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Trail. Teck Metals has an option to extend the lease for a further
10 years.
e transaction was determined to be in the public interest and
was approved by the BC Utilities Commission on July 18, 2018.
Teck was represented in-house by Peter Rozee (Senior VP, Com-
mercial and Legal Affairs), Nick Uzelac (Corporate Counsel) and
Doug Powrie (tax), and was assisted by a team from Fasken Mar-
tineau DuMoulin LLP led by Ron Ezekiel, and composed of Kai
Alderson, Steven Catania and Sarah Martin (M&A/energy), Chris
Sharpe (real property), Don Dalik (competition), Brent Lewis
(financing), David Both (regulatory), and Michael Coburn and
Hardeep Gill (tax). Pamela Anderson (energy), Michael Carr (cor-
porate) and Jeff Wyszynski (real property) of Perkins Coie LLP
also assisted with respect to certain US legal matters.
BC Hydro was represented in-house by Vicki Antoniades (Proj-
ect Manager, Power Acquisitions and Contract Management), and
was assisted by a team from Lawson Lundell LLP led by Lana Shi-
pley, and composed of Gordon Craig, Jeff Scobie and Jada Tellier
(M&A/energy), Christine Kowbel (environmental), Ed Wilson
(real property), Valerie Mann (competition), Jeff Christian and
Clara Ferguson (regulatory), Keith Bergner (Aboriginal), and
Mandeep Dhaliwal and Brenda Lightbody (financing). Deanna
King of Bracewell LLP also assisted with respect to certain US
legal matters.
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. COMPLETES
ACQUISITION OF NORDION (CANADA) INC.'S
MEDICAL ISOTOPE BUSINESS
CLOSING DATE: JULY 30, 2018
On July 30, 2018, BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT)
(BWXT), a leading supplier of nuclear components and services,
completed the acquisition of the medical isotope business of Nor-
dion (Canada) Inc. (Nordion) from private-equity owned Sotera
Health LLC (Sotera Health). is transformative acquisition sup-
ports BWXT's entry into the radioisotopes industry with the de-
velopment of a breakthrough proprietary technology to provide a
stable, clean and cost-disruptive North American supply of critical
medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals for research, diagnostic
and therapeutic uses. e acquisition from Nordion adds licensed
infrastructure, approximately 150 highly trained and experienced
personnel, and two production centers (in Kanata and British Co-
lumbia) to BWXT's business.
BWXT was represented in-house by Ronald (Chip) Whitford
and by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included John
Leopold, Warren Silversmith, Jeremy Sculnick, Marc-William
Carrothers and Anne-Marie Panzini (M&A), Larry Cobb (nucle-
ar and environmental), Mario Paura and Scott Brasil (real estate),
Natasha vandenHoven and Allyson Marta (pension and benefits),
Nancy Ramalho (employment), Frank Mathieu and Philippe
Kattan (tax), Jonathan Auerbach (IP), Ryan Sheahan and Jessica
Rutledge (health regulatory), and Jeffrey Brown and Ashley Pi-
otrowski (regulatory).
Nordion and Sotera Health were represented in-house by Mat-
thew Klaben and Neil Gotfrit and by Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton LLP with a team that included Matthew Salerno, Glo-
ria Ho Daniel Canavan and Sabria Cornish (M&A), Daniel Ilan,
Jane Rosen and Michelle Elsner (IP), Michael Albano and Laura
Bagarella (employee benefits), Daniel Culley and Jillian Chou (an-
titrust), Jason Factor and Derek Wallace (tax), Margaret (Meme)
Peponis and Katherine Reaves (finance) as well as by Fasken Mar-
tineau DuMoulin LLP with a team that included Scott Conover,
Andrew Alleyne, Jack Yu, Valerie Eisen and Ryan Schnier (M&A),
Christopher Steeves and Paul Casuccio (tax), Huy Do (antitrust),
Dan Law (real estate), Ingrid VanderElst (regulatory), Rosalind
Cooper (environmental), Katherine Pollock (employment), Ross
Gascho (employee benefits), Armand Benitah (IP), and by Mor-
gan, Lewis & Bockius LLP with a team that included John Mat-
thews and Alex Polonsky (nuclear regulatory), and Jaqueline Ber-
man and Michele Buenafe (FDA).
CANOPY GROWTH COMPLETES
$540M ACQUISITION
OF HIKU BRANDS
CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
On September 5, 2018, Canopy Growth Corp. (Canopy), the larg-
est licensed producer of regulated cannabis in the world, complet-
