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
SkyePharma PLC
European Goldfields Limited
PureCell Technologies
Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership II
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
Syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets
AEA Mezzanine Fund
GMP Securities L.P.
Lending syndicate led by The Bank of Nova Scotia
Westshore Terminals Ltd.
Antisoma plc
Guidant Corporation, Guidant Canada Corporation, Guidant Sales Corporation and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.
Selkirk Metals
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Blue Diamond Group
April 4, 2008
Cordex NorthAmerica, Inc.
The Independent Order of Foresters
Syndicate of dealers led by TD Securities Inc.
Advising on protracted delays in payment for oil by a West African state company and related insurance issues
Representing a post-secondary institution for development and construction of a new campus.
Wellington Place Apartments et. al.
Fortis Bank SA/NV
8PM Chemist Ltd.
Barrett Xplore Inc.
Wellington Place Apartments et. al.
Yaletown Venture Partners and related parties
Canadian Bankers Association
YieldPlus Income Fund and Middlefield Fund Management Limited
Ascendant Copper Corporation
Exeter Resource Corporation
Pfizer Canada inc.
Syndicate of underwriters led by Scotia Capital Inc.
Edonomical Mutual Insurance Company
Canoe.ca, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media
Haywood Securities Inc. and Cormark Securities Inc., with Canaccord Capital Corporation and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
March 18, 2008
Suddick v. Schwenger, [2008] O.J. No. 3699
Syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Yildiz Holding A.S.
CDPQ Mortgage Investment Corporation
Agropur Cooperative
90 Degree Software Inc.
North Castle Partners
Underwriters co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and Canaccord Adams Inc.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
College of Chiropractors of Ontario
College of Chiropractors of Ontario v. Andrea Strickland (2008), unreported (Ont S.C.J.)
Underwriters led by TD Securities Inc.
CopperCo Ltd.
Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc.
Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership II
Morris Waxman
Extreme CCTV Inc.
Tembec Inc. (Special Committee)
Augusta Resource Corporation
Agropur Cooperative
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
February 29, 2008
Nelson Joannette
Syndicate of investment dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc
BluMont Capital Corporation
February 27-28, 2008
English Lane Homes Inc.
Champlain Financial Corporation
Bank of Montreal
IPICO Inc.
Jim Pattison Entertainment Ltd.
Theratechnologies
Nstein Technologies Inc.
John Bitove
BRC DiamondCore Ltd.
Syndicate of agents led by RBC Capital Markets
Canadian Television Fund
February 6, 2008
National Bank Financial
National Bank Financial acquires Aquilon Capital
Underwriters led by Jennings Capital
MetroBridge Networks International Inc.
Cannondale Bicycle Corporation
SNF Inc.
Labcal Technologies Inc.
Acted as co-counsel for major automobile insurers in two class actions brought in relation to the repair of motor vehicles
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
Group DKG Corp.
James R. Nazem and Fonds d'assurance responsabilité professionnelle du Barreau du Québec
Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board
January 28, 2008
DirectCash Bank
DirectCash Bank incorporated as a Schedule I Bank
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Key Brand Entertainment, Inc.
Promutuel Capital
Quebecor Inc. and QMI
Pathway Quebec Mining 2008 Flow-Through Limited Partnership
Emergis Inc. (Special Committee)
Acted for a major forest products company in a domestic arbitration concerning a contractual dispute
BetaPro Management
MINT Income Fund
Southfield Capital Advisors
January 11, 2008
Nextnine Ltd.
Katz Group Canada Ltd.
Campbell Annett
January 11, 2008
Nextnine Ltd.
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc.
German manufacturer of wind-energy turbines
Société des alcools du Québec
Canadian Mortgage Expert Centres Ltd.
Natcan Investment Management Inc.
First Nickel Inc.
National Bank of Canada
Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada
Many Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company claims worth over US$1 billion and which are still ongoing
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
Advising on the acquisition of a share in oil storage facilities in Nigeria on a joint venture basis
Agrec inc.
Represented United Group, a leading engineering and services company, in relation to an Alliance Agreement for the provision on a modified EPCM/EPC basis of 21 transmission lines and 32 new electrical substations in Alberta
Representing JP Morgan in relation to its investment in a logistics complex, Ukraine
Representing EMAL in relation to all aspects of tendering and procurement in relation to the US$5 billion Emirates Aluminium Project
Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group PLC
Audiovox Corporation
Preparing process documents, RFPs, proposal competition agreements and design-build contract, plus related engineering and other contracts and both the bonding and insurance requirements for the Waneta Expansion Project
Adanac Molybdenum Corporation
The Bank of Nova Scotia and ABN Amro Bank NV
Evolve Capital PLC
Desjardins Group
DEGI INTERNATIONAL
Mineral Securities Limited
NewPage
Goldmember Minerals Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by National Bank Financial Inc.
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
CDPQ Mortgage Investment Corporation, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada and Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
International Royalty Corporation
Corriere Italiano
Zazu Metals Corporation
Linus Entertainment
Uranium Focused Energy Fund
Catalyst Healthcare Ltd.
GDX Automotive
Infrastructure Ontario and Hamilton Health Sciences
College of Chiropractors of Ontario
College of Chiropractors of Ontario v. Marc André Fortier (2007), unreported (Ont S.C.J.)
Hans Capital Corporation
Peel Financial Holdings Limited et al
The sellers of Riverside Golf Resort
Vidéotron Ltd
Virco Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Co.
Transat A.T. Inc.
Vestpa PLC (renamed China Food Company Plc)
MIJO Corporation
Innergex Power Income Fund
Alexco Resource Corp.
Syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P. and CIBC World Markets Inc.
Syndicate of underwriters jointly led by RBC Capital Markets and GMP Securities L.P., and including Haywood Securities Inc.
ADF Group Inc.
Blomfield Corporate Finance Limited
Rizzuto Bros. Ltd., operating as Blue Line Transportation Ltd., and Anthony Rizzuto
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Longyear Canada ULC
December 3, 2007
Orion Financial
Orion Financial completes its approximately $150 million sale to Macquarie Group
Benefits Incorporated et al
Since 2007
Toshiba of Canada Ltd
Advising on numerous project and trade finance facilities involving a wide variety of borrowers (state and private), secured and unsecured
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Lakeside Steel Corporation
Liqui-Box Canada Inc.
MAG Silver Corp.
Entée Gold Inc.
TiVo Inc.
Home Equity Income Trust
WorldLink (Canada) Resources Ltd.
Kerry (Canada) Inc.
Quest Capital Corp.
Jubilee Platinum PLC
Keyrus Canada
Spinrite Income Fund (Special Committee of the Board of Trustees)
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.
Meridex Software Corporation
Nautilus Renewables LLC
Underwriters, led by GMP Securities L.P.
Chromos Molecular Systems Inc.
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
DEGI INTERNATIONAL
Alcan Inc. (Special Committee)
Home Depot of Canada Inc.
Manicouagan Minerals Inc.
International Royalty Corporation
Automodular Corporation
Pindoff Record Sales Limited
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Fortis Group NV of Belgium, Santander Central Hispano SA of Spain
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Syndicate of agents led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and including Blackmont Capital Inc.
Agency syndicate led by TD Securities
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
FUJIFILM Canada Inc.
CTVglobemedia Inc.
BluMont Capital
CTVglobemedia Inc.
Sargold Resource Corporation
Cambri Development Group Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Astral Media Inc.
Middlefield Group
Skye Resources Inc.
Ninety PLC
Azure Dynamics Corporation
CoopTel Coop de télécommunication and Déry Télécom
Brault & Martineau inc
Nautical Petroleum PLC
MGI Securities Inc., Canaccord Capital Corporation
WEX Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Modern Bioscience plc
International Automotive Components Group North America
Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc.
TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated
Semafo Inc.
IPICO Inc.
Lions Capital Corp.
Soeurs de la Charité de Québec
Jennings Capital Inc.
Result Energy Inc.
CHIP Mortgage Trust
Underwriting syndicate led by National Bank Financial Inc., Raymond James Ltd. and TD Securities Inc.
Longbow Resources Inc.
Since October 2007
Camera e-motion inc. and Fake Studio
Western Financial Group
Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG
Counsel to Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG on the restructuring of a project financing involving gold mines in South Africa owned by Pamodzi Gold Limited (2006 to present)
Persona Communications Corp.
Timminco Limited
Sterlite Gold (Special Committee)
Middlefield Group
United Group Limited
Alexco Resource Corp.
Interior Health Authority
Magna International Inc. (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc.
Transports Québec
Perseis Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Bureau de la mise en oeuvre du partenariat public-privé, Ministry of Transportation of Québec
La Légumière Y.C. inc. and Les Fermes Hotte & Van Winden
Bank of Nova Scotia
Pathway Québec 2007 Flow-Through Limited Partnership
Magna International Inc. (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
GMP Securities LP
Mwana Africa PLC
Air Bargains Inc.
Legacy REIT (Special Committee)
Mondex Corporation
VentriPoint, Inc.
Jaguar Financial Inc.
Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board
Alexco Resource Corp.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Hummingbird Ltd.
Latitude Resources plc
September 4, 2007
Corporate Defendants/Moving Parties
Research Capital Corporation
Infrastructure Ontario and London Health Sciences Centre
Infrastructure Ontario and St. Joseph's Health Care
Agence des Partenariats public-privé du Québec and the Québec Government
Infrastructure Ontario and Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Interior Health authority
SSQ Acquisitions Inc.
Agence des Partenariats public-privé du Québec
Advised corporate client on obtaining large successful settlement for negligent corporation tax advice given by a leading international accounting firm
Williams de Broe Limited
Prepared, managed and reviewed clinical trial agreements (and other related agreements) for a number of multi-centre studies in Europe and the US on behalf of a large pharmaceutical client company
Advised on stamp duty on foreign partnerships investing into the UK
VSA Highway Maintenance
Assisted VSA Highway Maintenance through a 4 month strike involving essential services
Apax Partners
Diploma PLC
Shareholders of Pacific Pharma Technologies Inc.
Dundee REIT (Special Committee)
Longbow Resources Inc.
Sandford Plc
Harris Interactive
GlobeGround North America Inc.
Northland Power Income Fund (Independent Trustees)
Morgan Stanley
Casperdiny IFB Realty Inc.
CDPQ Mortgage Investment Corporation and MCAP Financial Corporation
Quest Capital Corp.
Uranium One
Syndicate led by Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited and including M Partners Inc.
Groupe Laperrière & Verreault Inc.
Sûreté du Québec
Credit Suisse
DaimlerChrysler AG
Fraser Mackenzie Limited
Foraco International SA
Lignol Energy Corporation
Informatique Demers, Lambert, Desrochers Inc.
Middlefield Group
James G. Park
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Advised Eldorado Gold Corporation in relation to an EPCM for the development of its US $140 million Efemcukuru Mine in Turkey
HaiVision Systems Inc.
Dealing with termination and compromise agreements and negotiating service agreements for directors and senior executives for AIM listed and fully listed clients
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
Advising senior executives in the banking industry on their employment agreements including bonus entitlements in excess of £4 million
Pan African Resources Plc
GMP Securities L.P.
Northern Petroleum Plc
Counsel to Northern Petroleum Plc on the project financing of oil and gas assets in The Netherlands (2006-2007)
GMP Securities Europe LLP
Provided extensive advice on risk management related issues in the context of clinical outsourcing
MetroBridge Networks International Inc.
Independent directors of Endeavour Mining Capital
Syndicate of agents led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and including Desjardins Securities Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corporation
Syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets and including Desjardins Securities Inc., Raymond James Ltd. and Blackmont Capital Inc.
Silver Wheaton Corp. (Special Committee)
Omron Dualtec Autmotive Electronics Inc.
Mineral Securities Limited
Agency syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Van Houtte Inc.
July 18, 2007
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, an India-based pharmaceutical company, completes certain drug acquisitions in Canada
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Haywood Securities Inc.
July 13, 2007
Rogers Wireless Inc.
Underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities and Scotia Capital Inc.
National Bank Financial Inc.
RSW inc.
Longbow Resources Inc.
Representing major Canadian utilities with respect to all aspects of utility regulation, including rates and tariffs and capital projects
Harrison Hydro Limited Partnership
OceanaGold Corporation
Prince Rupert Port Authority
Avocet Mining PLC
City of Vancouver
Providence Equity Partners
Acted for an issuer on the AIM listing of a Malaysian IT Company specialising on prepaid and mobile platforms
Provided advice and guidance on the handling of CROs, Investigators and Investigational Sites
Recovery from accountants on behalf of a client whose businesses were put into serious financial difficulties as a consequence of short comings in due diligence carried out on an acquisition
Rousseau Sauve Warren Inc.
European Goldfields Limited
Syndicate of investment dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc.
IPICO Inc.
Genuity Capital Markets
Red Holdings Group, Inc.
Northern Lion Gold Corp.
Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds
DENSO Corporation
ADF Group Inc.
Algoma Steel Inc. (Special committee of the board of directors)
Augusta Resource Corporation
SR Telecom Inc.
Represented SR Telecom Inc. in its financial restructuring and in the setting up of new credit facilities, some of which convertible into equity (2005, 2006 and 2007).
Cossette Communications Inc.
GMP Securities L.P.
Epic Data International Inc.
SR Telecom Inc.
Represented SR Telecom Inc. in the sale of its Chilean subsidiaries and the buyback of secured debentures (2005, 2006, and 2007).
Genuity Capital Markets
Jung Development Inc.
Vestpa PLC
Anglo American Capital plc
Syndicate that included CIBC World Markets, Clarus Securities Inc. and Paradigm Capital Inc.
Rutter Inc.
Quest Capital Corp.
First Uranium Corporation
Kerry (Canada) Inc.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. Teamsters Canada Rail Conference
Commercial Alcohols Inc.
Hitachi, Ltd.
CDPQ Mortgage Investment Corporation
Syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Orion Securities Inc. and GMP Securities L.P. and including Wellington West Capital Markets Inc.
LAB Research Inc.
Financial Security Assurance
Mike Harris
Canada Lands Company
Involved in the preparation, management and co-ordination of global clinical trial related templates for a large multi-national pharmaceutical client company
A.Y.S.A. Amateur Youth Soccer Association
College of Opticians of Ontario
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited and Pollitt & Co. Inc.
Counsel to receiver on liquidation of surplus forestry, industrial and recreational properties
Hypothèques CDPQ Inc.
City of Waterloo
Parasun Technologies Inc.
Palo Duro Energy Inc.
Alter Moneta
Grafton-Fraser Inc.
Haywood Securities Inc.
Gold Reserve Inc.
Alexis Nihon Real Estate Investment Trust
Canadian British Aluminum
Y. S. I.'s Yacht Sales International Ltd.
Société de transport de Montréal
Platinex Inc.
Syndicate of lenders, led by Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia
GMP Securities L.P., Canaccord Capital Corporation, Paradigm Capital Inc.
Clarus Securities Inc.
May 15, 2007
Hindalco Industries (part of India's Aditya Birla Group)
Hindalco acquires Novelis for US$6 billion
Dofasco Inc.
Syndicate of underwriters led by Scotia Capital Inc, CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Blomfield Corporate Finance Limited (formerly known as ARM Corporate Finance)
Asmacure Ltée
Morris Waxman
Automated Benefits Corp.
Alain Saucier and Claude Beaudet
TCHC Issuer Trust
Smiths Group PLC
Syndicate of agents led by TD Securities Inc.
First Nickel Inc.
Mondex Corporation
Genuity Capital Markets, TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.
Mondex Corporation
Pyramid Petroleum Inc.
Engenuity Technologies Inc.
Engenuity Technologies Inc. sold to CAE
Baxters Canada Inc.
NGRAIN
Defending a client from a claim by stock brokers arising out of unauthorised trading in illiquid stocks including advising on relevant London Stock Exchange Rules and Financial Services Authority Regulations
Timminco Limited
WesGroup Income Properties
Northern Precious Metals 2007 Limited Partnership
Esterline Technologies Corporation
First Uranium Corporation
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited
Gammon Lake Resources Inc.
Largo Resources Ltd.
Fox-Davies Capital Ltd.
Sterlite Gold Ltd. (Special committee of the board of directors)
sxr Uranium One Inc.
Elephant & Castle Group Inc.
Genuity Capital Markets, TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.
Lundbeck Canada Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by BMO Capital Markets
Antisoma Plc
Adanac Molybdenum Corporation
ORA Capital Partners Plc
Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines Limited
Quest Capital Corp
Versatile Systems Inc.
Export Development Canada
MDS Inc.
Minera IRL
Middlefield Capital Corporation
Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd.
GNC "oldco" entities
Xstrata Nickel
Theratechnologies Inc
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Kobex Resources Ltd.
LongBow Energy Corp.
Boart Longyear
Haarla Oy
Nautical Data International, Inc.
Haywood Securities
Genuity Capital
Delek International Energy Limited
Pope & Company Limited
Starfield Resources Inc.
Manicouagan Minerals Inc.
MDS Inc.
SkyePharma Plc
Counsel on complaints under the Human Rights Code including involving sexual harassment and discrimination based on disability, religion and family status
Via Rail Canada Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by BMO Capital Markets
Counsel on complaints under the Employment Standards Act including involving the payment of wages, hours of work and overtime, annual vacation, deduction from wages, termination of employment and family responsibility leave
Cassian Investments Plc
Air Canada
APTL Terminals
Centillion Industries Inc.
UraMin Inc
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
Fedders Corporation
Polaris Minerals Corporation
Her Majesty the Queen
RedPrairie Corporation
Ecopia BioSciences Inc.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Side Effects Software Inc.
Troy Sprinkler Ltd.
Exponentia
Exceldor
TransAlta Corporation
Upper Lakes Group Inc.
Harris Steel Group Inc. (Special Committee of Independent Directors)
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
National Bank Financial Inc., Raymond James Ltd.
PG Govern
Alexco Resource Corp.
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
Cambridge Laboratories Limited
Christows Limited
February 23, 2007
Schwenger, Respondent
Agropur Cooperative
Underwriters led by GMP Securities, L.P.
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Research Capital Corporation
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Canaccord Capital Corporation
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited
Northern Financial Corporation
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Axonwave Software Inc.
Research Capital Corporation and CIBC World Markets Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by Raymond James Ltd.
Via Rail Canada Inc.
Genuity Capital Markets and TD Securities Inc.
Pan African Mining Corp.
Pearson plc
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
MAG Silver Corp.
Syndicate of agents led by Jennings Capital Inc.
Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.
Teradici Corporation
Travelers Leasing Corporation
Credit Suisse
Westwind Partners Inc.
SR Telecom Inc.
International Royalty Corporation
Colabor Income Fund
Ontario Hose Specialties Inc.
Peter Grant and Grant Forest Products Inc.
SITQ Inc.
February 2, 2007
Great-West Life Assurance Co.
Great-West Lifeco completes $4.6 billion acquisition of Putnam Investments Trust
National Bank of Canada
Bascom Maple Farms inc.
Underwriting syndicate (Issuer: Genivar Income Fund)
Counsel to the underwriting syndicate in connection with a $50M offering of Additional Units
Foraco International
CANVAC
Dexia Crédit Local
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Pelangio Mines Inc.
Counsel on labour arbitrations involving discipline/discharge and policy matters arising under a collective agreement
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Counsel on applications under the Labour Relations Code including involving illegal strike/picketing, successorship, unfair labour practices, certification, common site picketing, appeal of an arbitration award and the duty of fair representation
Counsel on wrongful dismissal claims
Bearbeech Capital Partners Corp.
Petro-Reef Resources Ltd.
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
Counsel on judicial review of decisions of the Labour Relations Board
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Cascades Inc.
Katabatic Power Corp.
GMP Securities L.P.
Mobidia Technology, Inc.
Lignol Energy Corporation
ACTIVEnergy Income Fund
TRM (Canada) Corporation
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
GMP Securities L.P.
Skye Resources Inc.
Discovery Drilling Funds 2006 Oil and Gas Limited Partnership
360networks Corporation
BetaPro Management Inc.
LongBow Energy Corp.
National Bank Financial Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
Represented a client in a case widely covered by the media concerning the application of section 45 of the Labour Code
2007
Sonomed Inc.
Represented Sonomed Inc. in an arrangement between the company and its shareholders that involved SND Energy Ltd. and Stonebridge Merchant Capital Corp.
European Nickel Plc
Wex Pharmaceuticals
Advised on taxation of Uk beneficiaries of a Canadian estate and Canadian discretionary trust
National Bank of Canada
Outsourcing of the National Bank of Canada's payroll services and mortgage loan management systems
Advised on an offshore trust investment in a joint venture with a major investment bank to acquire a major Uk hotel
Underwriting syndicate (Issuer: Colabor Income Fund)
Counsel to the underwriting syndicate in connection with a $75 M offering consisting of Subscription Receipt and Extendible Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Advised on corporation tax and stamp duty on reorganisation of group of UK property companies
CDPQ Mortgage Investment Corporation
Advised and managed the tax planning and structuring of the construction of a hotel in a major European city with private equity from different jurisdictions
Representing an electrical utility in connection with infrastructure construction and procurement, including on a design-build basis
Champion Enterprises Inc.
Kellogg Canada
Representing the developer of a US$400 million port project in the USA
Oxeco Plc
Hands Off Our Lights Coalition and Greater Toronto Electrical Contractors Association
AXMIN Inc.
Starfield Resources Inc.
Pennine Petroleum Corporation
College of Opticians of Ontario
Bond Capital
Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon Limited as lead agent and Clarus Securities Inc.
Sargold Resource Corporation
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
Silgan Holdings Inc.
December 21, 2006
PARIS RE Holdings
PARIS RE Holdings completes US$1.6 billion worldwide acquisition of AXA RE by a consortium of investors led by Trident III, LP
Contact Exploration Inc.
CitiCapital
sxr Uranium One Inc.
First Uranium Corporation
Groupe Promutuel
National Bank of Canada
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited
Fabriquant de véhicules G-2
G2 vehicle manufacturer
TELUS Corporation
Underwriting syndicate led by GMP Securities L.P.
Agency syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
UraMin Inc
Epion Holdings Limited
Dundee Securities Corporation
Northern Financial Corporation
Dale-Parizeau LM Inc.
Imperial Metals Corporation
Alberta Centennial World Cup
Rogers Wireless Inc.
Acted for Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust in the acquisitions and financings of more than $500 million of retail, office and industrial properties throughout Canada and the United States (including development and construction projects).
Alcan Inc.
Adams Kara Taylor Limited
Martinrea International Inc.
United Parcel Service of Canada Ltd
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc.
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Canada Post Corporation
Hillsborough Resources Limited
Protox Therapeutics Inc.
