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Sananes, Solomon
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(514) 847-4411
solomon.sananes@
nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Sananes represents
issuers, selling shareholders
and dealers in public and
private capital markets
transactions; corporate
sellers and acquirers in
public and private M&A
transactions; and public
issuers in governance
and disclosure matters.
Scarlett, James D.
Tor ys LLP
(416) 865-8199
jscarlett@tor ys.com
Mr. Scarlett is an Executive
Committee member.
He practises corporate
and securities law, with
a focus on domestic and
international M&A
and corporate fi nance.
Sellers, Edward A.
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5959
esellers@osler.com
Mr. Sellers focuses on
domestic and cross-
border restructurings
and related acquisitions,
divestitures, fi nancings and
governance. His clients
include corporations,
lending syndicates and
agents, equity sponsors
and purchasers, and
governments.
Sanderson, QC,
Chris W.
Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9183
csanderson@
lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Sanderson focuses on
regulation and government
relations as they relate
to project development
and transportation
infrastructure in the
energy and resource
sectors. Clients include
utilities, pipelines, oil &
gas companies, mines
and governments.
Sebastiano, Rocco M.
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5859
rsebastiano@osler.com
Mr. Sebastiano
focuses on energy and
infrastructure/P3 projects.
He has advised on such
engineering, procurement,
construction, project
fi nance and privatization
projects as Maritime Link,
Bruce A and Pt. Lepreau
NGS, 407 ETR , GTAA
and Spadina Subway.
Sheehy, Neil M.
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4229
nsheehy@goodmans.ca
Mr. Sheehy's practice
focuses on domestic and
international mergers and
acquisitions, corporate
fi nance and private-equity
transactions including
corporate governance and
securities regulator y advice.
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RANKED LAWYERS
ing ); Lydia Bugden (bank fi nancing ),
Andrew Burke, Gavin Stuttard and
Trevor MacDonald (securities); Deanne
MacLeod (M&A and competition),
Grant Machum (labour and employ-
ment), Candace omas, Sadira Jan and
Burtley Francis (corporate) and Level
Chan (pensions).
As Canadian counsel to Safeway Inc.,
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP was
involved in all aspects of the negotiation
and settlement of the purchase and sale
agreement and closing of the transaction.
e Blakes team included Jeff Lloyd,
David Kruse, Paul Singh, Doug
Robertson and Hamza Dawood (M&A);
Silvana D'Alimonte, Joseph Grignano
and Brian Wilson (real estate); Jeff rey
Trossman, Allan Gelkopf, Ian Caines
and Zvi Halpern-Shavim (tax); Brian
iessen and Shaun Parker (employment
and labour); Caroline Helbronner and
Sean Maxwell (pensions and benefi ts);
Gary Daniel (intellectual property),
Michael Matheson (banking ) and Paul
Cassidy (environmental).
Latham & Watkins LLP advised
Safeway in the transaction with a corpo-
rate deal team led by Scott Haber, with
omas Keim, Jr., Barry Bryer, Vasily
Ledenev, Daniel Rawner, John Clair and
Lauren Murphey (tax); Roxanne Christ,
David Kuiper and Ghaith Mahmood
(IP); and counsel Scott ompson (em-
ployee benefi t and compensation).
Dick Weisberg from the law offi ces of
Richard Weisberg acted as US antitrust
counsel to Safeway.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provided
advice to Empire and Sobeys with a team
of Donald Crawshaw (securities/gener-
al), Ron Creamer, Davis Wang and Guy
Inbar (tax); Alexandra Korry (M&A)
and Ari Blaut (fi nancing and securities).
Stikeman Elliott LLP represented
Sobeys on competition matters with a
team led by Paul Collins, Mike Laskey
and Michael Kilby. Stikemans also repre-
sented the syndicate of underwriters for
the Empire public equity off ering and the
Sobeys private bond off ering with a team
led by Joel Binder and D'Arcy Nordick
and that included Kevin Smyth, Tim
McCormick, Anne Weintrop, Warren
Ng, Bradley Zander and Katy Pitch (tax).
Bennett Jones LLP represented Safe-
way on competition matters with a team
of Melanie Aitken, Randal Hughes,
Adam Kalbfl eisch and Kyle Donnelly.
Merovitz Potechin LLP (Bram Pote-
chin), MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman
LLP (Doug Ballou and Doug Osborn),
Aikins, MacAulay & orvaldson
LLP (Michelle Redekopp), and Stike-
man Elliott (Ross MacDonald and
Bruce Woolley) provided assistance with
real estate matters.
Aird & Berlis LLP represented
Sobeys in regulatory compliance mat-
ters involving retail operations with a
team of Paige Backman, Reena Kotecha
and Ajeet Grover (corporate); Peter
Czegledy and Jesse Rosensweet (gam-
ing ); and Piper Morley (municipal).
Gowling Lafl eur Henderson LLP
was Quebec counsel to Sobeys on the
public and private fi nancing related
to the acquisition of Safeway with a
team that included Joëlle Boisvert and
Pierre Lissoir (securities and corporate);
Luc Lissoir (securities) and Naïm An-
taki (corporate).
A McCarthy Tétrault LLP team of
Douglas Cannon and Wendy Brousseau
assisted Empire Company Limited and
Sobeys Inc. with tax matters.
Stewart McKelvey represented Crom-
bie REIT with a team of Jim Dickson, Fra-
ser MacFadyen, Maurice Chiasson, Greg
Harding, James Murphy, Allison Mc-
Carthy, Ryan Baker and Andrea Shake-
speare (real estate and secured fi nancing );
Lydia Bugden (bank fi nancing ), Candace
omas and Burtley Francis (corporate),
Gavin Stuttard, Andrew Burke and Trev-
or MacDonald (securities).
Shea Nerland Calnan LLP (Glenn
Warkentin, Sarah omas, Devin Mylrea
and Matt Trotta), Cox, Taylor (Frank
Carson and Rajiv Gandhi), Kanuka
uringer LLP (Warren Sproule, Kelly
Ruse and Mya Osatiuk), and ompson
Dorfman Sweatman LLP (Barry Mac-
Tavish and Rick Adams) assisted with
real estate matters.
