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ing Neville McClure, Alice Davidson, David
Massé, Léa Bénitah-Bouchard and Charlotte
Verdebout (corporate and securities).
Endeavour was also represented in the
Cayman Islands by Walkers with a team
which included Ramesh Maharaj and Chris-
tophe Kalinauckas.
Endeavour was represented in-house by
Morgan Carroll, Executive VP Corporate
Finance & General Counsel, and Elizabeth
ampy, Legal Counsel.
La Mancha was represented in Canada by
Norton Rose Fulbright with a team led by
Paul Raymond which included Steve Malas,
Emmanuel Grondin and Laurence Farmer
(corporate, securities and mining) and in re-
lation to certain European and African mat-
ters by a team led by Poupak Bahamin which
included Antoine ibaud, James Renard
and Paul Messié (corporate and mining).
La Mancha was also represented in the
Cayman Islands by Maples and Calder with
a team led by Michael Johns.
La Mancha was represented in-house by
Julie Blot, Legal Counsel.
STELLA-JONES ACQUIRES
RAM FOREST GROUP
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2015
On October 2, 2015, Stella-Jones Inc. an-
nounced that it had completed the acquisi-
tion of the shares of Ram Forest Group Inc.
and Ramfor Lumber Inc.
rough its wholly owned subsidiaries,
Ram Forest Products Inc. and Trent Timber
Treating Ltd., Ram Forest Group manufac-
tures and sells pressure treated wood prod-
ucts and accessories to the retail building ma-
terials industry. Ramfor Lumber is a lumber
purchasing entity serving Ram Forest Prod-
ucts and Trent Timber Treating.
Stella-Jones is a leading producer and mar-
keter of pressure treated wood products, sup-
plying North America's railroad operators
with railway ties and timbers, and the con-
tinent's electrical utilities and telecommuni-
cation companies with utility poles.
Stella-Jones also provides residential lum-
ber to retailers and wholesalers for outdoor
applications, as well as industrial products for
construction and marine applications. Stella-
Jones's common shares are listed on the To-
ronto Stock Exchange.
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
represented Stella-Jones with a team that
included Jean Michel Lapierre, Sean Ste-
vens, Monica Dingle, Joëlle El-Féghali,
Justine Connors, Nicole Park and Lénie
Tessier-Beaulieu (corporate/M&A), Chloé
Archambault (banking), Andrea Centa and
Maria Holder (real estate), Rosalind Cooper
(environment), Karen Sargeant and Nicole
Singh (labour), Jean-Philippe Mikus and
Paul Gagnon (intellectual property), Mitch-
ell aw and Paul Casuccio (tax) and Huy
Do and Jack Yu (regulatory).
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP repre-
sented Ram Forest Group and Ramfor Lum-
ber Inc. with a team that included Michael
Stevenson and David Forsayeth (corporate/
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