Blue Water Capital, LLC
Moventis Capital, Inc.
College of Opticians of Ontario
Barometer Capital Management Inc.
TELUS Mobility
VAE Nortak Ltd.
Successfully negotiated a full five-year collective agreement for VAE Nortak Ltd. 2006-2011
Contact Exploration Inc.
Katz Group Canada Ltd.
Azure Dynamics Corporation
Betcorp Ltd.
Sears Canada Inc. (Original Special Committee and the new independent directors)
Antofagasta PLC
Underwriting syndicate led by Canaccord Capital Corporation
Great Point Partners, LLC
Nexans Canada Inc.
Gold Reserve Inc.
TD Securities Inc., Octagon Capital Corporation
Acted as lead real estate counsel for an institutional lender in a $450 million loan to one of Canada's largest retailers, secured against 25 major Canadian retail properties/ shopping centres.
Roberto Sansone
Montreal Media Group
Rainmaker Income Fund
Middlefield Capital Corporation
GenoLogics Life Sciences Software Inc.
sxr Uranium One Inc.
Centre missionnaire Oblats
l'Institut national de la recherche scientifique
LongBow Energy Corp.
Canadian subsidiary of Sojitz Corp.
Morris Waxman
Pakit Innovations Inc.
The Advocates' Society
Genuity Capital Markets
Manicouagan Minerals Inc.
Chiropractic Review Committee of the College of Chiropractors of Ontario
Rogers Publications v. Pierre Marchessault, (2006) QCCS 5314 (CanLII) 2006-10-23
Orca Sand & Gravel Ltd.
Syndicate of agents led by Octagon Capital Corporation
West Edmonton Mall Property Inc.
Underwritering syndicate led by CIBC World Markets Inc.
Travelzest plc
Research Capital Corporation
October 12, 2006
TransWorks Information Services (part of India's Aditya Birla Group)
TransWorks completes $126 million takeover of Minacs Worldwide
Kanyon Plc
Scotia Capital Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Canam Group Inc.
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Host International of Canada (a wholly-owned subsidiary of HMSHost Corporation)
Acted for a real estate corporation in the sale of a $275 million portfolio of southern Ontario office, industrial and retail properties.
Cansult Limited
Kay Engineering Limited
Tanzania Gold Plc
Investor group
TCP Reliable Inc.
De Beers Canada
Compagnie Française de Mines et Métaux
The Toronto-Dominion Bank and The Bank of Nova Scotia
Newfound Group
Administrative Agent and the Lenders led by National Bank of Canada
Bombardier and Export Development Canada
L.P. Management Corp.
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ltd. and its controlling shareholder
Syndicate of dealers led by National Bank Financial
Natexis Banques Populaires and Auramet Trading, LLC
Banking syndicate led by The Bank of Nova Scotia
Result Energy Inc.
Community Savings Credit Union
Hilton Canada Co.
BlueRealm Solutions
Park Lawn Company Limited
Air Canada
CHUM Limited
Takeda Research Investment, Inc.
Metro Capital Management Inc.
Lynn Paradis
Lynn Paradis
AESWapiti Energy Corporation
Addax Petroleum Corporation
Maddocks Systems Inc.
SkyePharma Plc.
Moydow Mines International Inc.
Vision Capital Limited
Acted as lead real estate counsel for Orlando Corporation in the sale of a $106 million shopping centre outside of Toronto.
Syndicate of lenders led by TD Securities Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Kennametal Ltd.
Bank of Scotland
High Tech Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG
Northern Financial Corporation
RBC Capital Markets and Haywood Securities Inc.
The Jean Coutu Group
OT Africa Line, Ltd. et. al.
Underwriting syndicate led by CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
Northern Precious Metals 2006 Limited Partnership
BNP Paribas and a syndicate of lenders
WestLB AG, New York Branch
Syndicate of investment dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets
Metcap Living Management Inc.
August 16, 2006
Addax Petroleum Corporation
Armistice Resources Corp.
Hearst Corporation
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Falconbridge Limited
Gammon Lake Resources Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada
Republic Services, Inc.
LAB Research Inc.
Areva NP GmbH and Areva NP Canada Limited
Bank of Nova Scotia
The Great West Life Assurance Company
Butler v. The Great West Life Assurance Company, (2006) SCBC Docket #06/1500 Victoria Registry
Acted for the Metro Capital Group in the acquisition and financing of a 10 building, 2,000 unit Toronto apartment complex.
Fugro Data Solutions
Dealing with the closure of a site in the U.K. for a petroleum company resulting in redundancies
Advising a pharmaceutical company on reorganisation and resulting redundancies
Advised on the collaboration between Opsona Therapeutics Limited and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth Inc., for the discovery, development and commercialisation of compounds to treat inflammatory diseases
Lululemon Athletica Inc. and Chip Wilson
Wolters Kluwer (UK) Ltd
Aspen Clean Energy PLC
Sojitz UK Plc and LNG Japan Corporation
Advising a catering firm on its acquisition of a business and three companies and the subsequent amalgamation of all four businesses and the restructuring, relocation of employees, closure of two sites, redundancies and changes to contracts of employment
Argentum Ltd
Extreme CCTV Inc.
Successfully resolving the settlement of an Employment Tribunal claim and threatened high Court litigation (with a claim value of £1.5 million) brought as a result of the summary dismissal of the managing director of a biotech company in 2006
Daiichi Sankyo
Emergent
Integral Wealth Management Inc.
TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated
Decision Focus
Xap Corporation
Gemcom Software International Inc.
S.C. Johnson & Son, Limited
Pliant Corporation
Industrial Containers Ltd.
IMA Exploration Inc.
Western Forest Products Inc. and Cascadia Forest Products Ltd.
Underwriting syndicate led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
MINT Income Fund
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Sobeys Québec inc.
Middlefield Canadian Income Trusts - GBP PC
GMP Capital Trust
NORTH Network and Ontario Telemedicine Network
Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec (F.T.Q.)
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Advised Eldorado Gold Corporation in relation to an EPCM with Hatch Engineering in respect of its USD $110 million Kisladag Mine in Turkey
Parts Now! LLC
Parts Now! LLC
Represented Parts Now! LLC, the largest distributor of laser printer parts in the industry, on the taxation aspects of the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Pièces Express Inc. (July 2006)
Golden Star Resources Limited/Bogoso Gold Limited
Advised Golden Star Resources Limited/Bogoso Gold Limited in relation to an EPCM with GRD Miniproc for Bogoso's Gold US$100 million project in Ghana
Hydro-Québec
Stella-Jones Inc.
Cedar Fair, L.P.
Plectrum Petroleum Plc
Great Canadian Railtour Company Ltd.
Sun Life Assurance Co.
Manicouagan Minerals Inc.
Banking syndicate led by The Toronto-Dominion Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Commissioner of Competition
University of British Columbia
The Coalition of Ontario Pharmacy
June 19, 2006
St. Michael's Hospital
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec
Lending syndicate led by The Bank of Nova Scotia
Wellington Place Apartments et. al.
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited
European Nickel Plc
Underwriting syndicate led by Orion Securities Inc.
Investment dealers and the banking syndicate
Westwind Partners Inc.
Mophone
BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc.
Standard Register Company
Encorp Pacific (Canada), Dan-D Foods Ltd., Zellers Inc., Procter and Gamble Inc., Ocean Spray International Inc., Great Western Brewing Company Limited, McCain Foods (Canada) and the majority of non-alcoholic beverage brand-owners in British Columbia
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
Acquisition of financial assets by the Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
Groupe Keyrus
Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec et Desjardins Innovatech
Acted for Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust in $100 million of facility loans from a banking syndicate, secured against 27 properties.
Gulf Canada Resources Inc.
Represented Gulf Canada Resources Inc. as special advisor on various corporate issues relating to the $2 billion merger of the Athabasca and Canadian Oil Sands Trusts
May 31, 2006
ZENON Environmental
ZENON Environmental is acquired by GE Water & Process Technologies for $760 million
Nolan v. Ontario (Superintendent of Financial Services) (2006) 52 C.C.P.B. 1 (Div. Ct.)
Chancery Software Ltd.
FlexLink
Perimeter Capital Management Inc.
Capital Desjardins inc.
Counsel to health authority on acquisition, subdivision and servicing of proposed hospital site
Grand Prix F1 du Canada inc.
GENIVAR Income Fund and GENIVAR Inc.
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Starfield Resources Inc.
Proximagen Neuroscience Plc
Ubisoft Divertissements inc.
Haywood Securities (UK) Limited
MiXPO Inc.
RDS Acquisition Corp.
Research Capital Corporation, CIBC World Markets Inc. and Haywood Securities Inc.
Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods Inc.
De Beers Canada Inc.
Cleveland Clinic Canada - Toronto Inc.
Gold Reserve Inc.
Alba Mineral Resources plc
Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd. et. al.
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Banking syndicates
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
Mission Terminal Inc.
Syndicate of agents co-led by Octagon Capital Corporation and TD Securities Inc.
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
Underwriting syndicate co-led by TD Securities Inc. and Dundee Securities Corporation
Underwriting syndicate led by RBC Capital Markets
SkyePharma Plc.
Underwriting syndicate led by Orion Securities Inc.
The Bank of Nova Scotia
May 3, 2006
Desjardins Securities Inc. and Dundee Securities Corporation
Labopharm inc.
Weda Bay Minerals Inc.
CCS Income Trust
Acted for a substantial American real estate corporation in acquisitions and dispositions of Canadian office/industrial properties on its own behalf and on behalf of off-shore investors.
Federation of Law Societies of Canada
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec
Transat A.T.
SR Telecom
Northern Financial Corporation
Dofasco Inc.
Syndicate of dealers led by TD Securities Inc.
RC Hotel Ventures Ltd.
Lending syndicate led by The Bank of Nova Scotia
Government of Canada
Underwriting syndicate led by GMP Securities L.P.
Gold Reserve Inc.
Valspar Inc., Rohm & Haas Canada Inc. and Crompton Company Inc.
UraMin Inc
Sifto Canada Corp.
GPX International Tire Corporation
IronPoint Technology, Inc.
Sprott Securities Inc.
Rift Oil Plc
Commercial Alcohols Inc., Canadian Snack Food Association, Pepsi-Cola Canada Ltd.
Alberta Focused Income & Growth Fund
Commercial Alcohols Inc.
AnorMED Inc.
Southfield Capital Advisors, LLC
TD Securities Inc.
Kerry Group plc
Mondex Corporation
Shareholders of Solar Roofing Systems Inc.
CN Pension Fund
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Securities dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc. and Wellington West Capital Inc.
VIA Rail Canada Inc. and Canadian National Railway
Robertson Building Systems Ltd.
National Bank of Canada
Jennings Capital Inc.
Acted as lead real estate counsel for a syndicate of financial institutions in the renegotiation and securitization of movie theatre leases in approximately 70 of Canada's major shopping centres.
Plaisirs Gastronomiques
La succession de Dan Salomon et Foster Nadeau-Salomon et Cooper Nadeau-Salomon
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Sunnybrook Foundation
Tricap Management Limited
Blomfield Corporate Finance Limited (formerly known as ARM Corporate Finance Limited) and Lewis Charles Securities Limited
Corporate Synergy Group Plc
SkyePharma Plc
Darryl Denny
IPICO Inc.
Victoria's Secret
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Ontario Realty Corporation
Syndicate of investment dealers co-led by GMP Securities L.P. and Canaccord Capital Corporation
American Bullion Minerals Ltd.
Fenêtres Élite
Successfully renewed a collective agreement for Fenêtres Élite a doors and windows manufacturer for a period of six years starting on March 29, 2006.
Underwriting syndicate led by Paradigm Capital Inc.
March 28, 2006
UBS Securities
UBS Securities Canada completes $172.5 million sale of a controlling interest to UBS AG
Morse Automotive Corporation
Nitragin Holding Inc., Nitragin Inc. (a US subsidiary of Merck KGaA) and Merck KGaA
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Nova Scotia
March 23, 2006
General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)
GMAC completes US$9 billion sale of a majority interest in GMACCH to an investor group
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets
March 16, 2006
Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Acquisition
Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Acquisition completes $1.1 billion acquisition of Hudson's Bay Company
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
St. Lawrence Cement Inc.
Norampac Inc.
Toyotetsu Canada, Inc.
Ravensource Fund
Dofasco Inc.
W M Mining Company, LLC and Wallace M. Mays
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Syndicate of investment dealers led by Scotia Capital Inc.
ADC B373 crash in Nigeria
BNP Paribas and a syndicate of lenders
Syndicate of investment dealers co-led by Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc.
Addax Petroleum Corporation
Scotia Capital Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc., Industrial Alliance Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.
CHIP Mortgage Trust and Home Equity Income Trust
Hilton Hotels Corporation
MDS Nordion
Discovery Drilling Group
Skye Resources Inc.
February 20, 2006
Moving Party, CitiCapital Limited
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Aqualandsis inc. v. 4291034 Canada inc., (2006) QCCS 891 (CanLII) 2006-02-16
MG Dividend & Income Fund
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
GeneOhm Sciences, Inc.
TELUS Mobility
TELUS Mobility
Journey's End Lombard Street Limited and Jeronto Developments Inc.
Ipsos-Reid
Eldorado Gold Corporation
TELUS Mobility
Chromos Molecular Systems Inc.
Result Energy Inc.
Underwriting syndicates (Issuers: Yellow Pages Income Fund and YPG Holdings Inc.)
Counsel to the underwriting syndicates in the $300M offering of exchangeable subordinated debentures, the $253.4M public offering of units and the $250M public offering of medium term notes of these issuers
Acted for a group of pension funds and PenEquity Management Corporation in the aborted acquisition and redevelopment of Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto).
Québec government
Via Rail Canada Inc.
Underwriting syndicate (Issuer: Rona Inc.)
Counsel to the underwriting syndicate in the $400M offering of debentures
Sophos, Inc.
January 30, 2006
G. E. Canada Inc.
Fillion et Frères (1976) inc
Ferrostaal Metals Ltd.
January 26, 2006
Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company
Trisura established as a new federal insurance company
Hollinger Inc.
Richtree Inc. and Richtree Markets Inc.
Daniel Arbour & Associates
Maurice Tremblay
Financial Security Assurance, Inc.
Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited
CGI Group Inc. (Special Commitee of the Board of Directors) and the bank lenders
CGI Group Inc.
Polaris Minerals Corporation
Pan-Oston Ltd.
Advised proponent of an aggregate extraction facility in the environmental assessment of the proposed project and in relation to negotiating and structuring an Impact-Benefit Agreement with a local First Nation
Acted for debtor in CCAA restructuring, and appeared as counsel in numerous court applications In the Matter of Westbay Sonship Yachts Ltd. 2006 – 2007 (Co-Counsel)
Registration of accounting firms with the Canadian Public Accountability Board and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (U.S.)
Québec ministry of transport
Labopharm Inc.
Dexia Crédit Local
Nanaimo Port Authority
Air Transat Inc.
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Advised a U.S. fuel producer and supplier and an Alberta fuel producer and supplier as to environmental risks and potential liabilities associated with supplying fuel and how to minimize such risks
Representing a government entity in Dubai with respect to the US$5 billion Dubailand Project's implementation, construction and operation documentation
Co-Counsel in advising clients on various shareholder disputes
Acted for a real estate corporation in the securitization of approximately $100 million of commercial subdivision and development property with Royal Bank.
Advised trustee in bankruptcy of contaminated pulp mill site as to its obligations respecting investigation and remediation of site under the B.C. Environmental Management Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Bell Nordiq Income Fund (Independent Committee)
Provided advice to several large employers for implementation of multi-faceted programs to address concerns about systemic discrimination
Dealing with a variety of disputes involving corporations, joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders. Issues with regulatory authorities – Financial Services Authority in particular
For London market insurers pursuing in arbitration claims from the total loss of Cape sized bulker. Obtaining security in France, maintaining a holding action in Australia
On behalf of vendors dealing with claims for breach of warranty and other contract issues arising out of the sales of listed companies
Advising bank in relation to issues arriving out of the cashing of bills of exchange. Dealing with bank guarantees, letters of credit and loan agreement
After an on board fire representing charterers in London arbitration, including charter-party claims; extra discharge expenses; dangerous/hazardous cargoes; cargo loss/damage; general average. Legal proceedings in Spain and USA; salvage arbitration
Schemes of arrangement – share capital reductions
Advising India multinational in connection with a multi million refinancing arrangement the target of a vulture fund; including action in an off shore jurisdiction
Representing road hauliers and their liability insurers in a claim for damage in transit to a power station; successfully pursuing recovery in product liability claim via the German courts
Successfully defending claims for damage to property (including fire damage to a fleet of vehicles) and loss of profit made against UK market insurers under policies
Handling London Arbitrations for international groups involving sale / carriage of commodities from Europe to the Middle East; issues with payment for goods, freight and truck demurrage, and the exercise of liens
Acting for merchants / commodity owners where cargoes not discharged at named ports. Tracing vessels; organising discharge of cargoes; arresting vessels for security; recovering expenses; involving proceedings in several jurisdictions worldwide
Pursuing claims for contact and hull damage and machinery breakdown for owners of installations, ship owners and London market insurers; dealing with liability and quantum and incidents involving several vessels
CGI Group Inc.
Pursuing and defending issues involving professional indemnity including against solicitors, accountants, Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs), directors, officers and stockbrokers
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
NextGen Group Plc
European financial advisors to Semafo
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
OM Video
Clarica Life Insurance Co.
CP Ships Limited (Strategic Committee of the Board of Directors)
Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc.
Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc.
SGF Tech Inc., Business Development Bank of Canada and Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins
Nicholas Piramal India Limited
Nelson Resources Limited (Independent Committee of the Board of Directors)
Penn West Petroleum Limited
Guidant Corporation
Air Canada
Weda Bay Minerals Inc.
TechnoCap Inc.
Advisor to TechnoCap Inc. in the sale of all of its holdings in the American fund HarbourVest Partners LLC
Cambridge Laboratories Limited
Research Capital Corporation
Syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc.
TEAL Exploration & Mining Incorporated
November 15, 2005
Sears Canada
Sears Canada completes $2.3 billion sale of its credit and financial services operations
Ornge
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) Plc
Various employers
Underwriters co-led by National Bank Financial Inc. and GMP Securities Ltd.
Lending syndicate led by National Bank Financial Inc.
Systech Retail Systems Corp.
Since November 2005
Dafimmo Inc.
Since November 2005
Bio-K Plus International Inc.
Boa-Franc (1983) Ltée
SkyePharma Plc
Plectrum Petroleum Plc
Lending syndicate comprised of National Bank of Canada, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Law Society of British Columbia
PetroKazakhstan Inc. (Special Committee)
October 25, 2005
Leitch Technology
Leitch Technology is acquired by Harris Corporation for $570 million
O&Y Properties Corp.
Dofasco Inc.
National Bank Financial
National Bank Financial transfers its wholesale distribution division OpenSky Capital to OpenSky Capital Inc.
Plectrum Petroleum Plc
Moydow Mines International Inc
Medical Capital Holdings, Inc.
CitiCapital Limited
Royal Bank of Canada v. Société Générale (Canada) (2005) 13 B.L.R. (4th) 130 (S.C.J.)
BetaPro Management Inc.
Lending syndicate
TD Securities Inc.
Dufferin Construction Company
DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
Canada Life Assurance Company and London Life Insurance Company
Underwriting syndicate led by Scotia Capital Inc.
Morris Waxman
Morris Waxman
SkyePharma Plc
Nautical Petroleum
Hermès Canada
CGI Group Inc.
Onalee Kathleen Frye
Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation
EWOS Canada Ltd.
GE Healthcare
Counsel to Japan Bank for International Cooperation on the financing of the 210 MW coal fired thermal power plant and associated facilities, as owned by Steag AG, in Mindanao, the Philippines (2003-2005)
Advised on the establishment of a leading global pharmaceutical corporation's Protein Discovery and Optimisation Laboratory at the Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research in Dublin
Kwik-Fit Garages
Conducted intellectual property due diligence exercises with regard to the sale and purchase of various businesses (including a firm of Chartered Surveyors, a Garden Centre, Higher Education Business and a Printing and Warehouse Business)
Advising a limited company in relation to the employment aspects of their sales and/or closure of their portfolio of 40 stores and the Head office function
Brand Services, Inc. and certain equipment financiers of Aluma
Allied Domecq
Retrocom Mid-Market REIT
Ipsos S.A., Ipsos-Reid Corproation, Ipsos-Reid LP, Ipsos-Insight Corporation and ARG Acquisitions Inc.
Dofasco Inc.
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and the underwriting syndicate
Core IncomePlus Fund
Les Religieux de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Canada)
Dow Chemical Company, Dow Chemical Canada Inc., E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company, E.I. Dupont Canada Company, Dupont Dow Elastomers LLC
GE Capital
Various employers in cases of administrative dismissals
iTrade Finance Inc.
Represented a major Canadian utility with respect to the resolution of First Nation issues arising from major energy projects
Rogers Communications Inc.
Advised on the incorporation of the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), funded by IDA Ireland for training and research in bioprocessing and biomanufacturing technology established by UCD, TCD, DCU and Institute of Sligo
Underwriting syndicate co-led by National Bank Financial Inc. and Canaccord Capital Corporation
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Microtec Enterprises Inc.
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co., ING Halifax Insurance Company, Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company and Belair Insurance Company Inc.
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Flaurent Gravel et Denis Gravel
Lending syndicate led by National Bank Financial Inc.
Place Fleur de Lys (the partners)
Lemerz Canada Inc. and Canadian Reynolds Metal Company Limited
Spie Construction Inc.
Canadian Zinc Corporation
Quartier International de Montréal
Hepcoe Credit Union
Rapid Transit Project Office (BC government agency)
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Robert Alan Moriyama
Ministry of Health Services, the health authorities and Partnerships BC
Weishardt
Advised Opsona Therapeutics Limited's in-licensing of technology from Trinity College Dublin and its $8 million first round financing from Seroba BioVentures, IVC, Genentech and Enterprise Ireland
First Trust/Highland Capital Floating Rate Income Fund II and its advisers and promoters
Proximagen Neuroscience Plc
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Cambridge Laboratories (Ireland) Limited
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Counsel to several developers of mixed use residential / commercial / recreational properties from acquisition through redevelopment to final sale
Pfizer inc. Et Pfizer Canada inc.
IGN Entertainment, Inc.
Amaranth LLC
Syndicate of lenders arranged by The Bank of Nova Scotia
Canadian Internet Policy and and Public Interest Clinic
All Communications Network of Canada Co.
