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JUNE 2016
BIG DEALS
ENDEAVOUR ACQUIRES
TRUE GOLD, CLOSES
EQUITY PLACEMENT
TO LA MANCHA HOLDING
CLOSING DATE: APRIL 26, 2016
JOHN ANDERSON
STIKEMAN
ELLIOTT LLP
BOB WOODER
BLAKE, CASSELS
& GRAYDON LLP
PAUL RAYMOND
NORTON ROSE
FULBRIGHT
CANADA LLP
On April 26, 2016, Endeavour Mining Cor-
poration (Endeavour) completed its acquisi-
tion of True Gold Mining Inc. (True Gold),
a TSX-V listed company, for approximately
$260 million. e acquisition was completed
under a statutory plan of arrangement pur-
suant to which shareholders of True Gold
received Endeavour shares in exchange for
their True Gold shares. In addition, Endeav-
our completed a $82.6-million private place-
ment of Endeavour shares to La Mancha,
Endeavour's largest shareholder.
Endeavour was represented by John An-
derson, Neville McClure, Alice Davidson,
Victor Gerchikov, David Massé, Léa Béni-
tah-Bouchard and Charlotte Verdebout of
Stikeman Elliott LLP.
True Gold was represented by Bob Wood-
er, Kathleen Keilty, Jennifer Ruddick, Bren-
dan Depoe, Garrett Lee, Kevin Zimka and
Samantha Rossman of Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP and by its in-house counsel
Mischa Zajtmann.
La Mancha was represented by Paul Ray-
mond, Steve Malas, Emmanuel Grondin and
Laurence Farmer of Norton Rose Fulbright
Canada LLP.
JUNIPER NETWORKS
ACQUIRES BTI SYSTEMS
CLOSING DATE: APRIL 1, 2016
SIMON ROMANO
STIKEMAN
ELLIOTT LLP
DEBORAH WEINSTEIN
LABARGE
WEINSTEIN LLP
On April 1, 2016, Juniper Networks, Inc.
completed its acquisition of BTI Systems Inc.
by way of a plan of arrangement. While not a
public company, BTI has a very complex VC-
based capital structure, with many classes
of shares, warrants and options, and many
shareholders, which led to the choice to do a
plan of arrangement.
Juniper Networks was represented by Si-
mon Romano, Michael Decicco, Paul Burd
(M&A), John Lorito, Katy Pitch (tax),
Michael Kilby (competition), Aiden Talai
(pensions/benefits), and Khalfan Khalfan
(employment) of Stikeman Elliott LLP, by
Bradley Finkelstein, Melissa Smit (M&A),
and Michael Montfort (employment/ben-
efits) of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Ro-
sati, P.C., and by Sean Belanga, Sayoko
Blodgett-Ford, Anthony Decicco and Leon
Schwartz (intellectual property) of GTC
Law Group LLP.
BTI Systems was represented by Debo-
rah Weinstein, Daniel Scott, Emma Mohns
(M&A), Estelle Duez (tax), Michael Morgan
and Meaghan Mahadeo (intellectual prop-
erty) of LaBarge Weinstein LLP.
NORWEST VENTURE
PARTNERS, GEORGIAN
PARTNERS AND BMO
FINANCIAL GROUP
ACQUIRE EQUITY
INTEREST IN MEDGATE
CLOSING DATE: MARCH 21, 2016
JOHN-PAUL BOGDEN
BLAKE, CASSELS
& GRAYDON LLP
CRAIG BROWN
FASKEN MARTINEAU
DUMOULIN LLP
ANDRÉ PEREY
BLAKE, CASSELS
& GRAYDON LLP
JOEL SCOLER
DAVIES WARD
PHILLIPS &
VINEBERG LLP
On March 21, 2016, a group led by Nor-
west Venture Partners and including Geor-
gian Partners and BMO Financial Group
acquired a significant equity interest in
Medgate Inc. (Medgate).
Several members of Medgate management
remain equity-holders in the company.
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