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Smellie, James H. Gowling WLG
(403) 298-1816 james.smellie@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Smellie's practice focuses on energy regulatory matters, administrative
law and litigation. With extensive experience before federal and provincial
regulatory tribunals, he has represented a wide range of stakeholders
in the energy industry.
Singer, Jeffrey Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5656 jsinger@stikeman.com
Mr. Singer focuses on domestic and international M&A, corporate finance and
private equity. He is a partner in Toronto and a member of the firm's Executive
Committee and Partnership Board. Previously, Mr. Singer served on the
Securities Advisory Committee to the OSC. He is a recipient of Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his service to Canada.
Shouldice, Robert R. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(604) 640-4145 rshouldice@blg.com
Mr. Shouldice practises corporate and commercial law in the areas of
acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, public infrastructure projects,
energy (power, pipeline, oil & gas, petrochemical) transactions and projects,
transportation-sector projects; corporate reorganizations; and corporate
governance matters.
Sherman, Mitchell J. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4189 msherman@goodmans.ca
Mr. Sherman's tax practice focuses on corporate/commercial transactions,
including equity and debt financings, acquisitions, divestitures, syndications,
reorganizations, structured products, investment funds and international tax
planning. He is the Past Chair of the Joint Committee and the National Taxation
section of the Canadian Bar Association.
Sheehy, Neil M. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4229 nsheehy@goodmans.ca
Mr. Sheehy's practice focuses on domestic and international M&A, corporate
finance and private-equity transactions including corporate governance and
securities regulatory advice. He has represented a broad range of clients
on cross-border transactions as well as for issuers undertaking public
offerings and private placements of securities in Canada.
Sebastiano, Rocco M. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5859 rsebastiano@osler.com
Mr. Sebastiano focuses on energy and infrastructure/P3 projects. He has
advised on such engineering, procurement, construction, project finance
and privatization projects as Maritime Link, Bruce A and Pt. Lepreau NGS,
407ETR, GTAA and Spadina Subway.
LEXPERT RANKED LAWYERS
Collins and Meaghan McDonald (competition), and
by Paul, Weiss, Riind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
with a team that included Christopher Cummings,
Ted Maynard, Patricia Vaz de Almeida and Tammy
Wang (M&A), David Mayo and Rodney Hill (tax).
Central GoldTrust was represented by Dentons
Canada LLP with a team that included Mark Ma-
honey, Corey MacKinnon and Ralph Shay (M&A),
Matt Fleming (litigation) and Mark Jadd and Larry
Nevsky (tax).
Bennett Jones LLP acted for the Special Com-
mittee of Independent Trustees of Central GoldTrust
with a team that included Norm Findlay, Jeff Kerbel,
Kris Hanc, Aaron Sonshine, Chris Doucet and Ted
Gotlieb (M&A) and Rob Staley, Alan Gardner, Derek
Bell, Jonathan Bell, Amanda McLachlan and Joseph
Blinick (litigation) and Clare Kennedy (tax).
BOMBARDIER CLOSES
THE SALE OF A 30% STAKE
IN BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION
CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2016
On February 11, 2016, Bombardier Inc. (Bombar-
dier) closed the previously announced acquisition by
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ ) of
a US$1.5-billion convertible share investment in Bom-
bardier Transportation's newly created holding compa-
ny, Bombardier Transportation (Investment) UK Ltd.
(BT Holdco), which, following the completion of the
previously announced corporate reorganization, owns
