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Sherman, Mitchell J.
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4189
msherman@goodmans.ca
Mr. Sherman's tax practice
focuses on fi nancings,
M&A, divestitures,
structured products,
reorganizations and
international tax planning.
He is the Chair of the
Joint Committee and
the National Taxation
section of the Canadian
Bar Association.
Sirett, William F.
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(604) 631-3371
bill.sirett@blakes.com
Mr. Sirett practises
securities and corporate
law with an emphasis
on corporate fi nance,
mergers and acquisitions,
reorganizations and
governance. His practice
includes a broad range
of industries with an
emphasis on forestr y,
mining and energy.
Smit, Carrie B.E.
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4230
csmit@goodmans.ca
Ms. Smit heads the
Goodmans tax group.
Her practice focuses
on cross-border M&A,
reorganizations,
restructurings, domestic
and international debt
fi nancings and private-
equity investments.
Singer, Jeff rey
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5656
jsinger@stikeman.com
Mr. Singer focuses on
M&A, corporate fi nance
and private equity.
Member of Management
Committee. Previously
served on the Securities
Advisor y Committee
to the OSC. Recipient
of Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee Medal
for his service to Canada.
Smellie, James H.
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
(403) 298-1816
james.smellie@
gowlings.com
Mr. Smellie's practice
focuses on energy
regulator y matters,
administrative law and
litigation. With extensive
experience before
federal and provincial
regulator y tribunals, he
has represented a wide
range of stakeholders in
the energy industr y.
Smith, C. Paul W.
Stewart McKelvey
(506) 632-2787
psmith@
stewartmckelvey.com
Mr. Smith counsels
national and international
businesses on corporate
and corporate fi nance
issues. He advises
institutions and private
clients on trust structures,
including transnational
trusts, and acts as GC for
public pension funds.
Scotiabank was advised by Fasken
Martineau DuMoulin LLP on the fi -
nancing with a team led by John Torrey
and including David Ferris (banking
and fi nance), Bradley Freelan (M&A),
Christopher Steeves (tax), Anthony
Baldanza (competition), David Martin
and Sergio Custodio (real property);
Andrew Alleyne (information technol-
og y), Ross Gascho (pensions) and Ro-
salind Cooper (environmental).
Goodmans LLP represented the special
committee of Crombie REIT with a team
of Bill Gorman, Kirk Rauliuk and Lyndsay
Hatlelid (corporate and M&A); Ken Her-
lin and Bram Green (real estate/leasing)
and Tom Macdonald (environmental).
Paul Hastings LLP represented Sco-
tia Capital with an equity and bond of-
fering with a team of Randal Palach and
Scott Saks.
Teams from Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg LLP represented syndicates of
underwriters on two off erings associated
with the Crombie REIT's acquisitions.
e fi rst syndicate, co-led by Scotia Capi-
tal Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., and
CIBC World Markets Inc., was repre-
sented by a team of Mindy Gilbert, David
Wilson and Gillian Muirhead (corporate
fi nance); Pawel Mielcarek (commercial
real estate), Siobhan Monaghan and Raj
Juneja (tax) and Sarah Powell (environ-
mental). e second syndicate, co-led by
CIBC World Markets Inc., TD Securi-
ties Inc., and Scotia Capital Inc., was rep-
resented by a team of Mindy Gilbert and
Kevin Greenspoon (corporate fi nance);
Gabriella Lombardi, Steven Martin and
Pawel Mielcarek (commercial real estate);
Siobhan Monaghan and Raj Juneja (tax)
and Sarah Powell (environmental).
Simpson acher & Bartlett LLP
was counsel to the underwriters for
Sobeys' public fi nancing.
HBC
ACQUIRES SAKS
Closing date: November 4, 2013
Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) com-
pleted its acquisition of Saks Incorporat-
ed for US$2.9B. e all-cash transaction
was fi nanced by a combination of US$2.3
billion of new debt fi nancing provided
by a syndicate of lenders led by Bank of
America and approximately US$1 billion
of new equity issued by way of a bought
deal prospectus off ering of subscription
receipts and a private placement of com-
mon shares and common share purchase
warrants to an affi liate of Ontario Teach-
ers' Pension Plan Board and funds ad-
vised by West Face Capital Inc.
Hudson's Bay Company was represent-
ed by Stikeman Elliott LLP and Willkie
Farr & Gallagher LLP. e Stikeman
Elliott team included Ian Putnam, John
Ciardullo, Jonah Mann, Kaleb Hons-
berger, Craig Broadhurst, Laura Levine,
Bradley Zander and Kristina Vranjkovic
(corporate and M&A); Dean Kraus and
Jonathan Willson (tax); Jennifer Legge,
Daphne Mackenzie, Courtney Wilson,
Matthew Hunt and Vanessa Beamish
(banking ); Doug Klaassen and Annie
Pyke (real estate); Jeff rey Brown (anti-
trust) and Eliot Kolers (litigation). e
Willkie Farr team included Gordon Ca-
plan, Greg Astrachan, Michael Zinder,
Cindy Chernuchin, Howard Block, Dan-
iel Phil-ion and Ruchi Patel (corporate
and fi nancial services); Jonathan Konoff
(antitrust), Henry Cohn, Tyler Ladner
and DJ Stauber (tax); omas Henry and
Elliot Rishty (real estate); Michael Katz
and Andrew Shapiro (executive com-
pensation and employee benefi ts); Jeff rey
Korn and Colleen O'Brien (litigation),
Eugene Chang and Amir Ghavi (intel-
lectual property); Barbara Block (gov-
ernment relations) and William omas
(environmental health and safety).
Saks was represented by a Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP team that
included Patricia Vlahakis, Joshua Cam-
maker, Gordon Moodie, Jenna Levine
and Mark Stagliano (corporate, M&A),
Damian Didden and Franco Castelli (an-
titrust), Adam Shapiro and Rohit Nafday
(executive compensation and benefi ts),
Joshua Feltman, Gregory Pessin and Em-
ily Johnson (restructuring and fi nance),
