Singer, Cathy
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(416) 216-4053
cathy.singer@nortonroseful-
bright.com
Ms. Singer's corporate and
securities practice focuses
on corporate finance, M&A
and advisory mandates for
issuers, investment dealers
and independent commit-
tees. She also advises invest-
ment fund clients on secur-
ities regulatory matters.
Smellie, James H.
Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
(403) 298-1816
james.smellie@gowlings.com
Mr. Smellie's practice focuses
on energy regulatory mat-
ters, commercial arbitrations
and litigation. With extensive
experience before federal
and provincial regulatory
tribunals, he represents a
wide range of stakeholders
on energy-related issues.
Smith, Graham B.
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
(416) 863-2558
graham.smith@blakes.com
Mr. Smith focuses on M&A,
private equity, joint ventures
and structuring matters as
well as on a wide range of
downstream energy matters.
He has also assisted numer-
ous foreign entities
in establishing businesses
in Canada.
Sirett, William F.
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
(604) 631-3371
bill.sirett@blakes.com
Mr. Sirett practises securities
and corporate law with an
emphasis on corporate
finance, mergers and acquisi-
tions, reorganizations and
governance. His practice
includes a broad range of
industries with an emphasis
on forestry, mining
and energy.
Smith, Crawford G.
Torys LLP
(416) 865-8209
csmith@torys.com
Mr. Smith has a broad
litigation and regulatory
practice. His energy practice
involves economic issues in
multi-party litigation and
frequent appearances before
the Energy Board at hearings
regarding rate regulation and
infrastructure development.
Smith, QC,
Lawrence E. (Laurie)
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3315
smithl@bennettjones.com
Mr. Smith is former firm vice-
chair/founder of regulatory
department. He acts for util-
ities, pipeline/LNG projects
before federal and provincial
regulators and all levels of
court including the SCC.
Has testified as an expert
witness in Canada/US.
worth & Palmer LLP with a team that
included Steve Chetner, Alyson Goldman,
Jessica Brown and Shanlee von Vegesack
(securities), and Kirk Lamb (tax).
e syndicate of underwriters led by
BMO Capital Markets and including First-
Energy Capital Corp., RBC Dominion
Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc.,
Peters & Co. Limited, Scotia Capital Inc.,
TD Securities Inc., Raymond James Ltd.,
Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Dundee
Securities Ltd. was represented by Norton
Rose Fulbright Canada LLP with a team
that included Mark Eade, Peter Allegretto
and Felix Hapsel (securities), and Dion
Legge (tax).
TransCanada Corporation
closes offering
of preferred shares
CLOSING DATE: March 2, 2015
On March 2, 2015, TransCanada Corpora-
tion (TransCanada) closed its public offer-
ing of cumulative redeemable first preferred
shares, series 11 (the Series 11 Preferred
Shares). Pursuant to the offering, Trans-
Canada issued 10 million Series 11 Pre-
ferred Shares for aggregate gross proceeds
of $250 million through a syndicate of un-
derwriters co-led by Scotiabank and RBC
Capital Markets. e net proceeds of the
offering will be used for general corporate
purposes and to reduce short-term indebt-
edness of TransCanada and its subsidiaries
and affiliates.
TransCanada was represented by its in-
house counsel Lisa Grams and Kelly Gal-
loway, and assisted, with respect to Cana-
dian matters, by a team at Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP including Ross Bentley,
Jeff Bakker and Trevor Rowles (corporate/
securities), and Carrie Aiken and Corinne
MacCarthy (tax).
e underwriters were represented by a
team at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
LLP including Don Tse, Chris Wolfenberg
and Jason Giborski (corporate/securities)
and Dion Legge (tax).
Cenovus Energy Inc.
completes cross-border
$1.5B common share offering
CLOSING DATE: MARCH 3, 2015
On March 3, 2015, Cenovus Energy Inc.
completed a $1.5-billion cross-border pub-
lic offering of 67,500,000 common shares
at a price of $22.25 per share.
e offering was conducted concurrently
in Canada and the US pursuant to the
multi-jurisdictional disclosure system, and
was made through a syndicate of under-
writers led by RBC Dominion Securities
Inc. and TD Securities Inc., and including
BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World
Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., Barclays
Capital Canada Inc., J.P. Morgan Securi-
ties Canada Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada
Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc.,
Morgan Stanley Canada Limited, Alta-
Corp Capital Inc., BNP Paribas (Canada)
Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc.,
Cormark Securities Inc., FirstEnergy
Capital Corp., Macquarie Capital Markets
Canada Ltd., National Bank Financial Inc.,
Peters & Co. Limited, Raymond James Ltd.
and UBS Securities Canada Inc.
Cenovus Energy Inc. was represented
by an in-house team consisting of Kerry
Dyte, QC, Executive Vice-President, Gen-
eral Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Gary
Molnar, Vice-President, Legal & Assistant
Corporate Secretary, and Colin Ritchie,
Senior Legal Counsel; Bennett Jones LLP,
acting as lead external counsel to Cenovus,
with a team led by John Piasta (capital mar-
kets and securities), and including Harinder
Basra (capital markets and securities), Karen
Keck (capital markets and corporate com-
mercial) and Anu Nijhawan (tax). Cenovus
Energy was also represented by Paul, Weiss,
Riind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, act-
ing as US counsel to Cenovus, with a team
led by Andrew Foley (capital markets), and
including Stephen Centa (capital markets),
Emelia Baack (capital markets), David Sic-
ular (tax), Robert Killip (tax) and William
O'Brien (environmental).
e underwriters were represented by
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, as
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