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Williams, Rick L.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(604) 640-4074
rwilliams@blg.com
Mr. Williams's advises on the
regulatory, commercial and
litigation aspects of project
development in the energy
and natural resource sectors,
including land, environment-
al and Aboriginal law. He is
the Regional Leader of the
firm's Regulatory Group.
Willms, Charles F.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-4789
cwillms@fasken.com
Mr. Willms's dispute avoid-
ance and resolution practice
includes appearing in courts,
including the SCC, tribunals
and arbitrations on issues
including energy & transmis-
sion, forestry, mining, Ab-
original, construction, CSR
and constitutional issues.
Wong, Lilly A.
Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
(416) 369-4630
lilly.wong@gowlings.com
Ms. Wong is a senior
practitioner specializing in
the financial services and
insolvency and restructur-
ing areas. She has led many
infrastructure and energy
project finance loans and
a wide range of other
types of domestic and inter-
national loans.
Willis, Peter A.
McMillan LLP
(416) 865-7210
peter.willis@mcmillan.ca
Mr. Willis's practice is fo-
cused on corporate finance
with an emphasis on project
finance, public private and
structured finance. He advis-
es consortia, arrangers, lend-
ers and others in connection
with P3 infrastructure and
renewable energy projects.
Wilson, Paul C.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-4748
pwilson@fasken.com
Mr. Wilson advises oil
and gas, power, pipeline
and other energy-sector
companies regarding energy
agreements, mergers and
acquisitions, project develop-
ment and approvals, project
financing, consultation and
business agreements with
First Nations.
Yaskiel, Ava G.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP
(416) 216-3902
ava.yaskiel@nortonroseful-
bright.com
Ms. Yaskiel is the global
head of the firm's corporate,
M&A and securities
practice. She focuses on
M&A, finance, private
equity, corporate governance
and advisory mandates
for issuers, boards of direc-
tors, shareholders and
investment banks.
Kevin Fougere that included Lee Cassey
and Tyrel Henderson.
Riverstone Capital Services LLC arranged
a second lien term loan facility for CNOR
to assist in the purchase, and was represented
by Simpson acher & Bartlett LLP with
a team that included Robert Rabalais, Jason
Hwang and Peter Raish.
Schoeller Bleckmann
acquires majority interest
in Resource Well Completions
CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equip-
ment AG (SBO) announced its acquisi-
tion of over 67 per cent of Resource Well
Completion Technologies Inc. (Resource),
a Canadian oilfield service company.
e purchase price was variable, with a first
tranche of $39.3 million paid upon closing
and the second tranche, payable at the end
of March depending on Resource's results.
SBO has the option to acquire the remain-
ing 33 per cent in Resource aer three years.
SBO financed the purchase price out of
cash flow and through utilization of exist-
ing credit lines.
Resource is a provider of a diverse range
of high-quality completion, well construc-
tion, multi-stage stimulation and well ser-
vicing products and systems that efficiently
stimulate oil and gas production.
SBO is a provider of parts and a supplier
of oilfield equipment for the oilfield service
industry, specializing in non-magnetic drill-
ing collar components, high-performance
drilling motors and circulations tools for
directional and horizontal drilling.
Resource was represented by Bennett
Jones LLP by a team led by Brent Kraus
and including Tessa Guenther (corporate/
M&A), Alan Rautenburg and Marshall
Haughey (tax), John Gilmore (employ-
ment) and Roseanne Caldwell (IP).
Schoeller-Bleckmann was represented
by Torys LLP with a team led by Janan
Paskaran and that included Amy Magin-
ley, Leah Dickie, Renée Matthews, Megan
Kinsella and Eliot Che (corporate/M&A),
Ed Fan and eresa Fauconnier (IP), An-
drew Bernstein and Evan Dickinson (liti-
gation), Darryl Hiscocks, Susan Nicker-
son, Lynne Lacoursiere and Brad Tartick
(pensions and employment), and Andrew
Wong (tax).
BluEarth
Acquires SparkleLight
CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 30, 2014
A subsidiary of BluEarth Renewables Inc.
acquired the SparkleLight solar power proj-
ect, a 10-megawatt AC solar power plant
located in Beaverton, Ontario, valued at
approximately $66 million, from Canadian
Solar Solutions Inc., a wholly owned sub-
sidiary of Canadian Solar Inc.
is acquisition is the third of four
planned solar projects being acquired by
BluEarth Renewables Inc. from Canadian
Solar Inc.
Project financing for the development,
construction, operation and ownership of
the SparkleLight solar power project was
provided by National Bank of Canada.
For the acquisition, BluEarth Renew-
ables was represented by Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP. e Blakes team was com-
posed of Scott Clarke, Mark Johnson and
Britt Tan (corporate and M&A); and Nick
Tropak and Cameron Siempelkamp (finan-
cial services).
For the project financing, BluEarth Re-
newables was represented by McCarthy
Tétrault LLP with a team consisting of
Stephen Furlan, Ian Mak and Christopher
Perez (financial services).
Canadian Solar was represented by Fo-
gler, Rubinoff LLP with a team of Mi-
chael Slan and Brian Gosse (corporate and
M&A), Karen Rosen (financial services),
Daliah Szechtman (real estate) and Yadira
Flores (environmental and regulatory).
National Bank was represented by Den-
tons Canada LLP with a team including
Joe Palin and Audrey Bouffard-Nesbitt
(project finance), Helen Newland (regula-
tory), Vivek Bakshi and Julie Bedford (cor-
porate and commercial), and Paul Shantz
and Matthew Dunnet (real estate).
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