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alpine skiing events in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and Para-
lympic Winter Games.
Vail was represented in-house by David Shapiro, Executive Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary, and Emily Barbara, Senior
Counsel, Securities and Corporate Governance.
Vail was represented in Canada by Stikeman Elliott LLP with
a team including John Leopold, John Anderson, David Massé, Jen-
nifer Honeyman, David Tardif, Shona Sinclair, Jared Bachynski and
Antoine Champagne (mergers and acquisitions), Paul Collins and
Michael Laskey (regulatory), Frank Mathieu and Dominic Bédard-
Lapointe (tax), Richard Jackson and Rachel Hutton (First Nations),
Greg Plater and Bavia Bisetty (real estate), Gary Clarke and Cheryl
Rea (labour), Scott Perrin (banking), Paula Price (litigation) and Jon-
athan Auerbach (intellectual property).
Vail was represented in the United States by Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher LLP with a team including Beau Stark and Eduardo Gal-
lardo (mergers and acquisitions) and Aaron Adams (financing); and
on certain US securities law matters by Hogan Lovells, with a team
led by John Beckman.
Whistler was represented in-house by ierry Keable, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary; and by Osler, Hoskin & Har-
court LLP with a team including Jeremy Fraiberg, Alex Gorka,
Amelia Miao and Justin Dharamdial (M&A), Rob Lando (US law),
Michelle Lally and Kaeleigh Kuzma (regulatory) and Firoz Ahmed,
Dov Begun, Paul Seraganian and David Davachi (tax).
Whistler Blackcomb's special committee of the board of directors
was represented by Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP with
a team including Trevor Scott, Teresa Tomchak, Robert Veitch and
Sean Galloway.
VALE SELLS AN ADDITIONAL GOLD
STREAM FROM ITS SALOBO MINE
TO SILVER WHEATON FOR US$800M
CLOSING DATE: AUGUST 16, 2016
On August 16, 2016, Vale S.A. ("Vale") completed the sale to Silver
Wheaton Corp ("Silver Wheaton") of an additional 25 per cent of the
gold by-product stream from Vale's Brazilian Salobo copper mine for
US$800 million and approximately US$23 million in option value
arising from re-pricing of certain Silver Wheaton warrants.
Vale was represented in-house by Carl De Luca (Head of Legal,
Base Metals, Corporate) and Jennifer Byun (Senior Legal Counsel,
Base Metals, Corporate); and were assisted by Daphne MacKenzie
and Colin Burn of Stikeman Elliott LLP.
Silver Wheaton was represented internally by Curt Bernardi and
Tamara Howarth; and by Mark Bennett, David Budd, Alexandra Il-
iopoulos and Afzal Hasan of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.
Oil & Gas Oil & Gas Oil & Gas
GEO-JADE PETROLEUM ACQUIRES
BANKERS PETROLEUM FOR $575M
CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
On September 29, 2016, Bankers Petroleum Ltd. completed its
plan of arrangement with affiliates of Geo-Jade Petroleum Corpo-
ration. As a result of the Transaction, Geo-Jade acquired all the
issued and outstanding common shares of Bankers through its af-
filiates for approximately $575M. e transaction was effected by
way of a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act.
Bankers Petroleum will maintain corporate and technical head-
quarters in Calgary with operational offices in Albania, Hungary
and Romania.
Bankers Petroleum Ltd. is a Canadian-based oil and gas explora-
tion and production company focused on developing large oil and gas
reserves in Albania and Eastern Europe.
Geo-Jade Petroleum is a fast-growing oil and gas exploration and
development enterprise based in Beijing.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP advised Bankers Petroleum with a team
led by Rick Pawluk and Scott Bergen that included, Nathan Mont-
gomery and Melissa Colborne (corporate finance and M&A); Peter
Birkness (banking and financial services); Oliver Borgers and Mi-
chele Siu (foreign investment and competition law); Michael Briggs,
Timothy Ellam and Sara Albert (litigation); TJ Kang (tax); Shana
Wolch and Justin Turc (benefits and employment law).
Dentons Canada LLP advised Geo-Jade and its affiliates with a
team led by Don Leitch and that included Adam Hassan and An-
dreas Kloppenborg (corporate finance and M&A); Sandy Walker
(foreign investment and competition law); Frank Alexander and Pat
Burgess (oil & gas).
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