Mergers and Acquisitions

• Counsel to CapriCMW Insurance Services General Partnership in its merger with Rogers Insurance Ltd. to form Acera Insurance Services Ltd. (“Acera”) and concurrent $100 million minority investment in Acera by certain affiliated funds of Clairvest Group Inc. and Clairvest Equity Partners VI and related new senior credit facilities provided to Acera by a lending syndicate including the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal.
• Counsel to the founder of Traction Sales and Marketing Inc. in the sale of the company to Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Counsel to the founder of Traction Guest Inc. in the sale of the company to an affiliated fund of Providence Strategic Growth Partners L.L.C., a Boston based private equity firm.
• Counsel to the shareholders of Minds Automation Inc., a leader in providing asphalt plant control systems and related software, in the sale of the company to Astec Industries, Inc., a Nasdaq listed company.
• Counsel to the vendors in the sale of Boundary Electric (1985) Ltd. to Ampere Alliance Ltd.
• Counsel to the vendor in the sale of Drop Sprockets to a subsidiary of LFM Capital in a private transaction.
• Counsel to the shareholders of Great Canadian Heli-Skiing and Heather Mountain Lodge in the sale of those companies to an affiliate of Heli.
• Acted for the vendors in the sale of Fairmont Hot Sprints Resort in a private transaction.
• Acted for the vendor in the sale of well known ski resort in the interior of British Columbia in a private transaction.
• Acted for the vendor in the sale of four long term care facilities in British Columbia in a private transaction.
• Counsel to the independent committee of directors of Pure Multi-Family REIT LP, a limited partnership listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in connection with an all-cash going private transaction with an affiliate of Cortland Partners, LLC valued at approximately US$1.2 billion including net debt.
• Acted for the vendor in the sale of its pet-food business to a large US private equity firm for an undisclosed amount.
• Acted for the vendor in the sale of its architecture business to a multi-billion dollar US design-build firm for an undisclosed amount, and subsequent re-acquisition of the business.
• Represented WEQ Holdings Inc. in the sale of its equipment rentals and heat business to United Rentals of Canada, Inc. for Cdn$120 million.
• Acted for Diversified Royalty Corp. in its acquisition of the AIR MILES® trademarks from a subsidiary of Aimia Inc. for Cdn$53.75 million.

Financings

• Counsel to Diversified Royalty Corp. in various bought deal public offerings of common shares and convertible debentures.
• Counsel to American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP in connection with a US$50 million strategic investment in preferred shares and warrants by BentallGreenOak Real Estate Advisors LP and Highgate Capital Investments LP on a private placement basis.

• Counsel to NexGen Energy Ltd. in its strategic convertible debenture financing of US$110 million with Queen’s Road Capital Investment Ltd. and Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited.
• Represented Arbutus Biopharma Corporation in its US$116 million strategic financing with Roivant Sciences Ltd.
• Represented A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund in a bought deal secondary offering of $69.5 million units.
• Counsel to American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP in its various bought deal public offerings of units and convertible debentures.