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Turcotte, Maxime Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-2421 mturcotte@stikeman.com
Mr. Turcotte is a partner in the Corporate Group. He specializes in providing
corporate advice (often with a cross-border or international component) in
the context of public and private M&A, corporate finance transactions and
major energy and infrastructure projects. He is a lecturer in public M&A
at the Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal.
Tremblay, Richard G. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6441 rtremblay@osler.com
Mr. Tremblay focuses on corporate taxation, with an emphasis on
international taxation (foreign affiliates, tax treaties and transfer pricing),
as well as on the resolution of disputes with Canadian federal and provincial
revenue authorities. He's recognized for his tax experience in capital
markets, M&A and cross-border structuring. He is a regular contributor to Tax
Management International.
Torrey, John W. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-4394 jtorrey@fasken.com
Mr. Torrey has extensive expertise in the area of secured lending transactions.
He acts for lenders and borrowers in bilateral & syndicated, secured &
unsecured financings, most of which are multi-currency & multi-jurisdictional.
He has acted in acquisition and project financings, including mines,
casinos and hotels and real estate developments. He is also experienced
in debt restructurings.
Thornton, Robert I. Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP
(416) 304-0560 rthornton@tgf.ca
Mr. Thornton, an IIC director, is recognized by Chambers Global as a Band
1 Leading Individual in Restructuring. He has been described as "a leading
light," "one of the most innovative in the field" and "pound for pound one
of the top lawyers in town."
Thivierge, Manon Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(514) 904-8198 mthivierge@osler.com
Ms. Thivierge focuses her practice on domestic and cross-border corporate
income tax law, with particular emphasis on the taxation of mergers &
acquisitions, financings and corporate reorganizations as well as on personal
tax and estate planning. She is the author of numerous publications
on income tax matters, and frequently speaks on this subject.
Themens, Pierre-André Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP (514) 841-6448 pathemens@dwpv.com
Mr. Themens's practice focuses on all aspects of complex domestic and
foreign project financing and real estate transactions, including hydroelectric
and other energy-related projects for major institutional investors
and pension plans.
LEXPERT RANKED LAWYERS
Daniel Pugen of Torkin Manes LLP and in the
US by Jonathan Russo Frank Vivero and Alexan-
dra Calcado of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitt-
man LLP.
STATOIL CANADA SELLS
ITS OIL SANDS ASSETS
TO ATHABASCA OIL CORP.
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 3, 2017
On January 31, 2017, Statoil Canada Ltd. com-
pleted the sale of its Alberta oil sands assets to
Athabasca Oil Corporation for total consider-
ation of $582 million. e consideration con-
sisted of approximately $435 million in cash,
100 million common shares and contingent
value payments triggered at oil prices above
US$65/bbl WTI.
e acquired assets included the producing
Leismer thermal oil project, the undeveloped
Corner project and strategic regional infrastruc-
ture. e acquisition establishes Athabasca as an
intermediate oil weighted growth company and
the low decline production at Leismer will sup-
port capital requirements and economic growth at
Athabasca's other asset base areas.
e transaction involved a number of complex
oil and gas, M&A, securities law, regulatory, envi-
ronmental, employment and tax issues.
Athabasca Oil Corporation was represented
by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP with a team
led by Robert Desbarats and Janice Buckingham
(energy), and that included Noralee Bradley (cor-
porate), Peter Glossop (competition/antitrust &
foreign investment), Damian Rigolo (employ-
ment & labour), Kevin Lemke (energy) and Miju
Damodar (corporate).
Statoil Canada was represented by Bennett
Jones LLP with a team led by JP Pham and in-
cluding Robert Booth, Ashley White, Brad
Eidsness, Kevin Zhou (oil and gas), Beth Riley
(competition), Kahlan Mills, Jeremy Russell (cor-
porate and securities), Christine Plante (employ-
ment), Brad Gilmour and Cassia Prentice (regula-
tory) and Alan Rautenberg (tax).
GMP ACQUIRES
FIRSTENERGY CAPITAL
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2016
GMP Capital Inc. ("GMP") (TSX: GMP) com-
pleted the acquisition of FirstEnergy Capital
Corp. (FirstEnergy), an industry leader in the
global energy sector.
e combination of GMP and FirstEnergy cre-
ates a premier franchise in the global energy and
Canadian independent brokerage spaces.
Concurrent with closing, GMP combined its
existing energy franchise with FirstEnergy, and
rebranded as GMP FirstEnergy.
On closing, GMP issued 11,161,671 GMP
