Tay, Derrick C.
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP
(416) 369-7330
derrick.tay@gowlings.com
Mr. Tay leads the fi rm's
corporate restructuring
practice. His primary focus
is on the restructuring and
reorganization of complex
debtor corporations, and
he has deep experience in
cross-border and multi-
jurisdictional transactions.
ompson, QC,
Peter C.P.
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
(613) 787-3528
pthompson@blg.com
Mr. ompson's particular
litigation and administrative
law expertise is in the
regulation of natural gas and
electricity utilities. Moreover,
he appears at all court levels
and for 25 years managed
BLG's Ottawa offi ce.
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.
emens,
Pierre-André
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(514) 841-6448
pathemens@dwpv.com
Mr. emens, a managing
partner of Davies, focuses
on all aspects of complex
domestic/foreign project
fi nancings and real estate
transactions including
acquisitions/dispositions
and securitizations for
major institutional investors
and pension plans.
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."
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.
tien Géhu (corporate and M&A); Jason
Gudofsky (competition), Natalie Bussière
and Aldona Gudas (pension and employ-
ment); Daniel Ferreira and Camille Paulus
(real estate); and Charles Kazaz (environ-
mental) and Jeff rey Shafer (tax).
Stikeman Elliott LLP represented Sa-
puto with a team that included Steeve Ro-
bitaille, Dana Borshy and Maxime Char-
bonneau (corporate and M&A); Franco
Gadoury (tax), Michael Kilby (competi-
tion), Bertrand Ménard (real estate), Eve-
line Poirier (employment and labour) and
Myriam Fortin (environment).
ORBCOMM COMPLETES
ACQUISITION OF SKYWAVE
Closing date: January 1, 2015 ORBCOMM
Inc., a global provider of Machine-to-Ma-
chine (M2M) solutions, completed the ac-
quisition of SkyWave Mobile Communica-
tions Inc., the largest M2M service provider
on the Inmarsat global L-band satellite net-
work for approximately US$130 million.
SkyWave, an Ottawa-based company, will
add more than 250,000 subscribers, 400
channel partners, and annualized revenues
of over $60 million to ORBCOMM.
ORBCOMM was led by Chris LeB-
run, Executive Vice President and General
Counsel, and Clay Sanders, Vice-Presi-
dent, Legal. McCarthy Tétrault LLP rep-
resented ORBCOMM with a team con-
sisting of Robert Hansen, Nicola Geary,
Jonathan Bitran (corporate/M&A), Ian
Bies (IP), Stefanie Morand and Gabrielle
Richards (tax) and Geoff Hall (litigation).
LaBarge Weinstein LLP represent-
ed SkyWave with a team comprised of
Randy Taylor, Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe
(corporate/M&A) and Estelle Duez (tax).
Bennett Jones LLP represented Inmar-
sat in Canada with a team consisting of
Jeff Kerbel, Jamie Au and Daniel Masliyah
(corporate/M&A).
NEWALTA COMPLETES SALE
OF ITS INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
Closing date: February 27, 2015 On Febru-
ary 27, 2015, Calgary-based Newalta Cor-
poration (Newalta) completed the sale of
its Industrial Division to Revolution Ac-
quisition LP (Revolution), a subsidiary of
Toronto-based Birch Hill Equity Partners
Management Inc. (Birch Hill), for cash
proceeds of $300 million.
! e Industrial Division comprises sever-
al business streams including major facili-
ties and assets located across Canada. ! e
sale creates a new stand-alone company,
Terrapure Environmental, which has its
headquarters in Burlington, Ontario.
Newalta was represented in-house by
Took Whiteley (Senior Vice President,
Business Development and General
Counsel), Karlena Lewis (Associate Gen-
eral Counsel) and Heather Grab (Corpo-
rate Counsel), and by the Calgary offi ce
of Bennett Jones LLP, with a team led by
Vivek Warrier (M&A) and consisting of
Kieran Ryan and Adam Scrivens (M&A),
Beth Riley (competition), Susan Seller
(pensions), John Batzel (employment),
Gregory Johnson (tax) and Denise Bright
(banking ).
Birch Hill was represented by Stikeman
Elliott LLP, with a team working out of
its Toronto offi ce led by Ron Ferguson
(M&A) and consisting of Kevin Smyth,
Evan Marcus and Ian Noble (M&A),
Craig Mitchell and Andrew Grant (bank-
ing ), Larry Cobb (environmental), Mario
Paura, Rachel Hutton, Stefan Fews, Neil
Shapiro, Stéphanie Normandin and Brady
McLeod (real estate), Shawn Neylan and
Marisa Muchnik (competition), Kris
Noonan (employment) and Andrea Boc-
tor (benefi ts).
OSISKO GOLD ROYALTIES
ACQUIRES VIRGINIA MINE
Closing date: February 17, 2015 On Febru-
ary 17, 2015, Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd
(Osisko) acquired Virginia Mines Inc.
(Virginia) for approximately $461 mil-
lion, pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
! e consideration received by share-
holders of Virginia consisted of an aggre-
gate of 29,964,240 shares of Osisko, which
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