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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
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Ross Bentley focuses on corporate fi nance and merger and acquisition transactions.
He has extensive experience in a wide variety of domestic and cross-border equity and
fi xed-income off erings, including off erings of investment grade and high-yield debt. He
also assists issuers in establishing shelf fi nancing programs both domestically and under
the multi-jurisdictional off ering system. Bentley has acted for issuers, underwriters
and selling shareholders on off erings by issuers in the airline, pipeline and energy
infrastructure, agribusiness, oil and gas services, oil and gas exploration, railroad,
and chartered bank sectors. As counsel to both acquirers and targets, he has acted on
numerous domestic and cross-border corporate acquisitions by way of take-over bids
and plans of arrangement, and has been involved in a number of high-profi le cross-
border proxy contests. He also regularly advises issuers in connection with corporate
governance requirements, continuous disclosure obligations, stock exchange matters
and general corporate matters.
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Bob Wooder is a partner who practices in the area of securities law at Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP. Practice focuses primarily on corporate fi nance and mergers &
acquisitions. Recent transactions include advising Capstone Mining in connection with
its purchase of the Pinto Valley Mine from BHP Copper; Fission in connection with
its acquisition of Alpha Minerals; the underwriters in connection with equity off erings
by Silver Wheaton, Pretium, Primero and Silver Standard. Has extensive experience
advising on mergers & acquisitions, including advising Petaquilla Copper in connection
with the hostile bid by Inmet, Hathor Exploration in connection with the hostile bid by
Cameco Corporation and Aurizon in connection with the hostile bid by Alamos Gold
and advising special committee of Canplats Resources, Brett Resources, Cumberland
Resources and Viceroy Exploration.
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Partner in corporate/M&A practice group. Noralee Bradley's practice focuses on
mergers & acquisitions, corporate and board governance, public and private placement
fi nancings and general corporate matters. Her clients are primarily in the oil & gas
sector and related industries. Bradley has been lead lawyer in several mergers involving
both public and private companies as well as in friendly and hostile take-over bids and
was recently the lead lawyer on a contested proxy battle for board elections. She has
also been lead partner on IPOs, back-door listings, reverse take-overs and high-yield
debt off erings, as well as sophisticated cross-border mergers and fi nancings. She has
experience in negotiating and documenting the capitalization of start-up companies,
including private-equity funding. Bradley assists many companies in the review of
corporate governance policies and their compliance with securities regulations in the
normal course and serves as a board member or corporate secretary for several companies.
Called to the Bar, Alberta, 1991.
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Pat Finnerty practices in the areas of domestic and cross-border M&A and public and
private off erings. Recent transactions include Agrium's defense of JANA Partners proxy
contest; sale of Nexen to CNOOC for $17 billion; sale of Forzani Group to Canadian
Tire for $771 million; MEG Energy's $700-million IPO; UTS Energy's successful
defense of Total's unsolicited take-over bid and subsequent friendly sale to Total; Forzani
Group's successful defense of Crescendo's proxy contest; Agrium's acquisition of UAP
for C$2.6 billion and related cross-border C$1.375-billion equity off ering; Nexen's
acquisition of EnCana's North Sea assets for $2.1 billion. Recognized in Guide to the
World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers and M&A Lawyers, ! e Lexpert®/American
Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, PLC Cross-border Mergers and
Acquisitions Handbook, Global Counsel 3000, Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading
Lawyers for Business, and Lexpert®'s "Canada's Top 30 Dealmakers."
Ross Bentley
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (403) 260-9720
Fax: (403) 260-9700
Calgary
Bob J.
Wooder
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3330
Fax: (604) 631-3309
Vancouver
Noralee M.
Bradley
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (403) 260-7002
Fax: (403) 260-7024
Calgary
Pat C.
Finnerty
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (403) 260-9608
Fax: (403) 260-9700
Calgary
ross.bentley@blakes.com
bob.wooder@blakes.com
nbradley@osler.com
pcf@blakes.com
