LEXPERT MAGAZINE
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OCTOBER 2016 23
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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4
Metals & Mining
3
Financials
Power Pipelines
Automotive Materials
Utilities Financials Health Research
Media & Entertainment Recreation & Leisure Advertising & Marketing
E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
2
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Oil & Gas Oil & Gas
2
Professional Services
TRANSACTION VITALS
ANNOUNCED: 5/12/2016
CLOSED: 7/19/2016
TECHNIQUE: STOCK SWAP
ATTITUDE: FRIENDLY DOMESTIC ACQUIRER
SOUGHT: 100%
PAUL STEIN
CASSELS BROCK
& BLACKWELL LLP
TORONTO
(FOR GOLDCORP)
PETER O'CALLAGHAN
BLAKE, CASSELS
& GRAYDON LLP
VANCOUVER
(FOR KAMINAK)
On July 19, 2016, Goldcorp Inc. (Goldcorp) acquired all of the issued
and outstanding common shares of Kaminak Gold Corp. (Kamin-
ak) pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement (the Arrange-
ment) on the basis of 0.10896 of a Goldcorp common share for each
common share of Kaminak. e consideration received by Kaminak
shareholders pursuant to the Arrangement represents the equivalent
of $2.62 per Kaminak Share, for an implied total transaction value
for the Arrangement of approximately $520 million.
Kaminak was represented by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP,
with a team led by Peter O'Callaghan and Susan Tomaine that in-
cluded Jamie Kariya, Iva Erceg, Andrea Lejay and Kevin Zimka (tax)
and Alexandra Luchenko (litigation); and in the US by Chris Cum-
mings, Aaron Abramson, David Mayo (tax) and Rodney Hill (tax) of
Paul, Weiss, Riind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Goldcorp's legal team was led in-house by Charlene Ripley, Execu-
tive Vice President and General Counsel and Randall Chatwin, As-
sistant General Counsel. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP acted as
external counsel to Goldcorp with a team led by Paul Stein and Jef-
frey Roy that included Jennifer Hansen and Jamie Litchen (securities,
mining and M&A) and Robert Cohen (litigation).
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP was Goldcorp's US counsel with
a team of David Stone, John Koenigsknecht, Beth Rosner and Chloe
Milstein. Bob Simon of Greenberg Traurig, LLP was Goldcorp's
US tax counsel. orsteinssons LLP acted as Canadian tax counsel
to Goldcorp with a team of Michael Colborne and Michael McLaren.
GOLDCORP COMPLETES $520M
ACQUISITION OF KAMINAK
NEVSUN RESOURCES
ACQUIRES RESERVOIR MINERALS
TRANSACTION VITALS
ANNOUNCED: 4/24/2016
CLOSED: 6/23/2016
TECHNIQUE: STOCK SWAP
ATTITUDE: FRIENDLY DOMESTIC ACQUIRER
SOUGHT: 100%
JAY KELLERMAN
STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP
TORONTO
(FOR NEVSUN RESOURCES)
DAVID GLENNIE
BLAKE, CASSELS
& GRAYDON LLP
LONDON, UK
(FOR RESERVOIR MINERALS)
On June 23, 2016, Nevsun Resources Ltd. (Nevsun) completed its ac-
quisition of Reservoir Minerals Inc. (Reservoir), a TSX-V listed com-