Yellow Pages Group
Represented and advised the underwriters on the fiscal aspects and financing of the Yellow Pages Group, including the transaction to allow the Yellow Pages Group to complete financing of $3.2 billion to acquire Advertising Directory Inc.
Brian Roberts
TELUS
Versatile Mobile Systems (Canada) Inc.
Chicken Farmers of Canada
TELUS Corporation
Financial Models Company Inc. (Special committee of the board of directors)
CFM Corp. (Special committee of the board of directors)
Masonite International Corporation (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
Agence métropolitaine de transport
Global Diversified Investment Grade Income Trust II
SPX Corporation
Agtech Income Fund
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Manicouagan Minerals Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
Western Financial Group Inc.
Ruwenzori Enterprises Ltd., Cale Holdings Limited and Nor-Sham Inc.
International Royalty Corp.
Société de transport de Montréal
First Trust/Highland Capital Floating Rate Income Fund and its advisor and promoters
Jung Developments, Inc.
RhoxalPharma Inc.
KPMG Inc.
RhoxalPharma Inc.
Underwriting Syndicate led by Sprott Securities Inc.
Molson Inc. (Special Committee of the Board of Directors) and CIBC Mellon Trust Company
Bermuda Commercial Bank Ltd. v. Horizon Bank International Ltd. and others [2005] Bda LR 5 (Supreme Court of Bermuda, February 7, 2005)
Kunz Holding GmbH & Co. KG and its affiliated companies
2005
Syndicate of dealers
Represented the syndicate of dealers in the $1.4 billion public equity financing by Yellow Pages Income Fund in conjunction with its $2.55 billion acquisition of Advertising Directory Solutions Holdings Inc.
PALM Publicité Marketing Inc.
Azure Dynamics Corporation
Canadian Energy Trust Distributes an Aggregate of $585 million of its Trust Units
Dr. Ron Dembo, founder of Algorithmics
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
ING Canada and ING Groep N.V.
KPMG Inc.
Commissioner of Competition
Fiducie Immobilière MCM/MCM Real Estate Trust
St. Michael's Hospital
Phasecom Systems Inc. c.o.b. as Mastec Canada
Ryerson Tull, Inc
Kuwait Airways Corporation
B.C. provincial government
Advised the B.C. provincial government in relation to the environmental assessment of a major development project
Alcan Inc.
Public Sector Pension Investments Board
Counsel to the issuer in connection with the implementation of its $750M private commercial paper program
Representing the project company in relation to the project structuring and procurement for a US$5 billion polyethylene facility in Oman
Representing the developer of a sinter facility in China
Brascan Asset Management Inc.
Conducted environmental due diligence for and advised Brascan Asset Management Inc. in relation to its acquisition of the B.C. Coastal forestry assets of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited and negotiated environmental provisions of the asset purchase agreement
Québec government
Representing the owner of a Brazilian mine relation to an iron ore SPA
Rio Tinto
Integral Wealth Management Inc.
Metcap Living Management et al.
RBC Capital Markets and Jennings Capital
Anglo American International
Ford Credit Canada Limited and Ford Motor Credit Company
Underwriting syndicate co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.
CCS Income Trust
December 10, 2004
Underwriting syndicate
Granby Industries completes $80 million IPO
Hermés Canada Inc
ING Canada Inc.
London Life Insurance Company
Chartwell Technology Inc.
Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre Inc. and Partnerships British Columbia Ltd.
Canadian-Automatic Data Processing Services Ltd.
1986-2004
Peel District School Board
Peel District School Board renews collective agreements with CUPE, OSSTF, ETFO (186-2004)
Banque Laurentienne du Canada
CHUM Limited
Middlefield Capital Corporation and ACTIVEnergy Income Fund
Oxus Gold Plc
Michael Dowling
Manicouagan Minerals Inc.
360networks Corporation
Attorney General of British Columbia and Medical Services Commission of British Columbia
Business Council of British Columbia, Aggregate Producers Association of British Columbia, British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines, British Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Council of Forest Industries and Mining Association of British Columbia
Business Council of B.C., B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines, B.C. Chamber of Commerce, B.C. Wildlife Federation, Council of Forest Industries, Mining Association of B.C. and Aggregate Producers Association of B.C.
Systech Retail Systems (Canada) Inc.
Rosalba Cappa
O.B. Holmes and North Shore Aggregates Ltd.
Rogers Wireless Inc.
Underwriting syndicate consisting of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., Haywood Securities Inc., McFarlane Gordon Inc. and GMP Securities Ltd.
Infectio Diagnostic (I.D.I.) Inc.
Represented Infectio Diagnostic (I.D.I.) Inc. in its merger with GeneOhm Sciences Inc. in November 2004. This transaction was completed through an exchangeable shares structure
McCain Foods Limited
Synairgen Plc
Hayes Forest Services Ltd.
MIJO Corporation
The Canadian Cable Television Association
Grilli Property Group Inc.
Barnardos
Weber Manufacturing Limited
T.B. Bryk Management and Development Ltd.
Jutan International Limited
Cambridge Laboratories (Ireland) Limited
Global Diversified Investment Grade Income Trust I
Middlefield Capital Corporation and YIELDPLUS Income Fund
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
The Great-West Life Assurance Company
Underwriting syndicate led by Scotia Capital Inc.
KKBL No. 297 Ventures Ltd.
The Independent Order of Foresters
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Pan African Resources Plc
Christows Limited
Sabex Inc. and its shareholder RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private investment fund located in Forest Lake, Illinois
Les Boutiques San Francisco Incorporées
Represented a large energy trust in a $300 million acquisition of oil and gas assets from EnCana
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.
Imperial Energy Corporation Plc
Lending syndicate arranged by The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and National Bank of Canada
Alliance Pharmaceuticals
Oriel Resources Plc
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated and Canadian Cable Acquisition Company Inc.
M L Laboratories Plc
Doman Industries Ltd. and Western Forest Products
Société de transport de Montréal
Onalee Kathleen Frye
Ferrostaal Metals Ltd.
British Columbia Railway Company
Home Equity Income Trust
Produits Briques Alba
Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
Trodat GmbH and 2045025 Ontario Inc.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Hydro-Québec
Vendors including Desjardins Financial Security Life Assurance Company, Société en commandite Alfred-Nobel (a subsidiary of Solim), 2946-8980 Québec Inc. (a company owned by Hydro-Quebec Pension Fund) and Fiducie du Technoparc Saint-Laurent
Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corp. No. 620
Golden Star Resources Ltd.
Société de transport de Montréal
Comprehensive Care International Inc.
Cinar Corporation
June 12, 2004
Oak Trust Company
Oak Trust incorporated as a new federal trust company
Lending syndicate arranged by Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Bank of Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kevin Trach, Kathy Kanester and Candace Willis
J.W. Childs Equity Funding III, Inc., Borealis Private Equity Limited Partnership, Borealis (QLP) Private Equity Limited Partnership and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board
Valley First Financial Services Ltd.
Global Corporate & Specialty
Slater Steel Inc.
Christows Limited
Banking syndicate led by The Bank of Nova Scotia
Labopharm Inc.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
independent committee of BCE Emergis Inc.
Sealed Air Corporation
Teleglobe
CGI Group Inc.
Legal Aid Ontario
DuPont Canada Inc.
Xecutive Research Group Plc
Corporation of the County of Simcoe
April 28, 2004
Manulife Financial
Manulife Financial completes reorganization following $18 billion acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services
Bank of Nova Scotia
Tourism Vancouver
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Bank of Montreal
Canada Post Corporation, Cybersurf Corp. and 3WEB Corp.
Colwell Industries Inc.
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
St. Stanislaus-St. Casimir's Polish Parishes Credit Union
Ville de Montréal
Retrocom Mid-Market Real Estate Investment Trust
Seaspan International Ltd.
CGI Group Inc.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
BMO Nesbitt Burns and underwriting syndicate
Équipe de recherche opérationnelle en santé inc. (EROS)
Cookie Jar Group and TD Capital Canadian Private Equity Partners
Slater Steel Inc.
Capital Desjardins Inc.
SPX
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Enron Corp.
Commissioner of Competition
Vancouver Port Authority
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
SR Telecom Inc.
Middlefield and STRATA Income Fund
Theratechnologies Inc.
Howard P. Milstein
Underwriting syndicate led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Flaurent et Denis Gravel
Husby Forest Products
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Counsel to the issuer in connection with its US$230M cross-border treasury and secondary offering of common shares
ING Halifax Insurance Company
Vintage Petroleum Canada, Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Vendors and the mortgage lender Hypothèques CDPQ Inc.
Scotia Capital
The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Ltd. and Japan Bank
Counsel to The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Ltd. and Japan Bank for International Cooperation in the financing of a silicone monomers plant in Thailand owned by a joint venture formed by General Electric, Toshiba and Shin-Etsu (2002-2004)
EBX Group
Fiducie Immobilière MCM
TransCanada Pipelines Limited
In the Matter of Bankruptcy of Martin Wirick - counsel for the largest lender in a mortgage fraud case
Represented public oil and gas company in connection with their successful reorganization through an amalgamation combined with an equity private placement, mezzanine debt financing and significant oil and gas asset acquisition
JAT B737 fleet repossession
de Araujo v. Read, [2004] S.C.C.A. No. 346 (leave to appeal to S.C.C. denied)
Underwriter (Issuer: Gildan ActiveWare)
Counsel to the underwriter in connection with the monetization and block trade by the principal shareholders of $100M common shares through the TSX
Crown Life
Bell Canada International Inc.
Advised the independent committee in connection with the monetization of tax losses
Fidler v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, [2004] 239 D.L.R. (4th) 547 (B.C.C.A.) (leave to appeal to the S.C.C. granted January 20, 2005)
Representing the developers in relation to the Manchester Metrolink Project in England
Domestic industry
Laminate Flooring: Canadian International Trade Tribunal Inquiry No. NQ-2004-006
American Bullion Minerals Ltd.
CCC Bermuda Aviation CRJ 200 ground collision in Eastern Europe 2004
2004
Syndicate of dealers
Represented the syndicate of dealers in the public financing of $150 million of subordinated debentures by Industrial Alliance
Provides skills-based training workshops for internal harassment investigators for many large and mid-sized Canadian employers
Conducted environmental due diligence and structured environmental provisions of contract of purchase and sale for an international shipping and receiving company bidding for the purchase of a large B.C. stevedoring operation
Le Soleil and the Société Radio-Canada
Dofasco Inc.
Humberts Group Plc
Underwriting syndicate including HSBC Securities (Canada), GMP Securities, CIBC World Markets and UBS Securities Canada
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Liang Liao
Industrial Alliance, Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
RNC Gold Inc.
December 9, 2003
ICICI Bank Ltd.
ICICI Bank incorporates new Schedule II bank named ICICI Bank Canada
Moydow Mines International Ltd.
Moydow Mines
Joseph Ribkoff Inc.
ING Canada Inc.
2003
Office of the Premier and Ministry of Education
Province of Ontario legislates end to teachers' strike in Toronto and Simcoe County (2003)
Azure Dynamics Corporation
Royal Bank of Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and The Bank of Nova Scotia
The Co-operators Group Limited
H & R Block Canada Inc.
Creststreet 2003 (II) LP
Victoria Shipyards
Edward J. Nordquist and Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd.
Elaine Bahlieda
Federation Insurance Company of Canada
Canadian National Railway Company
Ubisoft Divertissements Inc.
H. Lundbeck A/S and Lundbeck Canada Inc.
Prysmian
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Desjardins Trust
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
British Columbia Railway Company
Omega Salmon Group Ltd.
John Doe
D.M. Firestone and Glendale International Corp.
Syndicate of dealers consisting of TD Securities, Scotia Capital, RBC Dominion Securities, BMO Nesbitt Burns, CIBC World Markets, National Bank Financial, HSBC Securities (Canada), Merrill Lynch Canada, Desjardins Securities and Trilon Securities
Lundbeck Canada Inc.
SR Telecom Inc.
Middlefield Securities Limited and INDEXPLUS Income Fund
Air Canada
Liberty Mutual Group
Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
Leroux Steel Inc. and Gilles Leroux
Société de transport de Montréal
Société de Transport de Montréal
Ville de Montréal
BCP
Glendale International Corp.
UFACEX UK Holdings
O&Y Real Estate Investment Trust
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
CHUM Limited
Canadian Cable Television Association
Banking syndicate led by TD Bank and Bank One, NA
Noteholders of Mosaic Group
Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio Ltd.
Powerscreen of Canada (Western) Ltd.
Raymond Loewen, The Loewen Group Inc.
Rio Algom Limited
Major Canadian business that manufactures, repairs and maintains automatic teller machines
DuPont Canada Inc.
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Defending the interests of one of the largest steel manufacturers in Québec in the matter of a shareholders' remedy that raised strategic questions related to competition law
Caisse populaire Desjardins de Val-Brillant
Represented a public company operating in the gaming industry in its $80 million reorganization combining new equity financing with an income trust conversion
Underwriting syndicate
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Systèmes et cables d'alimentation Pirelli Canada Ltée
Suzuki Canada Inc.
Middlefield Securities Limited and MAXIN Income Fund
Onyx Trust and National Bank Financial Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Canam Manac Group Inc.
Rousseau, Sauvé, Warren Inc.
Advised SITQ Immobilier and CDP Capital - Hypothèques
Adhémar Gagnon et Gisèle Sirois
AT&T Canada Corp.
Desjardins Group
Canadian commercial radio industry
Energizer Canada Inc.
Syndicate of agents led by CIBC World Markets Inc.
February 28, 2003
Sherritt Coal Partnership II
Sherritt Coal Partnership II completes $1.8 billion takeover bid for Fording
Scotia Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.
P&O Ports Canada Inc.
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
1476335 Ontario Inc. and Aldo Rotondi
Scotia Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.
Export Development Canada
Bema Gold Corporation
360networks Corporation
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
independent committee of Canbras Communications Corp.
Advised the independent committee in connection with the potential sale of Canbras' broadband telecommunications businesses in Brazil
TVX Gold Inc. (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
Royal Bank of Canada
The Bank of Nova Scotia and Optima Communications Canada Inc.
Cognicase (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
Business Development Bank of Canada
Antisoma Plc
ADF Group Inc.
Provides training workshops directly to supervisors and employees in a diverse range of organizations, including the waterfront, pulp mills and sawmills, smelters, financial services providers, colleges, schools and municipalities
Red Cross Air Ambulance recovery from Aden
January 1, 2003
TD Bank
TD Bank and TD Asset Finance complete sale of TD Bank's $640 million equipment finance and lease portfolio
Kuwait Airways Corporation
Underwriting syndicates (Issuer: Rona Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns)
Counsel to the underwriting syndicates in connection with the $206M treasury and secondary offering of common shares; counsel to BMO Nesbitt Burns in connection with the $77M block trade by ITM of common shares through the TSX
Love v. Pai, [2003] B.C.J. No. 1397 (S.C.)
College of New Caledonia
Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership I
Royal Bank of Canada
Implementation of a lender's and a mortgage broker's activities in Québec
Acted for oil and gas company in the formation of, and subsequent amendments to, their oil and gas limited partnership
Wesgroup Income Properties
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
Canadian Freightways Ltd.
Represented oil and gas public company in connection with their significant plan of arrangement coupled with $60 million equity financing by way of subscription receipts
Reilly v. Lynn, [2003] B.C.J. No. 133 (S.C.C.)
Panattoni Canada Inc.
Panattoni Canada Inc purchase of $100 million warehousing facility including acquisition, financing, construction, leasing and sale
Eldorado Gold Corporation
Société générale de financement du Québec
Alexis Nihon Real Estate Investment Trust (Independent Committee of Trustees)
MDS Inc.
Scotia Capital Inc.
Toronto Actra Performers
Canadian Cancer Society
Skeena Cellulose Inc.
Kerry (Canada) Inc.
The Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Credit Suisse First Boston
Western Financial Group Inc. and Bank West
686234 Ontario Limited
jaalaM Technologies (one of the founders and inside investor)
Prince Rupert Port Authority
Nesbitt Burns, Inc.
MIL (Investments) SARL and other Diamond Fields shareholders
Middlefield Securities Limited and PATHFINDER Income Fund
Liang Liao
Underwriting syndicate co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc.
CitiCapital Ltd.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Manulife Mutual Funds
Kerry (Canada) Inc.
Curtis Products
Standard Bank
Lending syndicate led by The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
AT&T Corp.
CDPQ Financial Services
Sunnybrook & Women's Campaign Foundation
PricewaterhouseCoopers
John Berryman and Nesbitt Burns
Regroupement des citoyens contre la pollution
Alex Couture inc. et Sanimal inc.
DRS Technologies Inc., DRS Technologies Canada Company and DRS Technologies Canada, Inc.
Telesystems International Ltd.
SITQ Immobilier
O&Y FPT and O&Y Properties
Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada
360networks Group of Companies
Business Development Bank of Canada
Canadian Pacific Ltd.
Intelsat, Ltd.
Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd.
Council of Forest Industries, B.C. Chamber of Commerce, and Business Council of B.C.
Atos Origin
Dabur Oncology Plc
Advice in relation to changing terms and conditions of employment of sales force after acquisition and restructuring
Bass Leisure Retail Limited
Underwriting syndicate and the lenders, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Islandsbanki hf.
Advising an executive in the banking industry on confidentiality and restrictive covenant obligations in relation to a team move to another bank
Daewoo Canada Ltd., Daewoo Corporation, Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., and Western International Forest Products, Inc.
Vancouver International Airport Authority
Standard Register Company
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
Morris Waxman
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Xerox Canada Inc.
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and The Bank of Nova Scotia
June 19, 2002
Underwriting syndicate
Shoppers Drug Mart completes $740 million secondary offering of common shares
Underwriting syndicate led by RBC Capital Markets
Ixiasoft
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Medical Engineering Corporation, and The Cooper Companies, Inc.
Autoliv Inc.
RBC Capital Markets and Haywood Securities Inc.
Embassy Row Corporation Inc.
Miramar Mining Corporation
Middlefield Securities Limited and COMPASS Income Fund
RBC Capital Markets
Underwriting syndicate co-led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and Desjardins Securities Inc.
Legal Aid Ontario
Drug Royalty Corporation
The Law Society of British Columbia
Rhoxalpharma Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Karthika Technologies, Inc.
Cognicase Inc.
Nortel Inc.
Alberta Energy Company Ltd.
SR Telecom Inc.
The Council of Forest Industries
O&Y Real Estate Investment Trust
Underwriting syndicate led by TD Securities Inc.
Molson Inc.
Autogrill SpA and Lettuce Serview
Lending syndicate
Millennium BullionFund
Underwriting syndicate led by BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.
SITQ Immobilier
Transat A.T. Inc.
Colgate-Palmolive Canada Inc.
Underwriting syndicate led by Scotia Capital Inc.
The City of Victoria
Unique Broadband Systems, Inc. (Special committee of independent directors)
Ford Credit Canada and Ford Motor Credit Company
TD Bank Financial Group
Ivanhoe Cambridge
TD Bank Financial Group
Province of Ontario
Pinnacle Bank N.A.
The Jean Coutu Group
Waratah Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services
South African National Roads Agency
Counsel to South African National Roads Agency in connection with the construction, development and financing of the N4 toll road in South Africa (2001-2002)
Transat A.T. Inc.
Middlefield Securities Limited and STaRS Income Fund
Les Entreprises de Stoneham inc.
Underwriting syndicate (Issuer: Rona Inc.)
Counsel to the underwriting syndicate in connection with its $172M initial public offering of common shares
Assisted client in connection with their $80 million takeover bid acquisition of oil and gas company
Kuwait Airways Corporation
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Webber v. Canadian Aviation Insurance Managers Ltd., [2002] B.C.J. No. 2270 (S.C.)
Columbia Power Corporation
Lacroix v. Bortolin, [2002] B.C.J. No. 212 (S.C.)
Acted as counsel to client in connection with their REIT conversion via plan of arrangement and $66 million initial public offering
Biotrin Technologies
Ministry of Community Safety and Security of Ontario
National Bank of Canada
Negotiation of a financial products distribution agreement for the National Bank of Canada with Investors Group
Northwood, Inc.
BHP Billiton Diamonds Ltd.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Wright v. Sealnes (The), [2002] B.C.J. No. 645 (S.C.)
Laser Vision Centers, Inc.
Underwriting syndicate
Four Brothers Entertainment Company
World Internett Corporation et al
Federal Equipment (Québec) Ltd. and Federal Equipment Inc.
Underwriting syndicate by Scotia Capital Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc.
ING Canada
MDS Inc.
College of Opticians of Ontario
The Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada
Tillinghast, a Towers Perrin Company and Towers Perrin Inc.
Ventra Group Inc.
Ventra Group Inc.
Ventra Group Inc.
Labopharm Inc.
Certain equipment financiers of Aluma Systems Canada Inc.
Ventra Group Inc.
Ventra Group Inc.
Ventra Group Inc.
St. Lawrence Cement Inc.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
Law Society of British Columbia
DuPont Pharma Inc.
SR Telecom Inc.
White Spot Limited
Ikea Ltd.
360networks inc.
Bank of Montreal
Underwriting syndicate led by Scotia Capital Inc.
Textron Inc.
Canada Lands Company
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Airlines International
Ritchie v. Canadian Airlines International Ltd. et al., [2001] O.J. No. 2461 (Ont. S.C.J.)
Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation (formerly Ontario Hydro)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tolko Inc.
Ministry of Public Safety and Security of Ontario
SPX Corporation
Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services
Bell ActiMedia (a division of Bell Canada)
DuPont Canada Inc.
BAE Systems Canada (Independent committee)
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association
ING Canada Inc.
Lise Girard
Air Transat A.T. Inc.
Advised Air Transat A.T. Inc. in a structured financing of three Airbus A-310-308
Condo Mérici Phase V Inc.
El Paso Energy Corporation and The Coastal Corporation
Diebold, Incorporated
Strategic planning for staffing major projects in a difficult labour market
Netupsky v. Assn. Of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, [2001] B.C.J. No. 1443 (S.C.)
Facilitated multi-day preparation workshop for bargaining team of major multinational company for eight consecutive collective agreement renewals
Represented oil and gas company in connection with their $700 million takeover bid
Representing the developer of a port project in Turkey on the concession and EPC contracts
The Law Society of British Columbia
Law Society of British Columbia v. Gravelle (2001) 89 B.C.L.R. (3d) 187 (C.A.)
