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50 | Big Deals
Vesey, Derek R.G.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 367-6921
dvesey@dwpv.com
Mr. Vesey acts on
project fi nance,
P3, banking and
infrastructure
transactions in both
Canada and the US
He advises lenders,
operators and sponsors
in numerous sectors
including energy,
mining, and social
and transportation
infrastructure.
Vegh, George
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(416) 601-7709
gvegh@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Vegh heads
McCarthy Tétrault's
Toronto energy
regulation practice.
Prior to joining
McCarthy Tétrault,
Mr. Vegh was general
counsel of the Ontario
Energy Board. He
teaches energy law
at the U of T and
Osgoode Hall
Law Schools.
Vogel, Grant
Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7272
grant.vogel@dentons.
com
Mr. Vogel's practice
includes a focus on
public and private
oil fi eld service
businesses in domestic
and cross-border
transactions. His
expertise embraces
corporate commercial
matters, M&A and
fi nancial services for
lenders and borrowers.
Warren, Robert B.
WeirFoulds LLP
(416) 947-5075
rwarren@weirfoulds.
com
Mr. Warren's litigation
and administrative
law practice includes
advising public- and
private-sector clients
on energy and
environmental matters
in infrastructure
projects.
Wallace, QC,
R. Brian
Bull, Housser &
Tupper LLP
(604) 641-4852
rbw@bht.com
Mr. Wallace's practice
embraces a wide
range of regulatory and
environmental matters
before courts and
tribunals. He appears
before the NEB,
the Alberta Utilities
Commission, the BC
Utilities Commisions
and environmental
assessment panels.
Webb, Ian D.
Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9117
iwebb@lawsonlundell.
com
Mr. Webb advises
and represents
public utilities, power
marketers, and oil
and gas companies in
British Columbia and
Alberta on regulatory
requirements
and proceedings,
commercial
transactions and
Canada/United States
energy trade matters.
CRESCENT POINT
ENERGY ACQUIRES
ASSETS OF POLAR STAR
CANADIAN OIL AND GAS
Closing date: June 12, 2014
Crescent Point Energy Corp. acquired the Saskatchewan
Viking oil assets from Polar Star Canadian Oil and Gas
Inc., a private western Canadian oil and gas producer, for
approximately $334 million.
The Viking Assets include all of Polar Star's assets in the
Viking play at Dodsland, Saskatchewan. The acquired as-
sets consolidate Crescent Point's existing Viking land po-
sition in the Dodsland area and include more than 2,800
boe/d of high-quality, high-netback production.
Total consideration for the Viking Assets was comprised
of approximately 7.6 million Crescent Point shares and $2
million cash, or approximately $334 million, based on the
five-day weighted average price of Crescent Point shares
prior to the execution of the Viking Acquisition purchase
and sale agreement in mid-May of $43.88 per Crescent
Point share.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP was lead counsel to
Crescent Point. The team from Gowlings included Patrick
Burgess, Geoffrey Macleod, Natalie Esposito, Patrick Rea
and Colleen McMullin (corporate) and William Vanveen
(competition).
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP advised Polar Star
with a team led by Chrysten Perry and that included Jaclyn
Hesje (corporate, oil and gas), Dion Legge (tax), Mike Ben-
nett, Jamie Gagner and Rujuta Patel (corporate finance and
securities) and Kevin Ackhurst (competition).
BAYTEX ENERGY
CLOSES $1.5B FINANCING
Closing date: February 24, 2014
Baytex Energy Corp. closed the public offering of its bought-
deal subscription receipt financing.
The financing was completed in connection with its pro-
posed acquisition of Aurora Oil & Gas Limited for $2.6
billion. Baytex issued 38,433,000 subscription receipts at a
price of $38.90 per subscription receipt for aggregate gross
proceeds of approximately $1.5 billion.
Baytex was represented by Murray Desrosiers, Vice Presi-
dent, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Baytex,
and by Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP. The team from
BD&P included Grant Zawalsky, Shannon Gangl, Alyson
Goldman, Lindsay Cox and Sylvie Welsh (securities); John
Wilmot, Nancy Smith and Andrew Kuzma (banking) and
Heather Digregorio and Elizabeth McCarthy (tax). Baytex
was represented in the US by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Whar-
ton & Garrison LLP. The team from Paul, Weiss included
Andrew Foley, Steve Centa, Alexis Fink, Christodoulos Ka-
outzanis and Amanda Melvin (corporate); David Mayo and
Robert Killip (tax) and Bill O'Brien (environmental).
The syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Scotiabank
and RBC Capital Markets, was represented in Canada by
McCarthy Tétrault LLP. The McCarthy Tétrault team
comprised John Osler, Mark Franko, Wilson Acton and
Jeremy Busch-Howell (securities) and Robert Nearing
(tax). The syndicate of underwriters was represented in
the US by Vinson & Elkins LLP. The Vinson & Elkins
team was composed of Jim Prince, Adam Law and Clin-
ton Smith.
