On December 4, 2009, XATA Corporation (Nasdaq: XATA), announced that it had purchased Ontario-based Turnpike Global Technologies for US$20 million in cash and stock. Turnpike will operate as a subsidiary of XATA, with Turnpike's management reporting to the XATA executive team.

XATA is a leader in the field of optimizing fleet operations by reducing costs and ensuring regulatory compliance for the trucking industry. Turnpike provides simple solutions to the transportation industry that result in immediate cost savings.

XATA was advised in this acquisition by a team led by its General Counsel, Wes Fredenburg, who worked closely with XATA's US law firm, Faegre & Benson, with a team there led led by Mike Coddington (corporate/securities) and including Erik Romslo and Josh Colburn (corporate/securities), Lisa Pugh (tax) and Rob Leonard (intellectual property), with assistance from a Fasken Martineau team led by Roxanne McCormick (corporate/securities and M&A) and including, among others, Alix Herber (employment), Samuel Rickett (litigation), Mitchell Thaw (tax), Andrew Alleyne (technology) and Martin Fisher-Haydis (corporate/securities), and student-at-law Kelly McTavish.