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Smith, John
Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9120
jsmith@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Smith's practice spans
the full range of public
and private transactions
across many industr y
sectors, including terminal
operations, mining,
forestr y and consumer
products, and signifi cant
work on governance
and fi duciar y matters.
Stark, John E.
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(604) 631-1395
jstark@stikeman.com
Mr. Stark is a partner in
the Vancouver offi ce of
Stikeman Elliott. He has
an extensive practice in
business law that includes
advising on securities
and corporate fi nance
matters, mergers and
acquisitions and other
corporate transactions.
Steinberg, AdE,
Norman M.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(514) 847-4521
norman.steinberg@
nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Steinberg is Global
Vice Chair and Canadian
Chair, focuses on M&A
and corporate fi nance.
Acted in the Rio Tinto/
Alcan acquisition,
Domtar/Weyerhaeuser
transaction, Four Seasons
Hotels purchase and
Shell Canada's acquisition
by Royal Dutch Shell.
Smith, QC, Lawrence
E. (Laurie)
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3315
smithl@bennettjones.com
Mr. Smith is a former
fi rm vice-chair and
founder of the Regulator y
Department. He acts
before the NEB, the
CEAA and provincial
authorities in off shore
energy, pipeline and LNG
projects, and appears
at all levels of courts.
Stein, Paul M.
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
(416) 869-5487
pstein@casselsbrock.com
Mr. Stein's practice
focuses on M&A and
corporate fi nance, mainly
in the mining sector. He
represents Canadian and
international companies
in friendly/hostile take-
over bids, joint ventures,
fi nancings and going
public/private transactions.
Stewart, QC, Anne M.
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(604) 631-3313
anne.stewart@blakes.com
Practice includes corporate
structuring, M&A,
fi nancing & commercial
contracts. Acts in major
infrastructure projects
across Canada. Winner of
Canada's Top 25 Women
Lawyers, 100 Most
Powerful Women, PEAK
Lifetime Achievement
& other awards.
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RANKED LAWYERS
Jodi Schwartz and Michael Sabbah (tax).
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Board was represented by a Davies
Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP team
that included Vincent Mercier, Peter
Hong and Jay Galbraith (corporate
and M&A); Ian Crosbie and Raj Juneja
(tax); Adam Fanaki (regulatory) and
Jeff Nadler (US corporate).
West Face Capital Inc. was represented
by General Counsel Alexander Singh,
with support from Borden Ladner Ger-
vais LLP. Alfred Page (securities) led the
BLG team, which included Richard Ben-
nett (tax), and David Surat, Habeeb Syed
and William Jones (securities).
Bank of America, N.A. (acting
through its Canada branch) acted as
agent (Canadian ABL Agent) under an
amended and restated $750 million se-
nior, secured asset based loan in favour of
Hudson's Bay Company.
Bank of America, N.A. acted as agent
(US ABL agent) under a US$900-mil-
lion senior, secured asset based loan in
favour of Lord & Taylor Acquisition Inc.,
as agent (fi rst lien term agent) under a
US$2-billion fi rst lien term loan and as
agent (second lien term agent) under a
US $300-million second lien term loan,
each in favour of HBC.
e Canadian ABL Agent and the
US ABL Agent (ABL agents) were rep-
resented in the US by Riemer & Braun-
stein LLP with a team of David Berman,
Jason DelMonico, Jaime Koff and Lena
Surilov. e fi rst lien term agent and the
second lien term agent (term agents) were
represented in the US by Cahill Gordon
& Reindel LLP with a team of Corey
Wright, Juliana Obregon, Justin Gre-
atorex, Shana Hamilton, Jonathan Gross,
Jacqueline Bendert, Rebecca Quan and
James Clark.
e ABL agents and term agents were
represented in Canada by Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP with a team consisting
of Kevin Morley, Scott Horner, Constan-
tine Troulis, Ben Leith, Rachel Manno,
Michael Podolny, Kathy McGowan and
Julie Verconich (banking ); Gregory Wy-
lie (tax), Anthony Devir (pensions) and
Rod Davidge (realestate).
e underwriters to the HBC fi nanc-
ing were represented by Norton Rose
Fulbright Canada LLP with a team of
Pierre Dagenais, Andrew Bleau, Denno
Chen, Bruce Sheiner, Adrienne Oliver,
Ed Heakes and Hoori Chitilian.
BAIN CAPITAL
ACQUIRES
CANADA GOOSE
Closing date: December 9, 2013
Bain Capital completed the acquisition
of a majority stake in Canada Goose, one
of the world's leading manufacturers of
extreme weather outerwear. Dani Reiss
will remain President and CEO, and con-
tinue to own a signifi cant minority stake
in the company. Financial terms of the
private transaction were not disclosed.
Bain Capital was represented in Can-
ada by Peter Castiel, Warren Silversmith
and Barbara Sheng (M&A); Frank Ma-
thieu and Éric Lévesque (tax); Marie
Garneau, Howard Rosenoff and Shane
Litvack (banking ); Stephanie Wechsler,
Kelly O'Ferrall and Michèle Robichaud
(employment and labour); Luc Vaillan-
court (pensions and benefi ts), Jonathan
Auerbach (intellectual property), Rich-
ard Rusk (environment) and Paul Col-
lins and Marisa Muchnik (competition)
of Stikeman Elliott LLP; in the US by
William Shields, Christopher Leich, Mi-
chael Sartor, Adam Greenwood, Brian El-
worthy and Elizabeth Rahn of Ropes &
Gray LLP; in Luxembourg by Joost Van
Den Berg and Philippe Chenu of Loyens
& Loeff Luxembourg S.à r.l.; and in the
Cayman Islands by Sheryl Dean and Phil-
ip Dickinson from Maples and Calder.
Canada Goose was represented by
Jeff rey Cohen, Glen Eddie, Chaim Sa-
pirman and Violet French (corporate/
M&A), Fay Sulley (corporate/bank-
ing ), Catherine Nicholson (tax), Sammy
Redlick (corporate), Rajeev Sharma
(competition) and Tom Stefanik (la-
bour/employment) of Torkin Manes