Representing a bidder in respect of its bid for the concession to operate the Prague water system
British Columbia international Commercial Arbitration Centre
Counsel to the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre before the B.C. Supreme Court in applications relating to its jurisdiction and rules
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Weyerhaeuser Company Limited
Kuwait Airways Corporation
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
Acted as counsel to client in connection with their REIT conversion via plan of arrangement and $142 million initial public offering
Gurniak (Guardian ad litem of) v. Nordquist and Domo Gasoline, (2001), 93 B.C.L.R. (3d) 199, 156 B.C.A.C. 149 (B.C.C.A.)
TransAlta Corporation
Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation
Atlantic Industries Limited
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
Norfolk Southern Railway
Agropur Cooperative
Lovat Tunnel Equipment Inc.
The Estate of Hyman Singer
Credit Suisse Group
Nesbitt Burns
Crown Life Insurance Company
TD Securities and JP Morgan
E.I. du Pont de Nemours
Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc.
Represented an international lender in respect of a syndicated $304,500,00 term loan and credit facility granted to a Calgary-based energy company
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited
TransAlta Energy Corporation
E*TRADE Group, Inc.
De Beers Canada Holdings Ltd.
Rapid Transit Project 2000 LTD.
Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd. v. Sarti [2000] B.C.J. No. 2414 (S.C.)
August 1-2, 2000
Dubrulle, Plaintiff
Burrard Import Ltd.
Thomas & Betts Ltd.
SR Telecom Inc.
Grafton-Fraser Inc.
Cascades Inc.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
Ivanhoe Inc.
Intervenors
Underwriting syndicate led by CIBC World Markets
AT&T Canada Corp.
Has investigated more than 100 complaints of harassment based on the prohibited grounds, including sexual harassment, and personal harassment as an independent investigator and as legal counsel to the employer
Cossette Communication Group Inc.
National Ballet of Canada
Association of Financial Guaranty Insurers
Toshiba of Canada Ltd
CBAO
MDS Inc.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
imoney.com
MDS Inc. and MDS Proteomics Inc.
Jim Pattison Group
The Department of National Health and Welfare, Rhoxalpharma Inc. and Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Rogers Communications Inc.
Counsel to Rogers Communications Inc. in connection with the proposed acquisition of Le Groupe Vidéotron Ltée and the related legal suits
Law Society of British Columbia
Howard Harris
Howard Harris
BC Institute of Technology
724 Solutions Inc.
ING Canada
Canadian Association of Financial Institution
Axa Pacific Insurance Co. v. Elwood, [2000] B.C.J. No. 1738 (S.C.)
Eicon Technology Corporation
Advised the independent committee in connection with the acquisition by i-data International AS
Télésystème Ltée
Counsel to Télésystème Ltée, majority shareholder of Teleglobe in connection with the acquisition by BCE Inc., for a consideration of $9.65 billion
Diotte (Guardian ad litem of) v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, [2000] B.C.J. No. 2476 (S.C.)
Thompson v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, [2000] B.C.J. No. 78 (S.C.)
Queenswood Land Associates Ltd.
The Queen
Pope & Talbot Inc.
Fiberglas Canada Inc.
Zellers Limited
Ensign Security Services Inc.
Ensign Security Services Inc. [1994] O.L.R.B. Rep. October 1310
Embassy Cleaners Inc.
Aetna Life Insurance Company (U.S.)
Represented international data services company in its $18 million acquisition of the assets of a Canadian petrochemical and scientific data storage company
Canadian Airlines International Ltd.
Province of Ontario
Province of Ontario
Privatization of Highway 407
Canadian commercial radio industry
Gander Holdings Plc
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Lovat Tunnel Equipment Inc.
Rio Algom and Compañia Minera Antamina
Privatization Secretariat of Ontario
The Queen
RhoxalPharma Inc.
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Gill v. The Canada Life Assurance Company, [1999] B.C.J. No. 13 (S.C.)
Banks v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, [1999] B.C.J. No. 1771 (S.C.)
In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Fred Walls and Sons Limited 1999 B.C.J. 1947 (B.C.S.C.)
Knox v. Eastman, [1999] B.C.J. No. 586 (S.C.)
Mathers v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, [1999] B.C.J. No. 1023 (S.C.C.)
Toronto-Dominion Bank
McIsaac v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, [1999] B.C.J. No 1120 (S.C.C.)
Wong et al v. Wei, [1999] B.C.J. No. 768 (S.C.)
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Keddie v. The Canada Life Assurance Company (1999), 179 D.L.R. (4th) 1 (B.C.C.A.)
Toronto Dominion Bank
Commissioner of Official Languages
Goodyear Canada Inc.
Represented clients in mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructurings, share purchase and sale transactions and asset acquisitions and sales
The Queen
Gordon Barken and Edmund Klassen
Black v. Joyce, [1998] O.J. No. 2787 (General Division)
Representing the developer in relation to the EPC and O&M contract aspects of the Turkish Izmir Bridge Project
Green v. Wilson, [1998] B.C.J. No. 67 (S.C.)
Representing the project company on the EPC contract aspects of the Oman-India Fertilizer Project
Park v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, [1998] B.C.J. No. 2638 (S.C.)
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Kulvi v. The Canada Life Assurance Company, [1998] B.C.J. No. 3161 (S.C.)
Law Society of British Columbia
Law Society of British Columbia v. Mangat (1998), 167 D.L.R. (4th) 723 (B.C.C.A.)
Representing a UK commercial property fund on its investments in numerous commercial property developments
Law Society of British Columbia
Law Society of British Columbia v. Gravelle (1998), 166 D.L.R. (4th) 723 (B.C.S.C.)
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
Coles v. Spriggs, [1998] B.C.J. No. 2753 (C.A.)
Hardy BBT (Agra Industries Ltd.)
Representing the developer of various UK prison projects
Representing EBRD in relation to the financing of an office development in Warsaw, Poland
Kapelus v. UBC (1998), 61 B.C.L.R. (3d) 308 (C.A.)
Skeena Cellulose Inc
Algonquin Mercantile Corp.
Bracebridge Examiner Ltd. v. Harris, [1997] O.J. 2059 (Ont. C.A.)
Barclays Bank
Counsel to Barclays Bank in the financing and refinancing of the Refugio gold mine in Chile (1997-2002)
Canadian Pacific Ltd. v. Canada (Competition Act, Director of Investigation and Research), [1997] O.J. No. 1445 (General Division, Commercial List)
Lockheed Corporation
Aerosvit Yak-42 crash in Greece
Equilease Corporation
Western Co-operative Fertilizers Limited
Stettler et al v. Western Co-operative Fertilizers Limited et al (1997) 201 AR 59 (Representative Action Pension Surplus Dispute)
Skeena Cellulose Ltd.
Bakker v. Van Adrichem, [1997] B.C.J. No. 637 (C.A.)
Gurniak v. Nordquist (1997), 34 B.C.L.R. (3d) 206 (B.C.S.C.)
Lockheed Corporation
Leighton v. Simpson, [1997] B.C.J. No. 386 (C.A.)
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Grant v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, [1997] B.C.J. No. 1492 (S.C.)
Nesbitt Burns Inc.
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Grant v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada [1997] B.C.J. No. 1492 (S.C.)
H.T. Hoy Holdings Ltd
Yoshikawa v. Yu, [1996] B.C.J. No 623 (C.A.)
Roger Beaulieu et al.
College of Opticians of Ontario
Law Society of British Columbia
Law Society of British Columbia v. Burdeny, [1996] B.C.J. No. 19 (S.C.)
In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Axton Manufacturing Ltd. 1996 B.C.J. 1354 (B.C.S.C.)
Bank of Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Med-Arb Process (1995, George Adams, Chair): see Canadian Pacific Ltd. and C.A.W., [1995] 39 C.L.A.S. 321
Association of Canadian Distillers
Wellington County Board of Education
Pembroke Poice Services Board
CFCF Inc.
Advised the independent committee in connection with the hostile take-over bid by Cogeco Cable Inc.
Amos v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, [1995] 3 S.C.R. 405 (S.C.C.)
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
DMR Group Inc.
Advised the independent committee in connection with the hostile take-over bid by Amdahl Corporation
Vo v. Millard, [1995] B.C.J. No. 219 (S.C.)
Canadian National Railway
Barbican Properties Inc. v. Canadian National Railway (1995), 21 C.L.R. (2d) 270 (B.C.S.C.)
Wellington County Board of Education
Sawridge Manor Ltd.
Sawridge Manor Ltd. v. Selkirk Springs International Corp. 1995 B.C.J. 1735 (B.C.C.A.)
Galaske v. O'Donnell, [1994] 1 S.C.R 670 (S.C.C.)
Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 (S.C.C.)
Simcoe & Erie General Insurance Co. v. Kansa General Insurance Co., [1994] B.C.J. No. 1442 (S.C.C.)
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Wong v. Taylor, [1994] B.C.J. No. 1517 (S.C.)
Court v. Alberta Motor Assn. Insurance Co., [1994] B.C.J. No. 948 (S.C.)
Rittel v. Quebecor Inc. (1994), 113 D.L.R. (4th) 166 (B.C.C.A.)
independent committee of Guillevin International Inc.
Advised the independent committee in connection with the sale of the controlling interest of the Guillevin family
In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Rico Enterprises Ltd. 1994 B.C.J. No. 415 (B.C.S.C.)
Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 (S.C.C.)
Chan v. Ferreira, [1994] B.C.J. No. 3236 (S.C.)
Royal Bank of Canada v. Iranzad (1994), B.C.L.R. (2d) 95 (C.A.)
Rittel v. Imprimeries Quebecor Inc. (1994), 95 B.C.L.R. (2d) xxxiii (S.C.)
Allard Contractors Ltd.
Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
Town of Gravenhurst
Glengarry Memorial Hospital
Air Canada
Commissioner of Official Languages
Town of Gravenhurst
Hunt v. T&N plc, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 289 (S.C.C.)
Glengarry Memorial Hospital
Duncan v. Aldis, [1993] B.C.J. No. 260 (C.A.)
Richview Holdings (1987) Inc. v. Au, (1993), 21 C.P.C. (3d) 261 (B.C.S.C.)
Rittel v. Imprimeries Quebecor Inc. (1993), 47 C.C.E.L. 193 (B.C.S.C.),
Royal Bank of Canada v. Iranzad, [1993] B.C.J. No. 1566 (S.C.)
Richview Holdings (1987) Inc. v. Au, [1993] B.C.J. No. 1832 (S.C.)
Chan v. Ferreira, [1993] B.C.J. No. 2587 (S.C.)
Oshawa General Hospital
Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society
Alex Couture Inc. et al.
Helen Chung Foh
Hayre v. Walz, [1992] B.C.J. No. 985 (C.A.)
Dorsey v. Austrian Chalet Ltd., [1992] B.C.J. No. 1766 (S.C.)
Cloutier v. Wong, [1992] B.C.J. No. 2940 (S.C.)
Thorpe v. College of Pharmacists of British Columbia, [1992] B.C.J. No. 2166 (C.A.)
Chung Estate v. King, [1992] B.C.J. No. 1830 (S.C.)
Canadian Pacific Forest Products Ltd. v. Gold River Newsprint, [1992] B.C.J. No. 1970 (S.C.)
Kebet Holdings Ltd. v. 351173 B.C. Ltd. 1992 B.C.J. No. 2735 (B.C.C.A.)
Tolofson v. Jensen (1992), 89 D.L.R. (4th) 129 (B.C.C.A.)
McKim v. McKim, [1992] B.C.J. No. 1842 (S.C.)
Rittel v. Imprimeries Quebecor Inc. (1992), 97 D.L.R. (4th) 493 (B.C.S.C.)
Smith v. Syberg-Olsen, [1992] B.C.J. No. 311 (S.C.)
Royal Bank of Canada v. Iranzad, [1992] B.C. J. No. 2495 (S.C.)
Foundation Company of Canada and Skanska A.G.
Alex Couture Inc. et al.
Attorney General of British Columbia
Primrose v. Arrow Transportation Inc., [1991] B.C. J. No. 3022 (S.C.)
Mung v. Zellinski, [1991] B.C.J. No. 4066 (C.A.)
MacDonald (Guardian ad litem of) v. Peek-Philpott, [1991] B.C.J. No. 928 (S.C.)
Jang v. Jang (1991), 54 B.C.L.R. (2d) 121 (C.A.)
Whatley v. Badshah, [1991] B.C.J. No. 3497 (S.C.)
Foster v. 1075 West Georgia Ltd., [1991] B.C.J. No. 2419 (S.C.)
Etter v. Trent, [1991] B.C.J. No. 237 (C.A.)
Realtech v. Dancorp Developments Ltd. (1991), 60 B.C.L.R. (2d) 104 (S.C.)
Denovan v. Lee (1991), 62 B.C.L.R. (2d) 213 (S.C.)
Lo v. Lo, [1991] B.C.J. No. 3005 (S.C.)
In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Erin Features No. 1 Ltd. 1991 B.C.J. No. 3330 (B.C.S.C.)
Denovan v. Lee (1991), 16 R.P.R. (2d) 292 (S.C.B.C.)
Seymour v. Guptell, [1990] B.C.J. No. 1278 (S.C.)
Hutchison v. Betts, [1990] B.C.J. No. 782 (S.C.)
Prenor Trust Co. of Canada v. Montreal Trust Co., [1990] B.C.J. No. 2781 (S.C.)
Bugden v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, [1990] B.C.J. No 2936 (S.C.)
In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Cedarbrook Sawmills Inc. 1990 80 CBR (N.S) 31
British Airways B747 damaged in Kuwait in 1990
Kuwait Airways Corporation v Kuwait Insurance Company - acting for aviation hull war insurers in respect of KAC's insurance claims in 1990
Brar (Guardian ad litem of) v. Hall, [1990] B.C.J. No. 2505 (S.C.)
Fehr v. Smith [1990] B.C.J. No. 1939 (S.C.)
PACCAR of Canada Ltd.
Scarff (Next friend of) v. Wilson, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 776 (S.C.C.)
Mantelli v. Johnston Terminals Ltd., [1989] B.C.J. No. 1047 (C.A.)
BC Gas Utility Ltd.
Jackson v. Anderson, [1989] B.C.J. No. 852 (S.C.)
Czarnuch v. Devon Transport Ltd., [1989] B.C.J. No. 230 (C.A.)
Chester v. Canada (National Parole Board) (1989), 48 C.C.C. (3d) 506 (B.C.C.A.)
Tolofson v. Jensen (1989), 40 B.C.L.R. (2d) 90 (S.C.)
Air Canada
Canadian Pacific Airlines v. British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1133
Air Canada
Air Canada v. British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1161
Mochinski v. Spalding, [1988] B.C.J. No. 1267 (S.C.)
Kalke v. Kalke, [1988] B.C.J. No. 2577 (C.A.)
Fraser v. Kelowna Motorcycle Club, [1988] B.C.J. No. 343 (S.C.)
Cope v. Taylor, [1988] B.C.J. No. 2118 (S.C.)
Gilmore v. Richmond School District No. 38, [1988] B.C.J. No. 2604 (S.C.)
Lennart's Grader Service v. John Deere Ltd. (1988), 27 B.C.L.R. (2d) 131 (S.C.)
Salzburger Sparkasse v. Total Plastics Service Inc. (1988), 50 D.L.R. (4th) 639 (S.C.B.C.)
A-dex Inc. v. Dentech Products Ltd. (1988), 31 B.C.L.R. (2d) 320 (S.C.)
Yorkshire Trust Co. v. Laurentian Pacific Insurance Co., [1987] B.C.J. No. 4 (S.C.)
Millar v. Emerson, [1987] B.C.J. No. 791 (S.C.)
Favelle v. Favelle, [1987] B.C.J. No. 330 (S.C.)
Marvin Grove
Sinn v. Arena Developments Ltd., [1986] B.C.J. No. 2252 (S.C.)
Woodchuck Manufacturing Ltd. v. Georgia Pacific Corp., [1986] B.C.J. No. 1628 (S.C.)
Kartsonas v. Brownrigg, [1986] B.C.J. No. 1815 (S.C.)
Jarrett v. Campbell, [1986] B.C.J. No. 1595 (S.C.)
Tolman v. Gearmatic Co., [1986] B.C.J. No. 481 (C.A.)
British Airways
Juric-Orlic v. Adam, [1985] B.C.J. No. 2318 (C.A.)
Sayle v. Kansa Insurance Co., [1985] B.C.J. No. 2574 (C.A.)
Tuschek v. Buxmann, [1985] B.C.J. No. 1 (S.C.)
Morguard Bank of Canada v. Eagle Management Services Ltd., [1985] B.C.J. No. 723 (S.C.)
Goldberg v. Western Approaches Ltd., [1985] B.C.J. No. 937 (S.C.)
Gulbranson v. Gulbranson, [1985] B.C.J. No. 359 (S.C.)
Beckwith v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, [1985] B.C.J. No. 772 (S.C.)
Bangle Estate v. D.W. Coates Enterprises Ltd., [1985] B.C.J. No. 8 (C.A.)
Pybus v. Houston Shoe In Ltd., [1985] B.C.J. No. 1068 (S.C.)
Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Hunter Engineering Co., [1984] W.W.R. 231 (B.C.S.C.)
Mitsui & Co.
Elizabeth Joan Savage
North Canadian Trust Co. v. Prochaska, [1983] B.C.J. No. 2325 (C.A.)
Antunes v. Lance's Auto Service Ltd., [1983] B.C.J. No. 1430 (S.C.)
MacMillan Bloedel Limited
Harrison v. Harrison, [1982] B.C.J. No. 188 (S.C.)
Lakhani (Guardian ad litem of) v. Samson, [1982] B.C.J. No. 397 (S.C.)
Fuller v. Fuller, [1982] B.C.J. No. 1627 (S.C.)
Fergusson v. Harrison, [1981] B.C.J. No. 1291 (S.C.)
Bank of Montreal v. Pioneer Meat Packers Ltd., [1981] B.C.J. No. 1639 (C.A.)
Tanu v. Ray, [1981] B.C.J. No. 86 (S.C.)
British Columbia
Patriation Reference [1981] 1 S.C.R. 753
Commercial Photo Service Inc.
Lafaille v. Lafaille, [1980] B.C.J. No. 1521 (S.C.)
Reed v. Wright, [1980] B.C.J. No. 580 (S.C.)
Damberger v. Damberger, [1980] B.C.J. No. 855 (S.C.)
R. v. Abramson, [1980] B.C.J. No. 658 (C.A.)
Hutt v. Hutchinson, [1980] B.C.J. No. 418 (S.C.)
British Columbia (Provincial Agricultural Land Commission) v. Pickell, [1980] B.C.J. No. 145 (S.C.)
Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd. & Western Co-operative Fertilizers Ltd.
Nash v. Dick Munn Pro Shop Ltd., [1979] B.C.J. No. 699 (S.C.)
Highfield Holdings (B.C.) Ltd. v. Canaveral Investments Ltd., [1979] B.C.J. No. 510 (S.C.)
Thibodeau Family Trust
Vancouver Fire Prevention Service Co. v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, [1978] B.C.J. No. 48 (S.C.)
Blackburn v. Blackburn, [1977] B.C.J. No. 16 (S.C.)
Advised and assisted the Attorney General for British Columbia with the British Columbia Government's BC-Canada Pavilion for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China
Negotiation and preparation of service agreements such as outsourcing agreements, software development agreements, design and manufacturing agreements and consulting agreements
Advising on corporate governance issues
Reduction of capital
Secured lending transactions
Buying and selling businesses (assets and shares) and equipment
Reorganization of existing businesses, including amalgamations, windings up and continuances
Organization of new business ventures via corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships and joint ventures
Consolidation, subdivision and development of lands
Negotiation and preparation of leases and licenses, statutory rights of way and other easements
Buying and selling lands and buildings
Negotiation and preparation of energy related land tenure and use documents, such as statutory rights of way and other easements, joint use of right of way agreements and road use agreements
Dymamic scheduling work
Electricity transmission tariff work
Gas gathering, processing, transportation and distribution tariff work
Negotiation and preparation of gas and electricity related service agreements such as transportation agreements, transportation-by-others agreements, operating and maintenance agreements and engineering, construction, procurement and management agreements
Buying and selling gas processing plants, gas pipelines, power projects and coal mines
AT&T
Co-counsel on labour arbitrations involving discipline/discharge and policy matters arising under collective agreements
Represented clients from vary diverse industries in trade-mark opposition matters
Global Renewable Energy Partners Inc.
Represented Global Renewable Energy Partners Inc., in its cross-Canada wind-energy development activities
Cirque du Soleil
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Limited Partnership
Represents Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Limited Partnership and provides ongoing advice with respect to the development of its mountain resort in Golden, BC
City of Vancouver
Represented City of Vancouver in implementing comprehensive rezonings of Concord Pacific lands (False Creek) and CPR/Marathon Realty lands (Coal Harbour).
Represented audiovisual producers on many occasions in establishing credit facilities with financial institutions and in drafting various contracts for TV series produced, including broadcast licences
Represented before the Copyright Board and the Federal Court of Appeal an online music service provider in the context of proposed tariffs for the reproduction and communication of musical works on the Internet.
Represents one of the largest video lottery machine manufacturers in a class action suit against Loto-Québec
Bank of Montreal
Represents private companies seeking various forms of financing
Hudson's Bay Company
Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA)
Represented an Irish public company in connection with its acquisition of two Canadian target corporations
Represented and advised medical practitioners in a variety of litigation and other matters
Appeared as counsel in Federal Court for judicial review of Canadian Human Rights Commission decision
Represents major multinational manufacturers in defence of product liability claims
Represents many not-for-profit organizations and religious communities in connection with their transactions and corporate structure
Represents many companies operating in Québec's softwood lumber sawmilling sector located as well as certain pulp and paper companies
Represents employers and employees in providing advice on non-competition provisions, confidential information, and reasonable notice issues in wrongful dismissal and other employment related matters
Represented consortium of energy companies and utilities in a cross-border emissions trading transaction involving carbon sequestration activities
Domco Tarkett Inc.
Represented Domco Tarkett Inc. in its takeover bid by an insider and its privatization (2003)
Represented contractor in connection with a multi-million dollar dam rehabilitation project. Settlement negotiated before legal proceedings commenced. Represented specialized drilling subcontractor on another dam rehabilitation project
Harris v. McNeely (1998), 21 R.P.R. (3d) 291 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Conex Business Systems Inc.
Represented Conex Business Systems Inc. (a Toshiba Canada subsidiary) on its strategic purchase of a B.C.-based target
Represented developer in connection with the development and air space subdivision of commercial/residential project in Coal Harbour.
Domco Tarkett Inc.
Represented Domco Tarkett Inc. in a tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares by Tarkett Sommaire and members of its group for a total value of $50.5 million (2003)
Represented different employers before the Commission des lésions professionnelles contesting the eligibility of an injury, the date of consolidation and the presence of functional disability or permanent impairment
Represented contractor in major dispute with a pulp and paper company. Dispute involved delays and design responsibility in connection with the construction of clarifiers.
