LEXPERT MAGAZINE
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JUNE 2017 19
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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4
Retail
3
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Oil & Gas Oil & Gas
2
Energy & Power
Consumer Services Energy & Power Pipelines
Aerospace & Defence Automotive Materials
Utilities
Media & Entertainment
2
Pharmaceuticals
PSG was represented in the United States by Paul, Weiss, Riind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP with a team comprising Kelley Cornish,
Alice Belisle Eaton, Claudia Tobler and Diane Meyers (bankruptcy
and corporate reorganization), Moses Silverman, Aidan Synnott,
Leslie Fagen and Justin Anderson (litigation), and Angelo Bonvino,
Andrew Foley, omas de la Bastide III, Claudine Meredith-Goujon
and Nathan Sawyer (corporate).
Sagard was represented in house by Sacha Haque, General Counsel
& Secretary of Sagard.
Sagard was represented in Canada by Blake, Cassels & Graydon
LLP, with a team comprising John Tuzyk, Philippe Bourassa, An-
thony Lanouette-Marier, Chanelle Desrosiers-Stewart and Alexis
Beaudin-Fol (M&A), Bernard Boucher, Sébastien Guy and Emily
Hazlett (restructuring/insolvency), Justin Drake (corporate), Yan-
nick Beaudoin, Aude Godfroy, Rebecca Dawe and Xavier Boulet
(banking/financing), Jeffrey Trossman, Josh Jones, Allan Gelkopf
and Zvi Halpern (tax), Julie Soloway and Litsa Kriaris (competition),
Matthew Merkley and Jacob Gofman (securities), Natalie Bussière,
Elizabeth Boyd and Anna Abbott (employment, labour and pen-
sions), Ryan Morris (litigation), Charles Kazaz and Anne-Catherine
Boucher (environmental) and Anthony Prenol (IP).
Sagard was represented in the United States by Kirkland & Ellis
LLP with a team comprising Michael Movsovich, Richard Camp-
bell, Shawn O'Hargan, Andrew Kimball and Bobak Fatemizadeh,
(M&A), Carolina Serra, Warren Samlin, Isaac Pasha and Kristen
Trofa (corporate), Christopher Marcus and George Klidonas (re-
structuring), Andres Mena, Jessica Subler, Suhan Shim and Alejan-
dro Sueldo (debt finance), Richard Aanas (capital markets), David
Grenker and Tristan Evans-Wilent (tax), Edward Sadtler, Frank Wei
and Zara Ohiorhenuan (IP transactional), Edward Holzwanger and
Michael Shulman (labour/employment), Brian Land and Carleigh
Rodriquez (environmental), Alexandra Mihalas and Scott Metzger
(employee benefits), Scott Price and Julia Onorato (executive com-
pensation), Mark McKane (litigation), and Mark Kovner and Ellen
Jakovic (antitrust).
Fairfax was represented in-house by a team led by Derek Bulas, As-
sociate Vice President, Legal.
Fairfax was represented in Canada by Torys LLP. e team from
Torys comprised David Chaikof, omas Yeo, Josh Lavine, Marissa
Daniels and Simonne Horwitz (M&A/securities), David Bish, Adam
Slavens and Lily Coodin (restructuring/insolvency), Amanda Balas-
ubramanian (banking/financing), John Tobin (tax) and Omar Wakil
(competition).
Fairfax was represented in the United States by Shearman & Ster-
ling LLP with a team comprising Scott Petepiece, Fred Sosnick, Ja-
son Lehner and Richard Fischetti.
Ernst & Young Inc., in its capacity as court-appointed monitor, was
represented in Canada by ornton Grout Finnigan LLP with a
team comprising Robert ornton and Rachel Bengino.
Ernst & Young Inc., in its capacity as court-appointed monitor, was
represented in the United States by Allen & Overy LLP with a team
comprising Ken Coleman and Josh Neifeld.
e Ad Hoc Committee of Term Lenders was represented by
Goodmans LLP in Canada with a team comprising Joe Latham,
Brendan O'Neill and Ryan Baulke (restructuring), Jeff Citron (fi-
nance) and Allan Goodman (corporate).
e Ad Hoc Committee of Term Lenders was represented by Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP in the United States with a team compris-
ing Matt Barr, Gabriel Morgan and David Cohen (bankruptcy), and
Doug Urquhart and Phil Ratner (banking and finance).
KEW MEDIA GROUP (SPAC) CONCURRENTLY
ACQUIRES 11 MEDIA COMPANIES
CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Kew Media Group Inc. (TSX: KEW) ("Kew"), a special purpose
acquisition corporation (SPAC), created one of the world's most
significant independent content platforms by directly acquiring six
companies — Content Media Corp. plc, Architect Films Inc., Bris-
tow Global Media Inc., Frantic Films Corp., Media Headquarters
Film & Television Inc. and Our House Media Inc. — and indirectly
acquiring control of Aito Media Oy, Campfire Film & Television
LLC, Collins Avenue Productions LLC, Jigsaw Productions LLC
and Spirit Digital Media Limited.
is is the first SPAC qualifying acquisition in the world with more
than three concurrent acquisitions. On closing, Kew has primary of-
fices in Toronto, London, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto and a
library of premium content sold in over 150 countries.
Concurrently with the closing of the qualifying acquisition, Kew
completed a private placement and acquired approximately 97.6 per
cent of the shares of Content Media Corp. plc by way of a takeover
offer, with the remaining shares to be acquired upon the completion
of a compulsory acquisition, which is expected to occur shortly aer
April 20, 2017.
Goodmans LLP represented Kew with a team led by Stephen Pin-
cus and that included Celia Rhea, William Gorman, Dan Dedic, Ali
Mirsky, Samantha Woolley and Matthew Prager (corporate/M&A),
David Zitzerman (entertainment/Investment Canada Act), Carolyn
Stamegna (entertainment finance), Jaclyn Seidman (entertainment/
