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- Advising public company issuers dissidents and investors, across all key industry sectors with respect to numerous high-profile proxy fights and precedent setting contested transactions. These include representing:
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- Madison Dearborn Partners in connection with its US$960 million acquisition of IPL Plastics Inc. (TSX:IPLP).
- The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. in its successful transaction to enhance shareholder value in connection with the going private transaction of Hudson’s Bay Company (TSX: HBC).
- Certain shareholders of Eco Oro Minerals Corp. (TSX:EOM) in connection with a requisitioned shareholders’ meeting to reconstitute the board, various litigation relating thereto and a settlement between Eco Oro and shareholders representing approximately 66.3% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Eco Oro.
- Aurora Cannabis (TSX:ACB) in its unsolicited takeover bid for CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:CMED).
- Photon Control Inc. in a proxy fight led by three of the company’s directors in a dispute between a deadlocked board of directors.
- Harrington Global in the successful reconstitution of the boards of Dacha Strategic Metals Inc. (TSXV:DSM) and Longford Energy Inc. (TSXV:LFD).
- The principal shareholder of Goldstone Resources (TSX:GRC) in the successful reconstitution of the board.
- Columbus Gold Corp. (TSX:CGT) (OTCQX:CBGDF) in its successful pursuit of the reconstitution of the board of directors of Eastmain Resources Inc. (TSX:ER-T) and the termination of the CEO of Eastmain.
- Western Wind Energy (TSX:WND) on successful proxy fight defence.
- The Catalyst Capital Group Inc., in its capacity as plan sponsor in the restructuring of Pacific Exploration & Production Corporation, which resulted in the conversion of US$5.5 billion of unsecured listed bonds and bank lender debt into equity, and the funding by Catalyst of US$240 million also converted into equity on closing of the plan.
- Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX:NKO) in connection with its US$340 million senior term loan credit facilities and amendment to the indenture governing its 7% senior secured convertible notes (CAD$115 million).
- Wausau Financial Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:DLX), in its acquisition by plan of arrangement of all of the issued and outstanding shares of RDM Corporation (TSX:RC).
- Israel Chemicals Ltd. (TLV:ICL) in the approximately US$164 million acquisition of Allana Potash Corp. (TSX:AAA).
- The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. in connection with the $3 billion restructuring of Homburg Invest Inc., including an investment and the transfer of the valuable European property portfolio to a newly established European listed company controlled by Catalyst.
- Petroflow Energy Corporation in the approximately US$200 million acquisition of all the shares of Equal Energy Ltd.; and a related US$51 million defeasance of Equal Energy’s (NYSE:EQU) (TSX:EQU) outstanding listed debentures.
- Detour Gold Corporation (TSX:DGC ) in a US$500 million private placement financing of convertible notes.
- private and public companies and independent directors thereof in connection with corporate governance matters.
- The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for a syndicate of lenders that included all six major Canadian banks, along with Desjardins, in negotiating a settlement of the lenders’ CAD$369 million loans to Yellow Media Inc. in connection with a CAD$2.4 billion recapitalization transaction pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act and a termination and settlement agreement with the lenders under Yellow Media’s former credit agreement.