Cossette Communication Inc.
Represented Cossette Communication Inc. in the acquisitions of Strateco Strategic Communications Group Inc. and The Columbia Communication Group Inc. (2003)
Represented design-build contractor in the defence of $40 million action relating to the design, supply and installation of 16 km overland coal conveyor at the Quintette Coal Mine.
Represents an international retail company in many civil liability cases and in consumer protection matters
Represented clients in proceedings before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Employment Standard Tribunal and the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
Cognicase
Represented geotechnical engineering firm in connection with issues of coverage under multiple errors and omissions insurance policies.
Represented clients in numerous dispute resolution processes before the Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission, B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, Employment Standards Branch
Represents both private and public companies in asset and share transactions
Represents a number of major companies in the areas of restaurants, high technology, distribution, manufacturing, communications and culture, among others
H&R Block Canada Inc.
Co-Counsel on labour arbitrations involving various matters arising under a collective agreement
Represented Committee of Unsecured Creditors in one of the largest international insolvencies in North America
Represents a production company in litigation concerning the infringement of copyrights in a popular television program seen across Canada.
Advised and represented an international air carrier in dispute resolution proceedings with Gaz Metropolitain (Canada) 2004-2005
Represented various employers in ongoing major pay equity litigation involving the Québec Commission de l'équité salariale
Vantis International
Represented Vantis International in connection with an acquisition by TravelCLICK Inc./Bain Capital.
Represented various Norwegian investment banks in connection with the listing of securities of Canadian energy companies on the Oslo Exchange
Solidarity Fund QFL
Co-counsel on a judicial review of a Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Officer decision before the Federal Court
Versacold Income Fund
Represented the United Kingdom subsidiary of a Canadian based oil & gas corporation in respect of a syndicated U.S.$120,000,000 credit facility for which a major United Kingdom bank acted as agent
Represented the syndicate of investment dealers as part of the financing by YPG Holdings Inc. of a total value of $300 million in subordinated unsecured debentures exchangeable at 5.5% (2006)
Appeared as counsel before grievance arbitrators involving matters such as discipline, termination, duty to accommodate, discrimination, interpretation of collective agreements, and management rights
Represented the Unsecured Creditors' Committee in the Calpine Chapter 11 proceedings
Trimin Capital Corp.
Represented Trimin Capital Corp. in its hostile takeover bid for HARS Systems Inc., a TSX listed company providing electronic distribution and marketing services for hotels and car rental locations worldwide
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Transat A.T. Inc.
Represented Transat A.T. Inc. in its issuer bid by auction of a total value of $125 million (2005)
Represented several board committees as part of private or public auctions for the sale of companies or other situations
Representing a group of developers in the commercial development of the first lifestyle center in Québec and one of the largest commercial real estate developments in Canada, Quartiers 10/30 in Brossard, Québec
Represented several borrowers in connection with their debt restructurings
Represented senior lenders in the synthetic leasing of equipment and office buildings
Scotia Mortgage Corporation
Represented Scotia Mortgage Corporation in real estate financings and the Bank of Nova Scotia in respect of several commercial loan facilities.
Advised an insurer on pursuing an action and enforcing judgment in respect of an annuity policy
Advised an aluminum company with respect to its energy supply from Hydro-Québec
SGF Santé Inc.
Represented SGF Santé Inc. for an investment in Medicago Inc. (2004)
Represented Zhaikmunai LLP holding an interest in the large Chinarevskoye oil and gas field in Kazakhstan in the sale of this oil and gas exploration company
Represented shareholders of Bioxalis Medica Inc. in the acquisition by Procyon Biopharma Inc. of all outstanding shares of Bioxalis Medica Inc. (2005)
Represented several corporations in their securitizations
Arbitration of major mining transportation contract dispute
CN Pension Fund
In the Matter of the Eron Mortgage Corporation (numerous decisions)
Represented the largest creditor in the bankruptcy of Jetsgo Corporation
Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (I.T.U.M.) Band Council
Represented the Innu Takuaikan Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam (I.T.U.M.) Band Council before the Federal Court in the determination of voting modalities of the elected representatives and the Chief in view of exercising the prerogatives of the Band Council
Represented the lenders' consortium in the Uni-Select financing for the MAWDI acquisition and the subsequent Can$225 million corporate financing
Represented the manager of a managed futures fund as lead counsel in connection with the fund's initial prospectus offering of trust units and renewal of its prospectus, and in obtaining the regulatory relief necessary for the fund's operations.
Represented the lending syndicate in the CDN$140 million cross-border financing of the GLV group of companies (2001)
Represented the lending syndicate in the $75 million corporate financing of a leading Canadian company in the financial services sector (2006)
Government of Québec
Represented the Government of Québec when unions in the public and paragovernmental sectors opposed the adoption of Bill 43 (An Act respecting the conditions of employment in the public sector)
Represented the borrower in the synthetic leasing of railway equipment
British Columbia Securities Commission
City of Montréal
Represented the City of Montréal when the bargaining units for its professional and white collar workers were being redefined during the municipal mergers
Represented the cross-border lending syndicate in the US$1.1 billion financing of Bombardier Inc. and certain of its European subsidiaries (2005)
Agence des partenariats public-privé du Québec
Represented the general partner of a flow-through share oil and gas limited partnership, as lead counsel, in connection with its initial prospectus offering of limited partnership units.
Represented the general partner of a flow-through share oil and gas limited partnership, as lead counsel, in connection with a private placement of limited partnership units.
AltaLink
Co-Counsel for a corporate plaintiff in complex civil fraud action
Co-Counsel for corporate plaintiff in breach of warranty claim
Represented the shareholders of a software programmer further in a commercial arbitration further to the sale of the company resulting from a complaint from a client who had purchased an integrated reservation system software suite
Represented surety in connection with turnkey cogeneration project in Ontario
Represented surety who completed six different large contracts on behalf of a subcontractor for a green field oil refinery constructed in Saskatchewan
Société des alcools du Québec
Represented the Société des alcools du Québec (the Québec liquor store corporation) in a 56-day grievance arbitration that examined numerous matters of law and principle respecting the operations management of this business.
Technocell Inc.
Represented Technocell Inc. in the acquisition of a décor paper business in Drummondville, Quebec in 2001
Represented the manufacturer of a Bench Test Equipment for the New York City Transit subway project in a commercial arbitration against a sub-contractor related to the software components of the equipment
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Represented Telesystem International Wireless Inc. in the implementation of its recapitalization plan (2001-2002)
Ministre des Transport (Québec)
Represented the Ministre des Transport (Québec) in connection with the Public-Private Partnership for the design, construction and operation of the completion of Autoroute 25 in the Montréal Metropolitan Area
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Represented Telesystem International Wireless Inc. in its privatization and liquidation via arrangement (2005)
Represented the Public Sector Pension Investment Board in the implementation and increase of its commercial paper program for a total value of $2 billion (2006)
Teleglobe Canada Inc.
Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Represented Telesystem International Wireless Inc. in a variety of public financing transactions
Royal Bank of Canada Europe Ltd.
Represented Royal Bank of Canada Europe Ltd. in the financing of African Rainbow Minerals Gold Limited (2002)
Represented major telecom client in resolution of directors and officers insurance coverage dispute arising from US class action.
Represented many employers in the negotiation of severance pay to management and employees following administrative restructuring
Hongkong Bank of Canada v. Amormino, [1995] O.J. No. 2116
HOJ Franchise Systems Inc. v. Municipal Savings and Loan Corp., [1994] O.J. No. 24
Represented major engineering company in dispute over the design and supply of process equipment for a mine.
HOJ Franchise Systems Inc. v. Municipal Savings & Loan Corp. (1994), 110 D.L.R. (4th) 645; 11 B.L.R. (2d) 282; 6 P.P.S.A.C. (2d) 302 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Represented major pulp and paper company in an action against a large international manufacturer of electrical equipment in connection with damages arising out of a PCB spill during the movement of a PCB filled transformer
Co-counsel on human rights complaints brought under the Human Rights Code and Canadian Human Rights Act involving the duty to accommodate
Appeared as counsel in court actions defending wrongful dismissals claims
The Veritas Group
Hornstein v. Veritas Group, [2005] O.J. No. 1327 [2005], O.J. No. 872 (Sup. Ct.) [2004] O.J. No. 5102 (Sup. Ct.)
Representing major bank in connection with multi-jurisdictional regulatory investigations
Miranda Mining Corporation
Represented Miranda Mining Corporation in a takeover bid by Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.
Represented multi-national lender in commercial mortgage securitization loan program
Co-counsel on labour arbitrations involving a variety of issues, including reduction of work resulting from technological change, seniority rights, overtime and interim orders
Arbor Memorial Services, Memorial Gardens Canada, Trillium Funeral Services
Represented international oil and gas company in negotiations and due diligence regarding acquisition of a Kazakh oil and gas producing company
Represented issuers in continuous disclosure compliance.
Appeared as counsel in human rights cases including mediations
Represented independent power producer in the permitting, financing, development and sale of a 50+ MW run-of-river hydroelectric project.
Represented Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. in the CDN$13.5 million project and term financing of an independent power project in British Columbia (2006)
Representing the comptroller of Groupe de scieries GDS, a large logging corporation in the Gaspé Peninsula.
Represented Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal up to the Court of Appeal as part of the litigation between La Place des Arts de Montréal and its stage technicians union
Represented major electrical contractor in defence of action involving remote telemetering, PCL controls and computerized data management systems.
Hino Victoriaville
Les Boutiques San Francisco
Represented Les Boutiques San Francisco, a sizable group of stores, in its restructuring under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
Appeared as defense counsel in a Supreme Court Trial to determine liability and damages where the Plaintiff had suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motor vehicle accident
Les Boutiques San Francisco Incorporées
Represented Les Boutiques San Francisco Incorporées in implementing its restructuring and recapitalization plan according to the terms of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (2004)
Closed private placements of equity, debt and convertible debt securities for private and public companies
Oxford Properties Group
Represented Oxford Properties Group in negotiation and provision of enforcement advice for leases of office and retail premises
Arbitrator in a broad range of international disputes including institutional (ICC, AAA, ICSID, LCIA , NIA, VIAC, and BCICAC) and ad hoc and UNCITRAL Rules arbitrations
Represented Ontario-based independent power producer in negotiating electricity purchase agreements and contract for differences for wind power project
Represented owners and contractors in a variety of construction litigation matters
Co-counsel on collective agreement arbitrations, B.C. Supreme Court matters, and B.C. Human Rights Tribunal matters
Rogers Communications Inc.
Represented Rogers Communications Inc. in its proposed acquisition of Videotron Group (2000)
Rogers Communications Inc.
Represented Rogers Communications Inc. in the litigation for control of Vidéotron Inc.
Represented resource developers in the negotiation of commercial agreements with First Nations
Appears regularly before the courts to represent financial institutions sued for dismissal of company executives
Norampac Inc.
Represented Norampac in its successful arbitration of an attempt by the Union to enforce its policy in violation of management's rights
Nortel
Advised an international oil and gas company in its negotiations and due diligence for the acquisition of a Nigerian oil and gas company including FPSO
Represented natural resources corporation on handling of contentious claim against property insurer for damage to facility, and accompanying claim against party causing damage
The Veritas Group
Hornstein v. Veritas Group, [2005] O.J. No. 3198 (Sup. Ct.)
National Bank of Canada
Represented National Bank of Canada before The Supreme Court of Canada in the matter of NBC v. Houle.
Represented national telecommunication provider in successful appeal of permit conditions imposed by municipal authority
Represented of Scotia Capita, Merril Lynch Canada, RBC Dominion Securities et al in the placement of subordinated debentures on behalf of Industrielle Alliance Assurance et Services financiers Inc., a CA$150 million transaction (March 2004)
Represented office building owners including preparing standard lease and property management forms
Client representation in securities regulation
Represented numerous clients in disputes involving tenders and RFPs
Represented numerous companies on issues relating to information technology services, outsourcing, Internet law and ecommerce, financial transaction processing, open source issues, joint ventures and technology licensing.
Government of British Columbia
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb
College of Opticians of Ontario
Business advisor to numerous private corporations
Advised related to hazardous waste management and disposal at a major BC manufacturing facility
Société Immobilière du Québec
Successfully represented Société Immobilière du Québec in defending a claim against Structure d'Acier Orléans related to a call for tender.
Successfully represented various employers in the context of disciplinary dismissals, notably for theft, breach of company policy, fraud and other matters
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
SunGard Sherwood Systems
British Columbia Transmission Corporation
Unitel Communications Inc.
Underwriters Laboratories of Canada
The Toronto Dominion Bank
Underwriters Laboratories
Advised the manager of a diverse portfolio of commercial and residential real estate on an ongoing basis regarding the acquisition, syndication, operation and disposition of properties
BMTC Group Inc.
Champion Trading et al v. Egypt
Boeing
Advised two private limited partnerships in connection with their respective real estate syndication private placement offerings tottaling more than $50 million
Agence des partenariats public-privé du Québec
Bowring Stores
Tereve Holdings Inc. / Debtor Company
$600 million ship building agreement with a Korean builder and related financing facility transaction
Zellers
CIBC v. Sayani (numerous decisions in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal)
Unifin International, Inc.
Successfully represented several businesses before civil courts in unfair competition cases brought against former employees
Advised on the merger of a leading compliance and accounting consultancy business with a national commercial law firm
Reynolds & Reynolds and Initiate Systems
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec AND Quartier international de Montréal
Advised on the development of auto malls including subdivision, development approvals and dealer relations
Still curious
AT&T Canada
Still involved in many cases concerning the Montréal fire department and the Montréal Firefighters' Association
Stock Option Plans
Advised on submissions to the Minister of Finance and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in respect of various bank act applications
Anti-Dumping - Represented the Canadian Snack Food Manufacturers in a subsidy complaint against imports of Corn from the U.S. (CITT NQ-2005-001).
J.P. Morgan Partners, Candover Partners Limited and 3i
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Moneris Solutions
Calpine Corp.
Calpine Corp. US Chapter 11 Creditors' Committee
Déjà Musique et al. v. John Doe
Déjà Musique et al. v. John Doe Rolling Anton Piller" type seizure before judgment: judgment awarding damages of $200,000.00 following the infringement of copyright of compact disks sold in Quebec flea markets.
Successfully defended application to certify class consumer action against corporation
Successfully defended major financial institution in a multi-million dollar lawsuit commenced against it by a partner of one of its borrowers. This case sent a clear message on commencing frivolous claims against financial institutions
Successfully defended application by a third party creditor to have judgment previously obtained for our client set aside as a fraudulent preference, HLT v. Rystar Communications Ltd.
Bank of Nova Scotia v. Freure Village on Claire Creek (1996), 40 C.B.R. (3d) 274 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Successfully represented freehold oil and gas lessors in the determination of the legal nature of freehold lessor royalties acquired by various royalty trusts
Successfully negotiated numerous settlements in contentious disputes including fatal accidents; severe brain injury; spinal and other serious bodily injuries; long-term disability; and life insurance claims
Successfully represented a clinical research organization as part of a liability remedy alleging that studies were not performed in accordance with trade practices
Successfully argued significant cases in the pulp industry respecting contracting out and bargaining format issues
Anti-Dumping - Represented Uniboard Surfaces Inc. in an anti-dumping and subsidy complaint against imports from China and several European countries (CITT NQ-2004-006).
Subrogation counsel on a complex, multiple building professional liability and construction defects claim
Strategic advice for merchant activities linked to an energy infrastructure development of 3,000 MW – On going
Strategic advice in the negotiation of an early termination of a long-term power purchase agreement – 2006
Successfully acted for senior lenders in the acquisition and creation of energy derivative businesses
Subrogation counsel on an energy related complex fire loss in the Alberta tar sands
Successfully acted for senior lenders in oil sands project financing in respect of both operating and capital property
Advises industrial entities on Federal, Provincial and Muncipal permitting for capital projects
Partners of Viewers Choice et al
Advising clients on corporate, securities and stock exchange regulatory requirements
Tribunal Secretary in multiple, related ICC arbitrations, which related to a complex joint venture arrangement between European and South American parties.
Trial remedy cases
Advising various lenders in connection with major financings involving industry areas such as construction, natural resources, agriculture and real estate
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. ECE Group Ltd., [2001] O.J. No. 535 (Sup. Ct.)
Became a specialist in procedural law during the performance of all mandates in civil and commercial law
Placer Dome
Advisory role to Placer Dome in relation to certain elements of its response to the take-over bid made by Barrick
The Province of British Columbia and British Columbia Railway Company completes the sale of the BCR Marine container terminal and stevedoring operations to P&O Ports
The Province of British Columbia and British Columbia Railway Company enters into a $1 billion investment partnership with CN Rail
Mortgage Brokers Association of British Columbia
Advisor to the Mortgage Brokers Association of British Columbia in connection with proposed legislative amendments to the Mortgage Brokers Act
Williams de Broe Limited
Advising various lenders in connection with major financings involving industry areas such as construction, natural resources, agriculture and real estate
The Investment Funds Institute of Canada
Advisor to The Investment Funds Institute of Canada in connection with the collapse of Vancouver-based securities dealer
Tiffany Gates Foods
Bank of Montreal
Bain Capital Inc.
Toshiba Canada Ltée
Transat A.T. Inc.
Trainer for employee and management groups on topics including statutory compliance, violence in the workplace, harassment and bullying, administering discipline and the duty to accommodate
Toshiba
Advising on project insurance, bonding and security
Advising private entities in matters arising out of Bilateral Investment Treaties, including advising an entity in connection with a US$500 million dispute between an investor and a sovereign state involving long term gas supply contracts
Attorney General of Canada
Advising on large project risk management, insurance coverage and defences
Took part in negotiating the master collective agreement for the janitorial services industry
Advising on project document management and retention
Advising on On-line construction and project management
Merck Frosst Canada & Co.
Became a specialist in the counselling, training, investigation and representation of corporations in cases of fraud prevention and management within the corporation
Telecommunications Policy Review Panel
Teleglobe Canada
Rogers Communications Inc., Videotron Ltd., Cogeco Cable Inc. and Shaw Communications
Amalgamations, Arrangements, Re-Organizations and Mergers
Advising a major Japanese financial institution with the private placement of a significant stake in a global investment bank
Advising a global investment bank in a complex transaction involving a significant equity investment in a multinational technology company and a related $180 million re-financing transaction
Advising a large Korean construction concern in a $400 million residential development project
Advising a broadband network in power cables to link 400,000 cyber cables in the Far East
Biovail Corporation and Laboratoires des Produits Éthiques Éthypharm v. the Minister of National Health and Welfare and RhoxalPharma Inc., (2005) 44 C.P.R (4th) 404
Biovail Corporation and Galephar P.R. Inc. v. RhoxalPharma Inc. and the Minister of Health Canada, (2004) 32 C.P.R. (4th) 210 (F.C.T.D.)
First Defined Portfolio Management Co.
Aurion Capital Management
Biovail Corp. v. Sandoz Canada Inc., (2005) 44 C.P.R. (4th) 404
Technical analysis on electricity regulation in Canada and the United-States for China Three Gorges Project Corporation and Yangtze Power Corp. (China) in collaboration with HEC Montreal (2005)
Biotech company completes a $22 million financing with funding from multiple parties
Advises on land use for telecommunications/broadcasting purposes, including zoning, development and building permits
Advises project proponents on projects undergoing provincial and federal environmental assessment
BetaPro Management Inc.
Argenteuil-Deux-Montagnes intermunicipal management board
Before the courts, he successfully defeated attempts by the Attorneys General of Ontario and Québec to assert provincial jurisdiction over the field operations of telecommunications companies
Test June 30
Testified regarding copyright reform before the Senate of Canada, Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, 2004
The merger and acquisition of a large Japanese software company by a major Korean electronic gaming group
Entreprises Microtec inc.
Test for curiosity's sake
Advising a wind turbine manufacturer in the 2000 MW Hydro-Québec call for tenders (2006-2007)
Advising a pharmaceutical company post-acquisition of a subsidiary company in the dismissal of all but one director and the implementation of a restructuring and reorganization programme resulting in 250 redundancies
Two Schedule B banks
Terasen Gas Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada
Tesma International Inc. (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
Bell Canada
Turnwood Acquisition Corp.
Chaired the task force on the Regulation of the financial sector in Québec (Canada) (2001)
Lead counsel on various human rights complaints before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
RPM Technologies
Chairman of three-person arbitral tribunals in several international sales, construction, joint venture, intellectual property, energy and merger and acquisition disputes
Chair of three-person arbitration panel in a major sewer line construction dispute
Sale of 40 acres of Industrial zoned property ($11.25m)
Sale of 40 unit mixed residential and commercial apartment building to the City of Vancouver ($6.4m)
Genome Sciences Canada inc. and Genome Sciences, Inc
General Motors Corp. v. Ahmed, [1998] O.J. No. 416 (Sup. Ct.)
Société des alcools du Québec
Advised and represented the Société des alcools du Québec in many files (particularly in issues related to job posting, dismissals and psychological harassment)
City of Montreal
Rogers Wireless Inc.
Rogers Communications Inc.
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)
Patrick Gouveia
Advised and represented private and public corporations as well as individuals in matters of access to information, personal information, privacy and strategic information protection
Advised and represented private corporations and individuals in writs of mandamus, declaratory judgments, judicial review and nullity actions brought against municipalities and various government organizations
Rogers Wireless Partnership (and its predecessor Rogers Cantel Inc.)
Rogers Wireless Partnership
Air Canada
Advised clients in all stages of patent procurement and enforcement, from conducting and analyzing patentability searches, and drafting and prosecuting Canadian, U.S. and PCT patent applications
Galler v. Morganstein (2003), 64 O.R. (3d) 503
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Advised clients on issues relating to consultation and accommodation with regard to Aboriginal rights and title
Assisted a national forest products company with the employment and labour aspects of a recent acquisition
Advised clients on retirement benefit plans and amending such plans
Hallmark-William E. Coutts Company Limited
Assisted a large international forestry company with the divestiture of a sawmill
CI Investments Inc.
Advised CI Investments Inc. on a variety of derivative transactions for structured products
$110 million acquisition and related financing of commercial real estate properties in Japan by a REIT
Gazit (1997) Inc.
