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ornton, Robert I.
ornton Grout
Finnigan LLP
(416) 304-0560
rthornton@tgf.ca
Mr. ornton, an IIC
member, is recognized
by Chambers Global as a
band 1 leading individual
in restructuring. He has
been described as "a leading
light," "one of the most
innovative in the fi eld" and
"pound for pound one of
the top lawyers in town."
Travers, QC, James C.
Stewart McKelvey
(902) 629-4504
jtravers@
stewartmckelvey.com
Mr. Travers's practice
includes mergers
and acquisitions of
small- to medium-sized
enterprises, as well as
corporate fi nancing,
corporate restructurings
and estate freezes.
Trossman, Jeff rey C.
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(416) 863-4290
jeff rey.trossman@
blakes.com
Mr. Trossman focuses
on income tax planning,
including M&A,
international tax,
corporate reorganizations
and R EITs. He acts
for public and private
companies, and represents
taxpayers at all levels of
the tax-appeal process.
rasher, QC,
R.J. ( Jack)
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(403) 260-7019
jthrasher@osler.com
Mr. rasher focuses on
corporate, commercial
and energy law matters. He
has extensive experience
on major Canadian and
international resource
and infrastructure
projects, as well as in
M&A, joint ventures
and strategic alliances.
Tremblay, Richard G.
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6441
rtremblay@osler.com
Mr. Tremblay focuses on
corporate taxation, with an
emphasis on international
taxation (foreign
affi liates, tax treaties and
transfer pricing), as well
as on the resolution of
disputes with Canadian
federal and provincial
revenue authorities.
Turnbull, QC,
Gregory G.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(403) 206-5555
gturnbull@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Turnbull's practice
focuses on securities
matters, public and private
share and debt fi nancings,
take-overs, initial
public off erings, board
governance issues, and
mergers & acquisitions of
Canadian and international
energy companies.
LEXPERT
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RANKED LAWYERS
nifer Guerard, Vice President – Legal at
Borealis; and externally by Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP with a team of Jeff rey
Lloyd, Christopher Jones, Kevin Rusli,
Karim Amlani, Adrian Cochrane and
Kenneth Prichard (M&A); Jeremy For-
gie and Elizabeth Boyd (pensions and
employee benefi ts); Brian Facey, Micah
Wood and Kevin MacDonald (competi-
tion); Seumas Woods (litigation), Jeff rey
Trossman and Jeff rey Shafer (tax); Peter
MacGowan (banking ), Laura Weinrib
and Wendy Mee (health/regulatory) and
Holly Reid (employment and labour).
CML was represented in-house by
Peter Brent, General Counsel and Chief
Privacy Offi cer, and externally by Good-
mans LLP with a team that included
Kenneth Wiener, Victor Liu, Neill May,
Rob Kallio and Johnny Singh (corporate/
M&A); Richard Annan (competition),
Tom Friedland and Peter Kolla (litiga-
tion); Ken Herlin (real estate), Mitchell
Sherman and Marisa Wyse (tax) and Joe
Conforti (employment and labour).
e special committee of the board
of directors of CML in connection with
the transaction was represented by Ben-
nett Jones LLP with a team of Barry Re-
iter, Jesslyn Maurier and Corinne Bord-
man (corporate).
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP act-
ed as adviser to Goldman Sachs, CML's
fi nancial advisor, with a team of Douglas
Bryce and David Vernon (corporate).
ARMZ ACQUIRES
URANIUM ONE
Closing date: October 18, 2013
JSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ),
through its wholly owned subsidiary,
acquired all of the issued and outstand-
ing common shares of Uranium One
Inc. that ARMZ and its affi liates did not
already own by way of a plan of arrange-
ment. e transaction provided total
consideration to minority shareholders
of approximately $1.3 billion.
ARMZ was represented by Stikeman
Elliott LLP with a team that included
Amanda Linett, Alethea Au and Chris-
topher Yung (M&A); John Lorito and
Katy Pitch (tax); Susan Hutton (com-
petition), Kelly O'Ferrall (employment),
Andrea Boctor (pensions) and Eliot
Kolers (litigation). eodore Kassinger
of O'Melveny & Myers LLP was US
counsel to ARMZ. Ashurst LLP was
Australian counsel to ARMZ with a team
of Mark Stanbridge, Tanya Denning and
Ben Langford.
Uranium One was represented in-
house by John Sibley, Executive Vice
President, General Counsel and Sec-
retary; Jane Luck, Vice President and
Legal Counsel; and Bozidar Crnatovic,
Legal Counsel. External representation
was provided by Goodmans LLP with a
team of Jonathan Lampe, Neill May, Rob
Kallio, Geoff Cowper-Smith and Jeremy
Weisz (corporate and M&A); Alan Bow-
man (tax) and Tom Friedland and Peter
Kolla (litigation); and Dorsey & Whit-
ney LLP in the US with Christopher
Doerksen (corporate), Nelson Dong and
Larry Ward (national security); and Wil-
liam Prince, Wells Parker and Shannon
Heim (regulatory).
e special committee of Uranium
One was represented externally by a team
from Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.
e Cassels team included Paul Stein, Jef-
frey Roy, Pollyanna Lord, Carolyn Stroz
and Afzal Hasan (M&A).
CEPSA ACQUIRES
COASTAL ENERGY
Closing date: January 17, 2014
Coastal Energy Company, an interna-
tional exploration and production com-
pany with principal assets in ailand
and Malaysia, successfully completed
its merger under the corporate laws of
the Cayman Islands with Condor Ac-
quisition (Cayman) Limited (CACL),
a newly incorporated entity controlled
by Compañía Española de Petróleos,
S.A.U. (CEPSA) and in which Strategic
Resources (Global) Limited (SRG) is an
investor. Pursuant to the Merger, CACL
