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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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Eddy Battiston of Battiston & Associates
acted for certain vendors and the Vendors
Management Group.
CIVEO CORP. ACQUIRES
NORALTA LODGE LTD.
CLOSING DATE: APRIL 2, 2018
Civeo Corp., a global provider of workforce
accommodations, logistics and facility man-
agement services, and Noralta Lodge Ltd.,
an Alberta-based provider of remote accom-
modations in the Canadian oil sands region,
entered into a definitive agreement on No-
vember 26, 2017, for Civeo to acquire 100%
of the equity interests of Noralta for total
consideration of approximately $367 mil-
lion, on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
e transaction closed on April 2, 2018,
with the consideration paid by a mix of
cash and the issuance of shares in the capi-
tal of Civeo.
Bennett Jones LLP was Canadian coun-
sel to Civeo with a team that included Bruce
Hibbard, Beth Riley, Megan Bertram, Pat-
rick Keogh and Kay She.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP was US
counsel to Civeo with a team that included
Tull Florey, Louis Matthews, Evan D'Amico,
Jonathan Whalen and Harrison Korn.
Dentons represented Noralta with teams
in both Canada and the US. e Dentons
Canada LLP team included Leanne Kraw-
chuk, Dan Shea, Sandy Walker, Leah Tolton,
Adrian Elmslie, Alex MacWilliam, Wes
Fairbanks, Chetan Shory and Sarah Sobieraj.
e Dentons US LLP team included Steve
Berson and John Griffee. Felesky Flynn
LLP was tax counsel to Noralta with a team
composed of Jeremy Herbert, Mike Dolson
and Jeremy Comeau.
FRONTIER CAPITAL ACQUIRES
AGREEMENT EXPRESS
CLOSING DATE: MAY 4, 2018
On May 4, 2018, Frontier Capital com-
pleted the acquisition of Agreement Express
Inc. and its subsidiary corporations (AEX)
through a plan of arrangement. e invest-
ment was made through Frontier Capital's
US$700 million Frontier Fund V.
AEX is a Vancouver-based provider of a
soware-as-a-service based end-to-end digi-
tal onboarding platform focused on enhanc-
ing the client experience for wealth manage-
ment, payments and insurance providers.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP acted
for Frontier Capital. e team from Blakes
included David Kruse, John-Paul Bogden,
Andrew ompson and Austin White (cor-
porate), Jeffrey Trossman and Casey Rich-
ardson-Scott (tax), Holly Reid and Jordan
Schubert (employment), Lindsay McLeod
(pensions and benefits) as well as Patrick
Gordon (real estate).
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP act-
ed for Frontier Capital on US legal matters,
with a team that included Scott Anderson
and Alysja Carlisle.
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
acted for Frontier Capital on UK legal mat-
ters, with a team that included Leon Miller
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