Communications and Information Technology Commission in Saudi Arabia
Financial Creditor Committee
Antisoma Plc
Advised Antisoma in connection with its bio-product manufacturing and supply arrangements, related stability studies and pharmacovigilance and quality agreements
La Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec
Advised and represented La Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec in cases concerning the powers of trustees and asset managers
Greiner Bio-One GmbH
Moneris Solutions Corporations
Advised and represented business leaders, professionals and citizens in the preparation of complaints of extortion, harassment, threats, fraud and public mischief and in their submission to the police for eventual laying of charges
Work with counsel in the United States to prepare applications for executives, managers, professionals and highly skilled workers to work in the United States
Government of Québec
Arm's length take-over bid for a U.S. corporation expanding in the Canadian pulp manufacturing market
Advised and represented clients in environmental assessments under the different processes in B.C. and the N.W.T.
Ville de Mont-Royal
ABetA Technology Ltd
The Shato Group
Represents The Shato Group in a broad range of business interests including real estate development, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing and processing, restaurant and food service and the operation of a Major Junior hockey team
Represents the Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Barreau du Québec in various litigations brought against its insured on professional liability matters
The Shato Group
Represents The Shato Group in a broad range of business interests including real estate development, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing and processing, restaurant and food service
Resolved complex terminations of employment of chief executive officers, presidents and other senior managers of public companies
Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT)
Construction Del-Nor Inc.
Responsible for the pre-reorganization steps reorganizing the Canadian Pacific group of companies into separate public operating entities
RBC Capital Markets
Goodyear Canada v. Burnhamthorpe Square Inc. (1997), 32 O.R. (3d) 657; 9 R.P.R. (3d) 244 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Advised and represented clients operating in the mining and forestry sectors, in numerous bank financing transactions, including the implementation of credit facilities by lending consortiums.
Goodyear Canada Inc. v. Jet Centre Management Ltd., [1998] O.J. No. 4124 (Sup. Ct.)
Goodyear Canada Inc.
Advised and represented individuals and legal entities in loss of reputation and privacy injunctions and liability suits, whether as plaintiffs or as defendants
Advised and represented individuals, corporations in complaints of fraud, theft, breach of trust, secret commissions, technological crimes, threats, criminal harassment, assault, under the influence, offences under the Competition Law
Advised and represented clients in injunction applications regarding blockades and potential blockades by aboriginal protestors
Reviewed and finalized tender documents for $800 million USD turnkey contract for coal fired thermal power plant for India, and reviewed contract for independent power project in Sri Lanka
Reviewed and prepared termination packages
Review of Mining Technical Reports for compliance with N1 43-101
Reviewed $200 million USD design-build contract for proposed port facilities in Russia and prepared related design-build, project management and camp catering contracts for whole project
Reviewed contract on behalf of a developer for the design, construction and operation of a hotel in Russia (now open for business)
Rezoning and subdivision of lands
Will and estate planning, including trusts and non-testamentary
Reviewed design-build contract and related subcontracts for a cruise ship berthing facility
Reviewing LTO title searches and preparing summary of mortgage
Assisted a national insurance broker in recovering significant damages as a result of the breach by a former employee of restrictive covenants
Société des alcools du Québec
Société d'habitation et de développement de Montréal
Assisted clients in protecting their trade secrets and in obtaining industrial design registrations and design patents
Electrical Power Systems Construction Association and Ontario Hydro
Vente de la gare Windsor
Société québécoise d'exploration minière (SOQUEM)
Assisted an innovative pharmaceutical company in a mediation-arbitration against its supplier further to the discovery of defects in several batches of product
Assisted an insurer with defending an action in an insurance policy disability claim.
Assisted an Independent Power Producer in corporate and regulatory matters relating to the construction of power generating facilities
Slater Steel Inc. and its affiliates
Assisted applicants for permanent residence status prepare applications
Canadian counsel to an international lender in its role as agent for a syndicate of lenders in respect of the $100,000,000 Canadian portion of a $1,500,000,000 credit facility granted to an international glass container and plastic packaging manufacturer
Assisted clients in obtaining patents in the automotive, manufacturing, wireless, computer hardware, advertising, hospitality, and gaming fields
Assisted both forestry and energy clients in preparing and using standard form contracts for their day-to-day operations
Canadian counsel to international mining company on global outsourcing arrangement
Canadian Coalition for Good Governance
Canadian Coalition for Good Governance re: income trust governance project
Assisted with purchase and sale of commercial properties including the purchase of two thirds of a city block in downtown Vancouver
Assisted with the financing, construction and expansion of several large greenhouse businesses
Advised on regulatory and consumer protection issues, including Financial Consumer Agency of Canada requirements, in connection with financial products for banks, insurers, payday lenders, and merchants
Assisted with legal due diligence review in the proposed purchase of a major shopping centre in Vancouver by a group from China, including review of office and retail leases, investigation of development and regulatory compliance matters
Assisting a Buddhist religious organization in obtaining development approval of a landmark Buddhist temple in Greater Vancouver
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
St. Mary's Indian Band and the St. Eugene Mission Resort Companies
Various asset and share purchase transactions, i.e. retail, manufacturing, transportation, and consulting companies.
Spent several years in commercial litigation in the construction sector and, thereafter, supervised a wide array of litigation files
Assisted junior companies with their initial corporate structure, seed capital financing, initial public offerings, listings on stock exchanges and subsequent private and public financings
Canadian Cable Television Association
Sole arbitrator in a leasing dispute between landlord and tenant
Speaker, Panel Discussion on the proceedings under Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, National Judicial Institute, 2007
Assisted a number of clients develop branding strategies and establish international trade-mark portfolios including Aritzia, Anormed and White Spot
Capmark Finance Inc.
Shares for Debt
Shareholders' and directors' disputes, including proxy contests, for both management and shareholder groups
Advised employers regarding employment policy manuals
AnorMED Inc.
Capital Pool Companies
Supermétal Québec inc.
Fraser v. Westminer Canada Ltd. (2003) 228 D.L.R. (4th) 513 (N.S.C.A.), affirming (2001) 199 N.S.R. (2nd) 1 (N.S.S.C.)
Securities law compliance and Continuous Disclosure
RedPrairie Corporation
Was involved in representing RedPrairie Corporation in the acquisition of GEOCOMtms Inc., a software company in the Québec City region
Advised clients regarding the creation and amendment to non-registered supplementary pension plans
Advised concerning a multi-party contaminated site and remediation cost recovery action
Carried out the sale of the real estate portfolio of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. ($4.5 billion) to a subsidiary of Kingdom Hotels International and Colony Capital, LLC
Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec
Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Inc.
Advised mutual fund trusts in connection with their establishment and subsequent private placements by way of offering memorandum
Band Council of the Six Nations
Advised numerous boards of directors and special committees of both private and public companies in connection with business combinations, going-private transactions and ongoing corporate governance matters
Advised on B.C. regulatory requirements for various insurers and insurance agents, including licensing and statutory ownership restrictions
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
SkyePharma Plc
Advised major US mining company in relation to proposed mining investment in Mongolia
Advised investment dealers in connection with various domestic and international public offerings and private placements of securities of both public and private issuers, including income trusts
Advised issuers and investment banks in connection with various reverse take-over transactions and "qualifying" transactions on the TSX Venture Exchange
Advised in the preparation of submissions to the Financial Institutions Commission of BC for regulatory approval in respect of prepaid card programs and strata hotel industry
Sifto Canada Corp. and the Goderich Port Management Corporation
Lombard Medical Technologies Plc
Advised Lombard Medical Technologies in connection with its device manufacturing arrangements in England and Germany
Simon Fraser University
Advised major multinational mining company in dealing with threatened confiscatory legislation in Latin American company
Advised major multinational defence products manufacturer on drafting of Compliance Manual in relation to avoidance of foreign corrupt practices
J.P Morgan Plc and Barclays Capital
J.Y. "John" Roberts
Various employers
Agropur coopérative
Acted on behalf of Agropur coopérative in the preparation and drafting of legislation concerning its continuance under federal law and involving assets of over $500 million (October 2000)
Itron Inc.
Fleet Financial and Chubb Insurance
Agropur coopérative
Acted on behalf of Agropur coopérative, a dairy producer, in the determination of the negotiations' strategy and the preparation of documentation relating to the acquisition of a dairy enterprise in Latin America (2006-2007)
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Falconbridge Limited
Acted on behalf of Falconbridge Limited in setting up the legal framework for carrying out construction of the Raglan Mine located in Northern Québec
Johnson & Johnson
Agropur coopérative
Acted on behalf of Agropur coopérative, in the acquisition of assets of "Island Farms Dairies Co-operative Association" and "Island Farms Ltd.", a transaction of about CA$55 million (January 2005)
Acted on behalf of CP in the development of Canada's largest inter-modal facility in Les Cèdres, Quebec
Is representing a federal Crown corporation in complex litigations as well as grievance arbitrations
Divestiture of an integrated marine transportation corporation and reorganization of capital structure
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Acted on behalf of a developer of a municipal waste-fired generation project in respect to contracts with suppliers, the sale of electricity, export approvals, access to transmission and the sale of steam
Tourbières Lambert inc.
Acted on behalf of a developer of independent power projects in respect of the potential purchase and development of a power project and in respect of access to the electric transmission system in British Columbia
Is involved in a number of mandates relating to the Éléonore project of Les Mines Opinaca Ltd. in the far northern region of Québec.
Is involved in litigation concerning pharmaceutical patents: the law office represents innovative corporations requiring the application of the Patented Medecines Regulations against generic drug companies.
Is presently acting on behalf of Bombardier Produits Récréatifs (BRP) in various important manufacturer's liability cases
Is a member of the team in charge of defending a multinational in an important class action suit concerning product liability
Is a member of the team representing the Government of Québec before the Federal Court of Canada in a far-reaching action against the Government of Canada in the matter of stabilization payments.
Is acting on behalf of the Caisse de dépôt in a class action instituted by CSII shareholders.
Kevin Drady v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, et al.
Developer of experiential destination resorts sells a 75% interest in the partnerships operating a ski resort for $681 million as part of an initial public offering
Developed worldwide trade-mark filing programs for a number of clients and managed their portfolios
Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
Acted on behalf of la Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec in the acquisition of assets totalling $1 million of " Province of Ontario Savings Office" and leading to the creation of Desjardins Credit Union in Ontario (January 2003)
Development and financing work on a major residential real estate development by a Korean developer
Development and financing work on a $365 million mixed-use real estate development project by a Korean developer
Kia Canada
Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
Acted on behalf of large private transportation company in their purchase of shares form a group of regional operators ($6.5m)
Developed privacy compliance plans for "not for profit" and "for profit" organizations, including conducting a privacy audit, developing policies and procedures, training employees and developing training modules and privacy impact assessments
Developed a clinical trials agreement review and negotiation process for one of western Canada's largest clinical trials centres
Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT)
Jointly represented major pipe manufacturer and its insurer in the defence of a $30 million action involving the Grizzly Valley pipeline failure, which involved complex metallurgical and welding matters, corrosion inhibition theory and practice
Jointly with fellow lawyers from the firm, she is advising two important clients of the firm on issues concerning the preservation of agricultural land in cases of province wide scope
Société immobilière technologique de Montréal Inc.
Joint venture and other participation agreements
Bombardier
Gamesa
Acted on behalf of Gamesa in the bid to develop a 1,000MW Wind Farm in Québec
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau and Bayerische Landesbank
Acted on behalf of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau and Bayerische Landesbank whose unsecured debt exceeded $1.2 billion in the $14 billion restructuring of Air Canada
Kellogg Company
Groupe Canam inc.
Acted on behalf of Groupe Canam inc., a manufacturing firm, in the public issue of class A shares of its capital stock, shares valued at CA$48 million (March 2005)
The Law Society of British Columbia v. Glen P. Robbins, 2011 B.C.S.C. 1310
Acted on behalf of guarantor in providing a guarantee for indebtedness and General security agreement with floating charge in favour of BMO securing revolving and non-revolving credit facilities ($100m)
IP due diligence in respect of a life sciences company's admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
Due diligence and title review
Via Rail Canada Inc.
BluMont Capital
Independent counsel to arbitrator in large international construction arbitration in which arbitrator's jurisdiction, applicable law and rules of procedure disputed after commencement of arbitration
Acted for the vendor on a £13 million share sale of a property development company involving vendor financing arrangements
Acted for various Independent Power Producers in preparing tenders for BC Hydro's calls for power, and with respect to permitting and environmental assessment issues
Instructed U.S. counsel in two substantial federal and state court actions concerning commercial agreements and environmental contamination of commercial property
Instructed US counsel in prosecution and settlement of contaminated site claim against utility for commercial investment client
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Drafting and advising on tendering, requests for proposals, requests for expressions of interest, unsolicited proposals, bid depository, tendering disputes and tendering evaluation issues
W.A. Baxters & Sons Ltd
Acted for W.A. Baxters & Sons Ltd in the turnaround of SoupExperts Inc.
Dupont Canada Inc.
TD Securities Inc.
E.I. DuPont
Dupont
In the Matter of the Proposal of Point West Fashion Outlets et al. 1996 B.C.J. 798 (B.C.S.C.)
Incapacity litigation, including: committeeship and adult guardianship applications, claims involving minors
Incapacity planning, including advice on representation agreements, health care consents, living will, power of attorney
Dundee Wealth Management IT
In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Robert McNeill 1997 B.C.J. 352 (B.C.C.A.)
Union Street Holdings Inc. v. Anew Trucking, (Ont. Gen. Div.), [1994] O.J. No. 283
Drafted and prosecuted U.S. and Canadian trade-mark applications for clients in a wide variety of industry sectors, including manufacturing, computer hardware, computer software, telecommunications and wireless services, hospitality, and retailing
Drafted and negotiated the agreements for municipal works related to the development project on the northern tip of Île-des-Sœurs, a project with an assessed property value of $1 billion.
Drafted and reviewed commercial leases, and modifications to leases
Dofasco Inc.
Acted in several mandates involving take-overs and financings by way of public offerings and private placements, mainly on behalf of mining corporations.
UCB Sidac Int. Ltd. v. Lancaster Packaging Inc. (1993), 51 C.P.R. (3d) 449 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Dofasco Inc.
Investigator appointed by employers to investigate allegations of sexual harassment under corporate policies and human rights legislation and to provide recommendations and strategic advice to employers based on findings
Drafted assignments, joint venture and escrow agreements
Interconnection transmission project designed to link the Atlantic region of Canada and the Ontario market – On going
Drafted the agreements for municipal works related to the development of "Triomphe" real estate project in Terrebonne, which has an estimated property value of $800 million.
Acted in Private Partnership Transactions, including the Royal BC Museum Large Screen IMAX Theatre Development and the new Recreational Ice Rink Facility in Victoria
Drafted web site terms of use and privacy statements and click-thru licensing agreements
Inter-American Development Bank
Drafted School Board Employee Policy Manual for Northern Alberta band run Aboriginal School Board with three schools
Drafted Canadian Employee Policy Manual for a US based International Compression, Automation and Drive Technology Company with Canadian operations in three jurisdictions
International Gaming Technology
Drafted Export Compliance Handbook for major Canadian company
Fonds d'investissement privé TechnoCap Inc.
Acting as plaintiffs' counsel in a Supreme Court Action in respect of personal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
Acting as corporate counsel to and advising on general corporate and commercial matters for a major Japanese bank
Major acquisition by a global financial services company of the wholesale business of Japan's leading commodities brokerage house
Major Canadian automobile insurers
Xerox Canada
Acted, as Canadian legal counsel, on behalf of SANIMAX Industries inc. in the acquisition of the assets of Groupe Anamax Corporation in the United States, for over $100 million (January 2005)
Customs Law
Cinar Corporation
Currently represents a major pharmaceutical distributor in the liquidation of multimillion dollar pharmaceutical assets, following the insolvency of a major client
Acted successfully for a public body before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to have an applicant declared a frivolous and vexatious complainant
Acted to negotiate and close a U.S.$200,000,000 secured bond facility for a resource company
Customs Law
Currently represents a client in a $1.2 million action against the architects, engineers, and general contractor for conception and construction defects.
Cummins Ontario Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada v. Société Générale (Canada), [2003] O.J. No. 2073 (Sup. Ct.)
Manulife Financial
Manulife Securities International Inc.
CRTC
Sipro Lab Telecom Inc.
Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines Limited
Cray Inc.
Acting for a specialist paper mill in relation to changing employees' redundancy terms and subsequently dealing with the wind down and closure of the factory involving over a hundred redundancies
Credit union sells its mutual fund advisory and management business to a mutual fund company and completes a $90 million mutual fund merger
Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ)
Major multiparty equity investment in a biotechnology concern
Major take-over bid for a multinational container shipping company
UCB SA
Managed and reviewed clinical trial agreements for UCB SA, sponsor of a multi-centre study in the US and Eastern Europe
Managed trade-mark portfolios for international companies, advising clients on overall filing strategies, opposition matters and searching
SkyePharma Plc
Managed and reviewed clinical trial agreements for SkyePharma, sponsor of a multi-centre study in the US and Canada
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Acted since 2005 for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in several construction financings for senior residences. The financings range from $20 million to $50 million
Defended C.G.L. insurer in $3.5 million coverage/''bad faith'' action emanating from underlying environmental tort action. Claimed over against previous coverage/ tort defence counsel. Settled on eve of trial on highly favourable terms for our client
Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. DRS Technologies, Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 4193 (Sup. Ct.)
Defended a large environmental company against a multi-million dollar breach of confidence and misuse of confidential information claim brought by one of its competitors
Defended Vancouver law firm in $3 million ''bad faith''/legal malpractice action. Settled during trial on highly favourable terms for our client
Defended insurers in the two first substantial Canadian liability insurance ''bad faith'' actions: Fredrikson v. I.C.B.C. and Shea v. M.P.I.C.
Defended corporate directors in derivative action arising from major league sports M&A transaction
Defence of a financial institution regarding a duty to give financial advice
Defence counsel for numerous developers, contractors and sub-trades in a number of construction disputes and defects claims
Law Society of Upper Canada
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Acted on behalf of The Bank of Nova Scotia in the $128 million structured international leveraged lease financing of Air Canada
Design and drafting of arbitration and mediation clauses and dispute resolution systems
Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc.
Acted on behalf of Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc. in the public issue of class A subordinate voting shares valued at over $146 million (January 2001)
Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc.
Acted on behalf of Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc. in a public issue of approximately CA$1.5 million (July 2004)
Desjardins Bank, National Association and Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc.
Acted on behalf of Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) inc. in the acquisition of subordinated debentures of over US$1.3 billion (July 2004)
Mouvement Desjardins
Acted on behalf of Mouvement Desjardins in various disputes relating to the merger of its federations.
Novacap II
Large BC-based agricultural company acquired by a US purchaser for $65 million under distressed circumstances
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Ville de Montréal
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
De Beers Canada
Shear v. Coffee Time Donuts Inc., [1994] O.J. No. 273
Shell Canada
Canadian lending syndicate
Acted on behalf of the Canadian lending syndicate of the $400 million corporate financing of Air Canada
Ambrilia Biopharma Inc.
Listings on the TSX Venture Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange
Acted on the acquisition and sale of office buildings and retail complexes, including Metrotower I, Burnaby, BC
Danish Turbine Manufacturers and Japanese financiers
Acted on behalf of the Danish Turbine Manufacturers and Japanese financiers in the development and financing of a $160 million, 100MW wind farm in Québec
North American lending syndicate
Acted on behalf of the North American lending syndicate in the $1.75 billion cross-border financing of Bombardier Inc.
North American lending syndicate
Acted on behalf of the North American lending syndicate in the restructured $1.1 billion cross-border financing of Bombardier Inc.
Legal advisor to a government power corporation for electric power transmission in Canada and the United States (2004-2006)
Lead counsel on collective agreement grievance arbitrations
Lead counsel on employment litigation before the B.C. Supreme Court
Defence counsel for numerous corporate and individual clients against personal injury claims involving commercial host liability and the Occupiers Liability Act
Lead Counsel in wrongful dismissal actions before the B.C. Provincial Court and Supreme Court of B.C.
Lead counsel on academic appeal matters
Lead counsel on B.C. Employment Standards litigation
Acted on behalf of the building owners in the leasing of Édifice Le Windsor / The Windsor Building (approx. 240,000 square feet of office space)
Defence counsel for a foreign barbecue manufacturer in a products liability related fire claim
Exceldor and Olymel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Acted for certain creditors in the Enron (Canada) bankruptcy
Quebec's Public Curator
Acted as counsel and attorney for Quebec's Public Curator in the determination of the duties, obligations and liability of the latter in view of a series of claims following a government investigative report in 1997-1998
Acted as co-counsel in a domestic arbitration for a not-for-profit agency in a dispute regarding a licence agreement, which resulted in a contractual interpretation favourable to our client
Eicom Plc
Acted for Eicom, an AIM listed digital media company, during 2005 and 2006 on various acquisitions as part of its commitment to building a portfolio of digital TV channels and in 2006 on a private fundraising
Financial Security Assurance Inc.
Acted for CN on its multi-modal transportation development of its Station Street, Vancouver, Terminal, which included future residential
Acted for developers of residential and commercial condominium projects, including one of the earliest Airspace Parcel projects on leased land from the City of Vancouver (South Shore False Creek)
Acted as co-counsel in British Columbia for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Canada) in its conversion from a subsidiary to a branch of a foreign bank
Acted as counsel for a major U.S.-based forest products company on its divestiture of a pulp mill
Export Controls
Acted as counsel for the founder of an international advanced manufacturing technology company in connection with a complex tax reorganization
Acted as counsel for many professional corporations and the Québec Interprofessional Council (C.I.Q.) to analyze and reform the syndics' investigative powers
Acted for both landlords and tenants on a variety of commercial leasing transactions of office, industrial and retail space
Acted as counsel in respect of privacy complaints
Acted as counsel in arbitrations both under the Timber Harvesting Contract and Subcontract Regulation and the Commercial Arbitration Act
Acted as counsel for industry to secure existing and future property and operational rights over First Nations lands, both reserve and traditional
Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund Inc.
Acted for Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund Inc., the principal secured creditor, in the realization of its security interests in the Ultravision Corporation bankruptcy, a company with assets in Canada, England and Australia
GMP Securities Ltd.
Acted as counsel for Australia's largest gold mine (approx. 1,000,000 oz pa), the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Export control and customs compliance
Global merger of the brokerage businesses of Societe Generale and Credit Agricole Group
GE Real Estate
Acted for GE Real Estate in several real estate financings since 2004, including the Redbourne, Sandalwood, Dominion Square and Apple Self Storage portfolios, totaling between $40 million and $100 million
Acted for governments and private parties in development of office buildings and office parks in various BC locations
IBM
Acquisitions and Dispositions
Duchesnay Inc.
