LEXPERT MAGAZINE
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 23
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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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cal Technologies ("Laborie") completed the sale of Laborie to Pa-
tricia Industries, a subsidiary of Investor AB. Founded in 1967 and
headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., Laborie is a provider of medi-
cal devices for urological, pelvic health and gastrointestinal applica-
tions. Laborie is a fully integrated medical device company with a
market-leading position in urology and a rapidly growing gastroen-
terology business. Since being acquired by Audax in 2012, Laborie
has completed 14 acquisitions to expand product lines and enter
international markets.
Audax was represented by its General Counsel, Daniel Wein-
traub, Deputy General Counsel, Joshua Aronson and Tax Counsel,
Michael Fondo; and Jeffrey Seifman, Kevin Mausert, John Berger
and Kyle Huh (corporate/M&A), Rachel Cantor and Christine
Lehman (tax), Neil Hirshman and Todd Herst (intellectual prop-
erty), Robert Zitko and Joseph Lifsics (employee benefits), Edward
Holzwanger (employment & labour), and Roberto Miceli and
Jason Fried (real estate), Brian Land and Jonathan Kidwell (Envi-
ronment) of Kirkland & Ellis LLP; and John Leopold, Warren
Silversmith and Barbara Sheng (corporate/M&A), Marie-Andrée
Beaudry (tax), Jeffrey Brown and Ashley Piotrowski (regulatory),
and Eveline Poirier and Stephanie Pasternyk (employment & la-
bour) of Stikeman Elliott LLP.
Patricia Industries and Investor AB was represented by Good-
win with a team that included James Lee, Jae Woo Park, Joshua
Holt and Jessica Jacobs (corporate/M&A); and by Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP with a team that included Mark Adkins and
Matthew Mundy (corporate/mergers and acquisition), Edward
Miller and Ian Caines (tax), Alice Tseng and Pei Li (health regula-
tory), Holly Reid and Anna Abbott (labour & employment) and
Lindsay McLeod (benefits).
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BLUE GOOSE ACQUIRES
TENDER CHOICE
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 19, 2016
On October 19, 2016, Tender Choice Foods Inc. and its affiliate
("Tender Choice"), a leading Burlington, Ont.-based processor spe-
cializing in the processing, packing and distribution of meat prod-
ucts completed the sale of substantially all of the assets and food
processing business of Tender Choice to Blue Goose Pure Capital
Corp. ("Blue Goose"), a privately held Canada-based protein and
organic food company, which is a subsidiary of Dundee Corpora-
tion (TSX: DC.A).
Tender Choice was represented by Borden Ladner Gervais
LLP with a team led by Anthony Milazzo that included Jim El-
der, Stephen Nguyen (M&A), Natasha Miklaucic (tax) and Denes
Rothschild (competition).
Richard Applebaum of Brattys LLP acted as representative for
Paletta Bros. Four Limited, which is an affiliate of Tender Choice,
on real property matters.
Blue Goose was represented internally by Muneeb Yusuf (Vice
President - Legal) and Barbara de Dios (Associate Legal Counsel)
and by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team consisting of Curtis
Cusinato, Jeff Hershenfield, Aaron Sigal, Ian Noble and Jonathan
Lin (M&A), Neil Shapiro (real estate), Dean Kraus, Jean-Guillau-
me Shooner and Lindsay Gwyer (tax), Larry Cobb (environmental)
and Michael Laskey (competition).
Blue Goose received financing in connection with this transac-
tion from a Canadian chartered bank, which was represented by
Charles Rich and Radha Khosla of Dentons Canada LLP.
Consumer Services Energy & Power Pipelines
Aerospace & Defence Automotive Materials
Utilities Financials Health Research
Media & Entertainment Recreation & Leisure Advertising & Marketing
E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
PSA GROUP AND MKB ACQUIRE
INTEREST IN COMMUNAUTO
CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
On September 28, 2016, French car manufacturer, the PSA Group
(PSA) and Montréal-based merchant bank MacKinnon, Bennett
& CO (MKB) acquired a stake in Communauto. Founded in
1994, Communauto Inc. is one of the largest car-sharing services
in North America.
Communauto was represented by Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg LLP, with a team that included Philippe Johnson and
Fred Purkey (tax) and Chrystelle Chevalier-Gagnon and Christina
Sauro, with the assistance of Laurent Marville and Vincent Colas of
Reinhart Marville Torre (Paris).
e Paris and Montréal offices of Dentons assisted PSA with Ju-
lie Evangelisti and Hugo Casanovas, in Paris; and Charles Spector
and Carole Turcotte, as well as Giancarlo Salvo, in Montréal.
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