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Weinberger, David
Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5515
dweinberger@
stikeman.com
Mr. Weinberger focuses
on mergers & acquisitions
(public and private), capital
markets transactions
and securities matters,
advising on hostile and
negotiated M&A and
proxy transactions, IPOs
and other off erings,
and governance and
disclosure issues.
Wilkie, J. Scott
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(416) 863-2948
scott.wilkie@blakes.com
Mr. Wilkie practises
international, corporate
and fi nancial transaction
taxation, as well as transfer
pricing and tax policy.
International Fiscal
Association Permanent
Scientifi c Committee
Member, former Canadian
Tax Foundation Chair.
Wooder, Bob J.
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(604) 631-3330
bob.wooder@blakes.com
Mr. Wooder advises on
M&A and corporate
fi nance transactions.
Recently, he advised
Capstone Mining in
connection with the
$710-million acquisition
of Far West Mining and
Aurizon in connection
with the $750-million
hostile bid by Alamos.
Weizman, Michael
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(416) 601-7793
mweizman@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Weizman focuses
on the fi nancing,
development,
restructuring and
acquisition of independent
power projects and
electrical utilities. He
advises lenders, investors
and developers on global
wind, co-generation, hydro
and biomass projects.
Wilson, James R.
Wilson & Partners LLP
(416) 869-2988
james.r.wilson@ca.pwc.com
Founding partner of PwC
Canada's affi liated tax law
fi rm. Mr. Wilson'spractice
emphasizes corporate
reorganizations, fi nancial
products and structures
and cross-border
taxation matters. He
frequently writes and
speaks on the GAAR .
Woollcombe,
David E.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(416) 601-7555
dwoollcombe@
mccarthy.ca
Mr. Woollcombe is a
partner who specializes
in M&A and corporate
transactions. He
also advises on proxy
fi ghts, governance and
contested matters. He
regularly represents
issuers and investment
dealers in capital
markets transactions.
LEXPERT
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RANKED LAWYERS
Petrominerales was represented by an
in-house team of Andrea Hatzinikolas
and James Maclean, with assistance from
McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Torys
LLP. " e team from McCarthy Tétrault
included James Pasieka, Douglas Yoshida,
Tom Cotter, Mark Franko, Xiaodi Jin
and Jeremy Busch-Howell (M&A and
corporate) and Oliver Borgers (compe-
tition). " e team from Torys included
Janan Paskaran, Tony Cioni and Yvan
Moquin (M&A and corporate); Kevin
Fougere (lending ), Chris Roehrig (US
securities), Craig Maurice and Richard
Johnson (Canadian tax), and James Gua-
diana and David Mattingly (US tax).
" e purchasers of the US notes were
represented in the US by Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP with
a team led by Alejandro Lazzeri and An-
drea Nicolas; and in Canada by Osler,
Hoskin & Harcourt LLP with a team
of Rob Lando, Michael Hart, Evan Low
and Justin Lang (corporate fi nance) and
Gregory Wylie (tax).
AMETEK ACQUIRES
CREAFORM
Closing date: October 30, 2013
NOVACAP Technologies III L.P. and
Desjardins Venture Capital Inc. com-
pleted the sale of Creaform Inc., to AME-
TEK, Inc. a leading global manufacturer
of electronic instruments and electro-
mechanical devices for approximately
US$120 million.
Novacap and Desjardins Venture Capi-
tal made their original investment in Cre-
aform in 2009.
McMillan LLP acted as legal coun-
sel to the sellers with a team of Charles
Chevrette, Enda Wong and Maya Da-
moun (corporate); Elisa Henry (IP),
Pierre-Christian Hoff man (corporate)
and Michel Ranger and Carl Irvine (tax).
" e AMETEK team was led by its
General Counsel, Robert Feit, and Pat-
rick Farris, senior counsel. Deborah
Spranger and Matthew Draper of Saul
Ewing LLP acted as counsel to AM-
ETEK. Dentons Canada LLP acted as
Canadian counsel to AMETEK with a
team that included Charles Spector and
Scott Rozansky (corporate); Christian
Létourneau (labour) and Saminda Path-
masiri (IP).
François Duchesneau and Gilles Ran-
court of Norton Rose Fulbright Cana-
da LLP acted for certain minority sellers.
YANCHANG
ACQUIRES NOVUS
Closing date: January 20, 2014
Yanchang Petroleum International Lim-
ited, through its indirect wholly owned
subsidiary, completed the acquisition of
Novus Energy Inc., a Calgary-based oil
and natural gas company with assets in
western Canada.
Yanchang Petroleum is a Hong Kong
listed public company principally en-
gaged in the exploration, exploitation
and operation of oil and gas fi elds and
refi ned oil wholesale and retail businesses.
Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group)
Co. Limited, the fourth largest oil pro-
ducer in China, is the largest shareholder
of Yanchang and also controls the board
of Yanchang.
" e acquisition was carried out by
way of a statutory plan of arrangement
pursuant to which Yanchang indirectly
acquired all of the issued and outstand-
ing common shares of Novus for $1.18 in
cash per share. " e total transaction was
valued at approximately $320 million,
including $100 million of assumed debt.
Yanchang was represented by Borden
Ladner Gervais LLP with a team that
included Kent Kufeldt, Lily Wang and
Robyn Bourgeois (corporate and M&A);
Peter Bryan (oil and gas), Colin Mac-
Donald (competition and foreign invest-
ment) and Jean-Philippe Couture (tax).
Novus was represented by Blake, Cas-
sels & Graydon LLP with a team that
included Scott Clarke, John Eamon, Olga
Kary and Alison Desipio (corporate and
M&A); Navin Joneja (competition and