Kavanagh Homes Limited
Acted for lender in financing the acquisition and development of golf course in Kelowna ($5m)
Greater Toronto Airport Authority
Acted for major boiler manufacturer on a number of separate disputes in relation to the $120 million turnkey supply of a major boiler and ancillary equipment for a pulp and paper company. All disputes and claims successfully resolved prior to litigation
Acquisition of real property from a private corporation and the Federal Government of Canada involving negotiating the termination of prior existing leasehold rights and the granting of new leasehold rights
Xstrata Canada Corporation, Xstrata Zinc Canada Division
Acted for landlords and tenants with respect to leases, subleases, lease assignments, lease terminations and the preparation of standard form lease documents for shopping centres, office buildings and commercial strata leases
Goodyear
Acquisitions of television and radio stations for a leading Canadian broadcasting company
Acted for employers with respect to pension interpretation issues
Acted for employers with respect to several contentious terminations of employment
Acted as an expert witness on investor-state arbitration for the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships in the Walkerton Public Inquiry
Acted as a point person for the coordination of financing aspects
Act for four airlines in connection with obtaining federal regulatory approval including Foreign Air Operator Certification from Transport Canada, licensing with the Canadian Transportation Agency, and corporate structure and domestic business activities
Goodman & Company IT
Goodyear of Canada
Establishment of a leading Asian bank under Schedule 3 of the Bank Act, including issuance of Order to Commence and Carry on Business (OSFI) and on-going operational matters
Private institution
Acted for Bombardier Recreational Products in an action for damages against Dow Chemicals after the latter supplied them with defective tanks
Acted for a Canadian pension fund in the acquisition of a large retail mall
Acted for a forestry company in the purchase of the operating assets of a log processing company in respect of environmental due diligence matters
Acted for a client in relation to the development, construction and financing of a 1000 MW wind power project to be carried out in the Province of Quebec in Canada
YMCA
Acted for a private operator, YMCA, on a number of PPP's to operate and maintain recreational facilities in arrangements with local/regional governments and educational institutions
Acted for a pulp and paper client with respect to a call for tenders issued by Hydro-Quebec Distribution for 100 MW of biomass (Canada) (2003-2005)
Frequently argues before arbitration tribunals, the Commission d'accès à l'information, the Commission des lésions professionnelles and the Commission des relations du travail
Acted for a Canadian chartered bank on a $375 million credit to a leading North American food services distribution company
Hypothèques CDPQ Inc
CDPQ Mortgage Investment Corporation, Sun Life Insurance Company of Canada and Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc
Acted for a joint venture with respect to a call for tenders issued by Hydro-Québec Distribution in 2002 for 1200 MW from a natural gas fired plant (Canada)
Foamex Canada
Acted for a major dairy organization in multi-million dollar acquisition and reorganization of a cheese production facility
Acted for a major retailer on a land exchange with the owners of Pacific Centre, for purposes of developing Pacific Centre North
Acted for a major automotive manufacturer on the development of a new major parts distribution centre and land assembly for a new dealership
Acted for a pension fund in the acquisition of raw development lands, a hotel, marina and 18 hole golf course on Vancouver Island
Acted for a nominated adviser and nominated broker on the private placing and admission to AIM of an innovative beauty brand building business
Acted for a number of energy, mining and processing companies in respect of environmental management and compliance issues
Acted for a number of energy, mining and processing companies in respect of environmental management and compliance issues
Baxters Food Group and Baxters Canada
Acted for Baxters Food Group and Baxters Canada and in their multi-million dollar acquisition of the Aylmer and Primo brand soup business of Cangro Foods
Acted as counsel on privacy compliance issues for a Fortune 500 organization in a transaction involving electronic health records
Acted as lead Canadian counsel on behalf of a Chinese oil company in respect of a $2 billion plan of arrangement to acquire oil properties in Kazakhstan held by a Canadian corporation
Acted for an international marketing research firm in connection with its acquisition of a boutique firm specializing in advertising testing and tracking
Acted for an IPP with respect with a call for tenders issued by Hydro-Quebec Production in 2002 for 50 MW of hydroelectricity (Canada)
Extensive experience acting for maritime terminal operators, short-sea carriers, motor and rail carriers in cargo-related litigation, regulatory permitting and commercial matters
Extensive corporate reorganization activities for various multi-national corporations including engineering and construction business, telecom market research business, hospitality industry and real estate industry
Acted as counsel on numerous claims involving motor vehicle, rail and aviation losses
BC Institute of Technology
Acted for BC Institute of Technology with respect to rezoning of its aerospace campus in Richmond and the lease out of the partnership wins of the aerospace campus
Acted as counsel in the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate
Acted for an integrated forest products company in connection with the negotiation of its project financing for the construction of an oriented strand board plant in Alberta
Acted as Tribunal Secretary in an ICC arbitration, which determined a multi-million dollar dispute between US and European parties arising out of the acquisition of a large UK based company
Acted as trainer for employee and management groups on topics including statutory compliance, harassment, administering discipline, privacy compliance, and the duty to accommodate
Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and KKR
Acted as Quebec Counsel to the consortium headed by Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and KKR in the $38 billion bid to acquire BCE Inc.
Frequently provides advice to clients on corporate restructures
Financial institution purchases shares of an insurance company from another shareholder for $17 million
Financial insitution sells insurance company to another insurance company for $30 million
Acted as lead counsel on various private placements by both private and public corporations
Acted for an aluminum company before the Quebec Energy Board on Hydro-Québec TransEnergy filing on NERC and NPCC reliability standards (2003)
Acted for an energy company in obtaining project approvals for the Island Cogeneration Project
Acted for a syndicate of Canadian chartered banks on facilities aggregating $450 million for a BC and Alberta based energy distribution and transportation group of companies
Acted as lead real estate counsel for a significant Alberta based public utility company in the divestiture of assets in excess of $800 million
Acted as lead counsel to a Calgary based junior Canadian oil and gas issuer on its initial public offering to fund its Canadian operations
Greening Donald Co. Ltd.
A member of the Barreau du Québec, Louise is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group
He set up the first mortgage term financing in the amount of $90 million for shopping centers including a regional center in the heartland of Québec on behalf of a private real estate fund controlled by Canadian pension fund managers
He set up the first mortgage term financing of $152 million in the residential portfolio for l'Île des Soeurs
Prestige Telecom
Acted for Prestige Telecom, a telecommunications company, in its restructuring
Hemosol Corp. and Hemosol LP
Employers advised in litigation or controversies arising out of the application of Québec's Pay Equity Act
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Acted for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in a multi-million dollar, multi-national financing transaction
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Acted for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in a multi-million dollar, multi-national financing transaction
A mandate given by many Québec cities and municipalities concerning the powers vested in them for the management of their activities, as well as representation mandates before the courts
He set up the first mortgage term financing in the amount of $38.2 million for the shopping center Centre Laval in Laval, Québec
Acted for one of the largest aluminium producers in the world, in negotiations with Hydro-Quebec with respect to various agreements (transmission of electricity and water rights) (Canada) (2003-2005)
He has acted for a broad range of domestic and foreign issuers whose shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and The Toronto Stock Exchange
He is a governor of the Project Management Institute, Montréal chapter
Le Soleil et Société Radio-Canada
Has successfully represented before the Court of Appeal the Quebec the daily newspaper Le Soleil as well as Société Radio-Canada by having a publication ban quashed.
Has successfully represented the Canada Industrial Relations Board before the Supreme Court of Canada (Royal Oak Mines v. Canada (Canada Industrial Relations Board), [1996] 1 S.C.R. 369.
Has taken part in a number of negotiations of collective agreements for different clients.
Les Mines Opinaca Ltée
He is currently representing Les Mines Opinaca Ltée in its Éléonore project located in Northern Québec
He set up the first mortgage term financing for Place Dupuis, Immeuble Raycom, Les Atriums, La Cité, la Tour Bell as well as la Tour de la Bourse, in Montréal
He set up the first mortgage term financing in the amount of $2.5 million for Les Appartements La Cité in Montréal, Québec
He set up the first mortgage term financing in the amount of $38 million in a portfolio of 11 industrial and office properties in Québec and in Toronto, Ontario
He is presently one of the writers of the next "Project Management Institute Book of Construction Knowledge" ("PMI BOCK")
He set up the bridging finance of the construction of phase I and II of la Cité du Commerce Électronique
He set up the construction bridging finance in the amount of $21 million and the term financing in the amount of $25.2 million for the new town hall in Longueuil
Acted for the purchaser in the acquisition of a large agricultural-based business, including in respect of due diligence, asset transfers, regulatory compliance and environmental issues
Boutiques San Francisco Incorporées, Ailes de la Mode Incorporées, Éditions San Francisco Incorporée
East Hill Productions
New Skeena Forest Products Inc.
Acted for the receiver of New Skeena Forest Products Inc. in all aspects of the receivership, including significant asset disposition transactions
Hubbard Test June 30
Hubbard Test June 302
Humberts
Acted for the owners of Georgia Hotel, including advising on various development scenarios
Acted for receiver of forestry operation in sale of assets, including forest tenures and real property
Acted for senior level of government as the originator and fleet lessor in respect of its motor vehicle fleet leasing and management program including lease securitization and the establishment a single seller, multi-asset special purpose entity to act
Acted for several syndicates of Canadian, European and American financial institutions in connection with a series of facilities, aggregating in excess of $800 million, established for a number of B.C. based corporations
A Canadian bank completes $1 billion divesture of its retail loan portfolio to another bank
Hertz Equipment Rentals
SITQ
Acted for SITQ in the sale of a $54,200,000 shopping centre portfolio to Canada Lac St Jean Trust
Bank of Montréal
Acted for the Bank of Montréal in a $40 million remedy in damages concerning the TMI-Éducaction.com bankruptcy
EDS Canada
Acted for the agents on the $15 million private placement of special warrants of a private U.S.-based uranium exploration company
HOJ National Leasing
Effected plans of arrangement by which public companies having shareholders in Canada and the United States merged
Pétroles Crevier
Has successfully represented an oil company in a dispute between shareholders as to the interpretation of a shareholders' agreement
Acted for mortgagor in a defeasance of a non-pre-payable mortgage
Enforced the trade mark and domain name rights of a chain of international restaurants
A&B Sound Ltd.
Hamilton Specialty Bar Corporation
A. Farber & Partners Inc.
Has acted as advisor in injunction actions in which executives left their employer to work for competitors
Has been involved in an international arbitration concerning a bilateral agreement on the protection of investments.
Has been involved in monetization transactions involving the National Bank of Canada
Has been very active at the municipal level since the beginning of his career. He was an important player in municipal mergers, mainly on the island of Montréal
Has acted on behalf of a major oil pipeline company in federal and provincial regulatory proceedings, which have included rate hearings and applications for approval of facilities, and have also included litigation and other disputes
Has advised professional corporations on important questions regarding public protection and the respect of restricted titles and exclusive professional activities
Has advised Québec and Canadian employers on business restructuring, more particularly with regard to drafting employment contracts and the termination of employment.
Abbott Laboratories, Ltd. v. Nu-Pharm Inc., (1998) 78 C.P.R. (3d) 38
Environmental remediation cost recovery action
Acquisition of a North American industrial equipment manufacturer for a European corporate group
Acquisition of a Japanese pharmaceutical company by a global pharmaceutical group
Greening Donald Co. Ltd.
Various Private Equity Funds
German pharmaceutical company
Acted for major developer in connection with construction and development of multi-phase condominium project
Guidant Corporation and its affiliates
Guidant
Messier-Dowty
Acted for Messier-Dowty in proceedings brought by Lauda Air following the crash of a Challenger Regional Jet in Romania
American and Canadian subsidiaries
Has represented senior lenders whose debt due exceeded Can$1 billion in Air Canada's bankruptcy
Lenders' consortium
Has represented the lenders' consortium in the Can$350 million Scott Paper corporate financing
Has represented financial institutions in actions instituted by competing institutions seeking damages and injunctive relief for unfair competition
Has represented many food industry corporations, including multinationals, in litigation concerning product packaging trademarks.
Has represented many televised and written media in slander and publication ban litigation.
Has represented the lenders' consortium in the Can$400 million Gaz Métro corporate financing
National Bank of Canada
Has represented the National Bank of Canada in various monetization transactions
Has represented the senior lenders' consortium in the construction financing of a fine paper plant, the construction cost exceeding Can$500 million, and the various subsequent restructurings
Has represented the senior lenders' consortium in the construction financing of a newspaper mill, the construction costs exceeding Can$250 million, and the various subsequent restructurings
Has represented the lenders' consortium in the Gesca Ltée financing for the Uni Média acquisition and the subsequent corporate financings
Has represented the Ministère des Transports du Québec since 2006 in the context of a public-private partnership
National Bank of Canada
Has represented the National Bank of Canada in the restructuring of Ivaco and its subsidiaries
Has represented executive officers of financial institutions prosecuted for contempt of court and obtained their acquittal following an order by the Superior Court preventing institutions from hiring their competitors' employees
Has participated in the renewal of three collective agreements (local and provincial) of a Quebec public educational institution (2005-2006)
Has participated in various transactions involving shares and assets acquisitions of Canadian companies.
Has completed many business transactions in the mining and forestry securities sector and has participated in the negotiation and finalization of various joint participation agreements with private companies and First Nations
Has counselled clients on important insolvency and restructuring matters
Has experience with cases involving patent litigation
Has provided strategic advice and counsel on aboriginal issues to public utilities and resource based clients
Has registered many trademarks and given opinions on the availability of trademarks to corporations of various sectors.
Has represented a number of issuers in various securitization transactions
Has represented businesses before the Commission de la construction du Québec in litigations involving jurisdictional disputes
Gamma Industries inc.
Has recently represented Gamma Industries inc. and acted as its advocate at the negotiation table for the renewal of the collective labour agreement. The collective agreement was renewed until 2011
Métal Perreault inc.
Has recently represented Métal Perreault inc. and acted as its advocate at the negotiation table for the reopener of the collective labour agreement. The collective agreement was renewed until 2009.
Préverco inc.
Has recently represented Préverco inc. and acted as its advocate at the negotiation table for the renewal of the collective labour agreement. The collective agreement was renewed until 2013
Maximus
Conducted investigations with respect to alleged breaches of workplace conduct policy and anti-harassment policies
Advice on crisis management related to environmental or public health problems
Advice on how to obtain the required approvals and permits in environmental matters
Conducted training sessions for approximately 1400 employees of a Lower Mainland municipality on personal harassment and prohibited ground harassment
Provided advice and drafted agreements in the context of the development and launching of a new online music service
Provided advice and representation in the context of a number of transactions involving patent licensing and assignments
Provided advice on and drafted privacy policies
Prosecuted a multi-million dollar illegal takeover action commenced against an Alberta oil producer before all levels of the Alberta Courts and the Alberta Securities Commission
Conducted harassment investigations on behalf of employers
Conducted environmental due diligence for the acquisition of gas-fired cogeneration facility and several large mines
Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec
Private company financings including seed, ''friends and family'', angel and venture capital investments
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PFSL Investments Ltd.
British Columbia Securities Commission
Emerging biotechnology companies
Privatization Secretariat of the Government of Ontario
Lingg v. Mills, [2004] O.J. No. 1243 (Sup. Ct.)
Whitehall Trust, Devonshire Trust, Foundation Trust and Apsley Trust (2004-2007)
Private Placements (brokered and non-brokered) and Public Offerings
Public offerings and private placements of equity securities
Municipal organisations
Advice on private healthcare delivery and Medical Services Plan
Public company financings such as public offerings, private placements and special warrants
Advice on risk management
Advice on various contractual agreements (contaminated land, energy, greenhouse gas, etc.)
Comprehensive Care International
Ville de Montréal
Agence des partenariats public-privé du Québec
Novacap II
Advice on privacy and disclosure issues in healthcare delivery and professional regulation
Provided clients with opinions and strategic advice when dealing with infringement issues and overall patent strategy
Provided clients with opinions and strategic advice when dealing with infringement issues and overall patent strategy
Provided counsel to one of the largest oil and gas producers regarding injunctive relief to remove a protestor roadblock interfering with its large coal bed methane project, along with participating in strategic negotiations
Provided advice on ''due diligence'' review of assets and operations, corporate structuring and tax matters to a U.S. based forest industry client in connection with attempted acquisitions of two major publicly held forest products companies in B.C.
Provided advice to the clients of advertising and marketing firms concerning the availability of proposed brand names
City of Abbotsford
Provided labour and employment counsel to the City of Abbotsford in the renewal of its collective agreement with CUPE
Provided legal representation in the sale of a mortgage portfolio
Provided practical advice on grievance handling and contract administration issues
Provided employment advice including structuring of employee contractual relationships and development of human resources policies complying with statutory requirements
Conducted environmental assessment and permitting review for mines and independent power projects
Provided financing advice to several public-private partnership projects
Consulted with immigration officers at ports of entry and visa offices abroad regarding current applications for temporary work permits to work in Canada
Advice on clinical trials and consent issues
Plaintiff counsel for an owner in a construction claim involving builder's liens and professional negligence related construction defects dispute
Plays an active role in a file for requests for accreditation for Mexican seasonal workers hired by Québec's market garden producers during the summer season.
Co-ordination of the offering and sale of major open-pit coal mines in Southern Eastern British Columbia
Mahood v. Britannia Beach Holdings Ltd. (numerous decisions in both the B.C. Supreme Court and the B.C. Court of Appeal)
Co-ordinated global data privacy compliance and patient consent for a large multi-national supplier of medical apparatus and supplies
Contract negotiations and contract preparation for various types of project delivery systems: design-build, design-bid-build, project management, fixed price, guaranteed maximum upset price, build-own-operate-transfer and EPCM contracts
Manulife Securities
Preparation of Annual Information Forms, SEC Forms, 20F and 40F Registration Statements and Annual Reports
Preparation of corporate, securities and commercial documents
Discovery Drilling Funds
Continued representation of Discovery Drilling Funds, a rapidly expanding group of drilling funds that offer tax assisted investment opportunities in the Canadian oil and gas industry to private investors
Coordination of the sale of a communications company to Middle Eastern interests including securities regulatory compliance in Canada, the U.S. and the Middle East
Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. v. Shiffman, [1998] O.J. No. 5401 (Sup. Ct.)
Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. v. Barkin Estate, [1999] O.J. No. 682 (Sup. Ct.)
Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. v. Barkin Estate, [1998] O.J. No. 4218
Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. v. Shiffman, [2002] O.J. No. 782 (Sup. Ct.)
Performed an intellectual property and pharma due diligence exercise with regard to the acquisition of a protein compound manufacturing business
Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada in a labour dispute
Co-ordination of the zoning and subdivision approval process for the two major urban redevelopment precincts in Vancouver, and for the Shaw Tower project
Advice and assistance to clients on strategy and preparation for arbitrations and mediation
Advice for a water management regime in view of a storage agreement to optimize the hydro electric production of several generation units own by different interests – On going
Prepared standard form EPCM contract and reviewed other contracts for client specializing in the design and construction of oriented strand board plants
Prepared standard form purchase orders and invoices for distributors, contractors and owners
Prepared standard agreements for the placement of telecommunications/broadcasting equipment and facilities on land and within buildings
Prepared various LTO documents amending and discharging interests in land
Presented at various seminars and conferences on immigration matters
Continued representation of a group of junior, public oil and gas and mining companies, on a variety of financings, acquisitions and corporate governance issues
Preparing letters of intent for a developer of recreational properties for land assembly purposes
Advice on compliance with laws and regulations concerning lobbying
Prepared and obtained temporary work permits for executives, professionals, scientists and specially skilled workers to work in Canada under NAFTA, GATS and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Prepared and reviewed numerous design-build contracts for international supplier for bleach plants, recovery boilers, power boilers and cogeneration plants, for projects ranging from $10 to $160 million in B.C., Quebec and New Brunswick.
Prepared arbitration clauses and advised clients on arbitration and mediation provisions in international and domestic contracts
Preparation of Legal Opinions
Preparation of Management and Consulting Contracts
Prepared and advised licence holders regarding replaceable and non-replaceable timber harvesting contracts and with disputes under the Timber Harvesting Contract and Subcontract Regulation
Prepared EPCM Agreement for chemical plant in China to produce and supply chemicals for new pulp mill
Prepared equipment supply contracts (on design/ supply /commission basis) for green field oriented strand board plant
Prepared numerous construction contracts for owners, developers, engineers, government and contractors, and reviewed and recommended revisions to technical specifications to achieve compatibility with contract documents
Prepared Construction Management contracts for construction of commercial, residential and mixed use developments
Prepared Design-Build Agreements for construction of various building projects, including warehouses and the major regional headquarters for a large utility company
Prepared Engineering Contract, Supply Contract, Commissioning Contract and Technology License Contract (on behalf of B.C. design-build company) for a chemical plant constructed in the Netherlands.
Advice to charities relating to will challenges and disputes
Represented a major federal Crown corporation in negotiating collective agreements and in arbitration seeking a collective agreement decree following a strike and a return to work order
Represented a major high-tech company (Nortel) up to the Court of Appeal against 90 employees who refused to have their jobs transferred to an acquiring company
Represented a major Canadian public utility in the acquisition of BC based gas distribution companies
Co-counsel on several illegal strike/picketing applications brought pursuant to the Labour Relations Code, the Canada Labour Code, and in injunction applications before the B.C. Supreme Court
Represented a major energy client with respect to dispute resolution with First Nations over impacts of project development, aboriginal risk management strategies and entering into agreements with First Nations
Represented a major U.S. based forest products company on the acquisition of a B.C. based manufacturer of engineered wood products, including preparation of required filings under the Canadian Competition Act and Investment Canada Act
Represented a major US software company in its $800 million acquisition of a Canadian software company through the issuance of exchangeable shares
Represented a major pharmaceutical company before the Federal Court in the context of an appeal of a decision of the Trade-marks Opposition Board concerning a proposed trade-mark for a pharmaceutical product
Represented a major pharmaceutical company in product liability actions
Represented a major player of the construction industry in the restructuring of its debt pursuant to the Company Creditors Arrangement Act
Represented a major Canadian financial transaction processor on its acquisition of a competitor's financial transaction processing business unit, and on numerous customer and supplier contracts
Represented a leading Japanese trading company in connection with a project financing and joint venture equity investment to assist in the acquisition of a large open-pit mining operation in B.C.
Represented a leading supplier of rail transit technology in connection with its Canadian activities
Represented a local mining exploration company in connection with an initial public offering and stock exchange listing of an Indonesian-based mining exploration joint venture
Represented a federal crown entity in respect of a public private partnership for the development of a sulphur handling facility
Represented a foreign manufacturer in defense of product liability claim and was ultimately successful in contesting jurisdiction of Alberta courts over contractual dispute
Represented a major Canadian bank in respect of a $29,000,000 bi-lateral credit facility granted to a large regional retailer
Represented a major Canadian banking institution in a number of financing transactions and the construction of residences for the elderly in the regions of Montréal, Québec City and Gatineau
Represented a major Canadian credit union on its information technology contracts
Represented a major Canadian bank in connection with the sale of its custody business
Represented a major Canadian Bank in its role as agent for a syndication of lenders in respect of a $415,000,000 credit facility granted to a major oil & gas trust
Represented a major Canadian bank in respect of a $25,000,000 bi-lateral credit facility granted to a regional oilfield waste clean-up, transportation and disposal services business
Represented a UK oil and gas holding company with its subsidiaries operating in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan in respect of its admission to AIM in April 2004 and subsequent placings
Represented a US based energy company in its successful $208 million take-over bid for an international energy company headquartered in Canada
Represented a US internet service provider in its joint venture with a Canadian communications company
Represented a syndicate of senior lenders in the project financing of a paper mill, the construction cost of which exceeded $500 million
Represented a Texas based exploration and production company in connection with its Canadian initial public offering to fund its Texas operations
Represented a transportation company on complex land and rights exchange with a public transportation authority
Represented a US private equity investor in a cross-border exchangeable share transaction
Represented an emerging medical information delivery service provider on numerous customer contracts
Mr. Proulx
Represented an international dealer, as lead counsel, in connection with a private placement of Class A and B Preferred Shares of a local biotechnology company
Represented a vendor on major asset transaction involving transfer of land and assets requiring competition approval
ADF Group Inc.
Represented ADF Group Inc., a business specializing in metal structures, which informally restructured its biggest debts
Represented a syndicate of lenders in the corporate financings of Gesca Ltée
Represented a number of companies in the fashion industry in the context of copyright and trade-mark claims
Represented a number of major players in the animation industry to defend a claim of copyright infringement of a project for a television series
Represented a major US software company in its $US 20 million acquisition of the assets of a Canadian software company
Represented a management group in connection with the buyout of a national diamond retailer
Represented a manufacturer of equipment in the field of wind energy in the context of a patent infringement claim
Represented a NYSE listed energy services company in its $160 million acquisition of a private Canadian logistics company through the issuance of exchangeable share
Represented a rapidly growing worldwide mobile community service provider on all corporate and commercial issues
Represented a start-up company that acquired an existing business out of insolvency in early 2006 in its £1.2 million US and UK financing - Currently retained by the company to represent its shareholders on a possible sale for US$20 million
Represented a syndicate of lenders in the $400 million corporate financing of Gaz Métro Inc.
Represented a pension fund in the $86 million purchase of a major regional shopping center
Represented a popular singer/song writer in an oppression remedy
Represented a Québec food industry manufacturer in financial difficulty in the refinancing of all its debts (2004)
Represented a developer on series of single family and multi-family residential developments in lower mainland
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Vêtements Peerless Inc.
Commercial and IP due diligence on behalf of a medical device company seeking first round investment
Cominco Ltd.
Advised a private operator of a regionally owned waste-to-energy and cogeneration facility in relation to the long-term financing, operation and maintenance of the facility, including construction of a facility to generate electrical power on a PPP basis
Recurring representation of companies before the Commission d'accès à l'information in disagreements filed under the provisions of An Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector
Advised a privately-held company in connection with its tax-motivated corporate reorganization
Advised a publicly traded communications corporation on a capital reorganization
Various parapublic organizations and companies
CIBC Mortgages Inc.
360networks
Advised a biotechnology company as part of an $8.5 million debt and equity round of financing by a venture capital group
Advice to executors, trustees and beneficiaries, including contested passing of accounts and estate administration issues
Completed reverse takeover transactions
Completed qualifying transactions for capital pool companies with concurrent public or private financings, involving a variety of technology, industrial and resource companies
Kilgour v. Mauro, [2000] O.J. No. 1506 (Sup. Ct.)
Commissioner of Competition and Competition Bureau
Various employers
Khosah v. The Canada Life Assurance Company, 2011 B.C.S.C. unreported
Advised a Canadian IPP's on its electricity exports licence application to the United States at the National Energy Board of Canada (2005-2006)
Quasi-governmental developer
360networks
Represented a Canadian Chartered Bank in its acquisition of a portfolio of loans from a group of corporations
Trans-Northern Pipelines
Representation on behalf of large industrials before the Quebec Energy Board (Régie de l'Énergie) to invalidate a bookout transaction valued at over $300 million, executed between Hydro-Québec Distribution and Hydro-Québec Production – 2007
Representations before the Régie de l'énergie du Québec and tribunal
Represented a Canadian joint venture in connection with the establishment of bank lines of credit to funds its Canadian operations
Co-counsel on successful application to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board for declaration of illegal strike activity
Represented a company that specializes in the design of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) as part of a claim of over $3.5 million against a donor of a public work
Represented a company that specializes in the design of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) as part of a claim of over $3.5 million against a donor of a public work
Represented a Canadian pipeline company in its acquisition of a partner's interest in a US pipeline
Represented a Canadian satellite entertainment company in connection with a $725 million takeover bid by a significant shareholder
Represented a Canadian venture investor in connection with an investment in a Canadian public corporation
TransCanada Pipelines Limited / TransCanada Energy
Co-counsel on various labour arbitrations arising under Collective Agreements involving discipline, discharge and other matters such as contracting out, seniority and management rights
Co-counsel on unique litgation respecting police employment issue
Assemblée des évêques du Québec, the Canadian Religious Conference (Québec) and the Association for Treasurers of Religious Institutes
Regularly advise users of land such as long term tenants and purchasers on land use and land development issues, including negotiating and settling land use agreements with local governments
Regularly conducts general corporate matters
Reorganization of large family-owned enterprises
Representation of banks in connection with financings involving U.S. and Canadian assets
Co-counsel on successful interlocutory injunction applications to restrain illegal picketing activity
Co-counsel on successful interlocutory injunction application to enforce an employee's post-employment contractual and common law obligations
Represent major utility, pipeline and telecommunication companies with respect to right of way issues and general commercial and real estate matters
Canada Lands Company
Muscletech Research and Development Inc.
Counsel to Blue Castle Games in its acquisition by Capcom Japan
Name Changes and Consolidations
Multiple purchases of acreage for rezoning and development purposes ($22 million)
Counsel to boutique real estate developer on its redevelopment and sale of various heritage and strata titled properties
Acts on behalf of the corporation providing mandatory automobile insurance in matters relating to approval of its rates by the Provincial regulator, including revenue requirement and rate design proceedings
Counsel to a publicly-owned national railway corporation on various real estate matters, including the largest recorded Canadian corporate asset donation to a not-for-profit organization
Counsel to a mortgage investment corporation and reporting issuer in BC with respect to disclosure and compliance issues, including preparing information circulars, management reports of fund performance, annual information forms and proxy materials
Counsel to a TSX listed company with respect to disclosure and compliance matters, including preparing information circulars, annual information forms and proxy related materials
Counsel to a shareholder of a target company in connection with its successful application to the BCSC for orders restraining an illegal takeover bid
Mouvement Desjardins
Counsel to executive team of international IT services provider to develop and standardize contracting policies and large agreements
Counsel to energy and transportation industry concerns before various regulatory tribunals, including the NEB, the BCUC, the Environmental Appeal Board (BC) and the Passenger Transportation Board (BC)
Counsel to interveners on an inquiry before the Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner in a matter relating to when information is under the control of a public body and when information is under the control of a private sector organization
Counsel to health information custodian under the Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act in connection with privacy issues arising in the sale of a business
McKesson Canada Inc.
Counsel to electric utility on generator interconnection issues, intertie-related agreements
Mr. Skelly has represented numerous retail and fast-service restaurant operators in contesting union certification procedures and was Chief Counsel in Teamsters Canada v. McDonald's Restaurants of Canada
Multimillion dollar reverse take-over and financing involving multinational mining concerns
Nicolas wine stores
Acts for Nicolas wine stores in various acquisitions throughout London
Acts on behalf of communications, retail sales, courier services and insurance companies and Crown Corporations in various contractual litigations
Counsel on various wrongful dismissal cases
Negotiation of agreements for a public-private partnership in the technology and tourism sectors
Negotiating multi-jurisdictional credit facilities, asset finance transactions and project finance transactions involving off shore entities and implementing associated multi-jurisdictional security
Negotiation and co-ordination of acquisitions and divestitures of real estate asset portfolios for major corporate users, pension funds and financial institutions, and governmental agencies
Negotiation of corporate joint venture agreements for the international marketing of satellite-gathered data
Negotiator on behalf of a federal crown entity in respect of a proposed public private partnership for the development of a multi-use marine, convention and hotel facility
Counsel on small-claims wrongful dismissal cases
Negotiation of long-term lease and licence agreement with respect to fuelling infrastructure
Negotiation of network integration agreement, transmission service agreement, master power purchase and sales agreement on behalf of an independent merchant for exports from Quebec – On going
Counsel to a Canadian company with respect to electricity supply (PPA and transmission contract) of an aluminium plant (Iceland) (2005-ongoing)
Counsel on wrongful dismissal claims
Negotiate and settle major call centre leases, including JPMorgan Chase's Call Center in Burnaby, BC
Counsel to a major Canadian IPP's with respect to its Industrial Water Supply Agreement in Canada (2006-ongoing)
Counsel to a large-scale industrial facility on regulatory compliance issues, including permitting and environmental management
Counsel to a large industrial interest for the negotiation of long-term power purchase agreements totaling over 700 MW– 2006
Negotiated and drafted software development, licensing and OEM contracts, and web site development and hosting agreements
Negotiated the terms of numerous trade-mark license agreements and provided advice to clients concerning trade-mark licensing relationships in a number of corporate transactions
Negotiated, on behalf of employers, creative severance packages
Negotiating commercial agreements for mining companies relating to the sale of properties, options, joint ventures, earn-ins, financing, exploration, tolling, processing and royalties
Negotiated contracts for oil field road construction projects in Komi Republic and Russia, and negotiated and prepared contract for construction of island in Kazakhstan for a drilling platform
Negotiated numerous settlements in contentious disputes.
Negotiated patent licences on behalf of a major pharmaceutical company
Counsel to large insurance carrier on large-scale technology project involving multi-party systems acquisition and integration, support and maintenance agreement, and professional services
Counsel to wind power project developer on strategic financing joint venture with entities related to a public income trust
Member of the ad hoc Panel of Arbitrators at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010
Member of the Court Arbitration for Sports and president of several CAS panels in anti-doping and eligibility cases
Mediator in an international construction dispute involving a large hydroelectric project in Latin America
Counselled both lenders and borrows in financings
Counsel to workers' compensation insurer on systems development projects and related integration and third party licensing and services projects
Member of three-person arbitration panel in a construction dispute between a municipal owner and a contractor
Merger of the Canadian operations of a diversified international engineering and manufacturing group
Mergers and acquisitions (including plans of arrangement and amalgamations)
Mergers and acquisitions of regulated securities businesses
White Spot Limited
White Spot Limited
Counselled clients on acquisitions of forestry companies, including working with the Ministry of Forests and Range to transfer forest agreements
Rogers Publications v. Pierre Marchesseault, Interlocutory injunction concerning the protection of Internet databases.
MCI International
McMaster University
Acting for clients on other aspects of construction law, including procurement (RFQs,Tenders, RFPs), construction contracts and consulting agreements
Freightliner Ltd.
Acting for Freightliner Ltd., recovered several millions of dollars from directors and officers' insurer for funding of defence of lawsuit brought against the company in London, England arising from a mergers and acquisitions transaction.
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. acquires Boathouse Restaurants from The Spectra Group of Great Restaurants Inc. for $16.5 million
MDS Inc.
Acting for local developers with respect to construction financing, mezzanine financing and take-out financing
MDS Inc.
Court applications for interpretation and variation of trusts and settlements, directions on interpretation of wills and trusts
Acting for insurer, successfully defended application to certify first-party bad faith action commenced under new B.C. Class Proceedings Act
MDS Metro Laboratories
MDS Sciex
Mission Terminal Inc.
Bank of Tokyo
Papa Murphy's International Inc
Counsel to Papa Murphy's International Inc., a prominent U.S.-based pizza franchisor with approximately 900 locations in the U.S., on its entry into the Canadian market
Miralex Health Care Inc.
Counsel to public utilities applying to the BC Utilities Commision and to the National Energy Board for authority to construct and operate capital projects
Counsel to public body for multi-party agreement for datacentre facilities arrangement
Counsel to one of Canada's largest public utilities with respect to transmission of electricity from a Canadian province (Newfoundland and Labrador) to other Canadian (Ontario and Quebec) and American (New York, New England) markets (2002-ongoing)
Counsel to minority stockholders in respect of the negotiated acquisition of a leading vehicle leasing and financial services company by a Schedule 1 Canadian Chartered Bank (transaction pending)
Moneris Solutions Corporation
Counsel to large-scale mining operation in the Northwest Territories on all regulatory compliance and permitting matters, including in respect of water licenses, land use permits, reclamation and closure planning, and logistics
MMFX Technologies acquires steel mill in Welland, Ontario
Counsel to national construction company for ERP system acquisition and integration
Counsel to multinational Internet service provider regarding privacy compliance and law enforcement information requests
Counsel to the vendor in the sale of an Edmonton, Alberta apartment complex of 1,176 apartments for a sale price of over $125M
Microcell Telecommunications Inc. (Special Committee of the Board of Directors)
Acting for the providers of information technology in a cross–border dispute arising from the setting up of an on-line share trading scheme, liaising with lawyers in China to resolve the matter
Acting for major industrial client, recovered several million dollars under corporate risk liability coverage
Acting for major private landowner and developer in British Columbia in negotiation of pre-construction leases with multi-national anchor tenants
Acting for shareholders in connection with ''butterfly'' transactions, and other tax driven reorganizations
Acting for the purchaser of a portion of an industrial park facility adjacent to airport lands
Bank syndicate and bondholders
Acting on behalf of the Bank syndicate as well as the bondholders which are financing a $230 million, 100MW wind farm in Ontario
Ministère des transports du Québec
Andres Wines Ltd.
National Bank of Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
Acting on behalf of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro in the proposed financing of the $9 billion, 2,800MW Lower Churchill Falls Hydro Electric Power Project
Counsel on negotiated resolutions to wrongful dismissal actions
Counsel for a private company with respect to the adoption and governance of a stock option plan for employees and other qualified participants
Counsel for a North American soft drink producer in relation to alleged defective soft drink containers
Counsel for a national telecommunications company in relation to various commercial and industry related issues
Ontario Securities Commission
Ontario Securities Commission
Counsel for an international mining company in relation to various regulatory and licensing issues
Counsel for a multi-national software company involving its corporate reorganization in Canada and the United States
Counsel for a large American equity fund in the realization of secured debt and the sale of the debtor's manufacturing business
Canadian Zinc Corporation
Nahanni Butte Dene Band v. Canadian Zinc Corporation, 2005 FC 1724
Counsel for a Hong Kong based toy manufacturer in relation to claims arising from alleged defectively designed and manufactured toys, which resulted in injury to children
Counsel for a multi-national recreational sports facility operator with respect to the borrowings from a Canadian chartered bank (CDN$50 Million) secured against real and personal property located throughout Canada and the United States
Counsel for a multi-national corporation regarding the acquisition of a Canadian network management solutions business and its US subsidiary (US$225,000,000)
Organization and monitoring of public and private groups of investment funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds
Ontario Securities Commission
Ontario Energy Board
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Counsel for ICBC in defence of major loss personal injury claims including traumatic brain injury and other catastrophic injuries, coverage opinions, Underinsured Motorist Protection coverage issues and advice regarding bad faith claims
Counsel for European manufacturers of medical equipment in relation to claims arising from alleged defective laser eye surgery equipment
Ongoing counsel for receiver in disposition of assets of a liquor distribution / co packing company, including dealing with issues involving investors in / lenders to the failed business
On-going representation of a TSX-listed technology and manufacturing company
Counsel for individuals and corporations in actions for nuisance and trespass
Ontario Hydro and other major electrical utilities in Canada
Centre de Recherche du CHUL
Ontario Securities Commission
Ontario Securities Commission
Ontario Ministries of Attorney General and Solicitor General
Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council
Christopher Alan Leigh Mottershead
Falconbridge Limited
Participated in various legal stages of the construction of the Raglan mine owned by Falconbridge Limited (now XStrata) in northern Québec.
Participation in the execution of World Bank and CIDA mandates concerning institutional reform in environmental and energy sectors
Party-appointed arbitrator in several ad hoc investment arbitrations
Canadian affiliate of Parker Hannifin Corporation
Groupe Promutuel
Part of the defence team for Groupe Promutuel in a proceeding for injunctive relief by two member companies requesting access to software components protected by copyright and trade secrets
Part of the litigation team defending the Caisse de Dépôt et de Placement in various commercial litigations (oppression remedies, class actions)
Party-appointed arbitrator in various investment disputes conducted under the auspices of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and President of one ICSID Tribunal
Advancing and responding to claims and disputes including claims for additional compensation and time extensions, delay and productivity claims, defective workmanship claims, professional negligence claims, bond claims
Marchment & MacKasy v. Ontario (Securities Commission) [2002] O.J. No. 2840 (Div. Ct.)
Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (staff)
pearson
Adjunct Professor in International Commercial Arbitration, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia (1985 to date)
Counsel for a dental surgery seminar company in relation to claims arising from alleged negligent training techniques resulting in injury to patients
Counsel for a commercial corporate client in the communications business in defence of a breach of contract claim and in prosecution of a counterclaim
Oscar Peterson
Montreal Trust Co. of Canada v. Olympia & York Developments (Administrator of) (1998), 19 R.P.R. (3d) 111 (Ont. Gen. Div.)
Counsel for a Canadian mining corporation for the issue of US$468,050,000 of securities qualified pursuant to a short form prospectus filed in the United States and Canada under the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system
Counsel and co-counsel on various wrongful dismissal cases
Counsel and co-counsel on a number of human rights complaints brought under the Human Rights Code involving discrimination relating to sex, disability and various other protected grounds
Cossette Communication Group Inc.
Cossette Communication Group restuctured before IPO in June 1999
Counsel for a Canadian corporation for the issue of CDN$9,331,693.80 securities via a rights offering to existing shareholders qualified by way of long form prospectus filed in each of the provinces and territories of Canada
Counsel and mediator in mediations dealing with a variety of disputes
Ongoing advice to major Canadian company in chemcial sector on customs issues
Counsel in complex family cases involving business issues
Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux
Counsel in mediation and arbitration in the health sector
Counsel in labour arbitrations involving matters such as discipline, termination, violence in the workplace, duty to accommodate, harassment and discrimination, privacy rights, surveillance, interpretation of collective agreements, and management rights
Counsel in international commercial arbitrations dealing with distributorship and construction, long term supply and commercial agreements and arbitrations pursuant to the NAFTA and bilateral investment treaties
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
Counsel for various owners of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, as well as airport authorities in relation to claims arising from aviation incidents resulting in personal injury and property damage
Counsel for various out of province automobile insurers in defence of auto related liability and personal injury claims, including advising insurers in relation to Power of Attorney and Undertaking (PAU) issues
Counsel in applications dealing with recourse against arbitral awards and recognizing and enforcing international and foreign arbitral awards in Canadian courts
Counsel for various property and casualty insurers in relation to a variety of third party liability claims including claims for personal injury
Counsel for various property and casualty insurers in relation to a variety of claims including homeowner, construction and business losses
Patrick Gouveia
Penthouse Publications Ltd.
Peel Condominium Corp. No. 505 v. Cam-Valley Homes Ltd., 53 O.R. (3d) 1
Counsel in several mediations conducted by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and independent mediators in cases involving discrimination, harassment, and the duty to accommodate
Counsel on Federal Court judicial review application regarding a Canadian Human Rights Commission decision
Counsel on a judicial review of a decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
Counsel on a judicial review of a decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
Counsel in several matters before the British Columbia Employment Standards Branch related to claims involving issues of termination, overtime and vacation pay
Counsel in professional disciplinary proceedings and regulation
Paul v. CUMIS Life Insurance Company, 2011 B.C.S.C. 796
Paul v. CUMIS Life Insurance Company, 2011 B.C.S.C. 276
City Bars and Restaurants Plc
Nisga'a Lisims Government
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Counsel for The Bank of Nova Scotia in relation to the receivership of a significant British Columbia lumber company
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Counsel for numerous British Columbia companies with respect to corporate reorganizations and amalgamations
Société de transport de Montréal
Offering Memoranda
Various Issuers and Underwriters
On behalf of its audit committee, carried out extensive internal inquiry in a public company concerning allegations of impropriety in respect of its management and control
Counsel for national railway in defence of various liability and cargo claims
One of three jointly-selected arbitrators in large international licensing, intellectual property and merger and acquisition disputes
Counsel for North American manufacturer and distributor of sprinkler systems in relation to claims arising from alleged defective sprinkler heads and related piping
On several occasions he has represented a major fast-food company as part of highly publicized requests for union certification
Counsel for North American and Asian automobile manufacturers in relation to claims arising from alleged defects in airbags, seatbelts, steering and breaking systems, engines, and other motor vehicle components
Counsel for the vendors of the assets of a British Columbia building materials, home improvement and hardware products company to a leading Canadian distributor and retailer of hardware, home improvement and gardening products (CDN$12 Million)
Novartis AG and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. v. RhoxalPharma Inc. and the Minister of Health Canada, (2004) 34 C.P.R. (4th) 218 (F.C.T.D.)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. v. Rhoxalpharma Inc., [2001] 3 F.C. 163
Counsel for various life and disability insurers in relation to group and individual disability, life and mortgage insurance claims, and group annuity pensions
Counsel for various out of province automobile and trucking insurers, as well as self insured transportation companies, in relation to bodily injury, property damage, and cargo loss claims
Tetra Pak (Canada) Inc.
Counsel for various out of province automobile and trucking insurers in relations to Power of Attorney and Undertaking (PAU) issues
Counsel for various life and disability insurers in relation to claims made under group and individual disability, life and mortgage policies, including class actions
Counsel for the vendors of the shares of a Canadian asset finance company to a Canadian chartered bank (CDN$120 Million)
Obtained the acquittal of a large engineering firm accused of having put workers' safety at risk
Counsel for the vendors of the shares of a British Columbia and Alberta contractor supply company (CDN$18 Million)
Counsel for various aviation component manufacturers in relation to claims arising from alleged defective aircraft parts
Counsel for various automobile insurers in relation to a salvage class action
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