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Roth, Elie Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5587 eroth@dwpv.com
Mr. Roth is a tax partner with expertise in all aspects of domestic and
international tax planning, corporate reorganizations, mergers and
acquisitions and corporate finance. Advises clients on cross-border
transactions, structuring non-resident investment in Canada and outbound
investment by Canadian multinationals. Represents taxpayers in tax audit
matters and acts as counsel in tax litigation.
Rosenberg, William B. Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP (514) 841-6421 wrosenberg@dwpv.com
First non-US lawyer to serve as Chair of the American Bar Association
Business Law Section. Senior partner with the firm's Corporate Group,
specializing in corporate and commercial law, particularly in the areas of
M&A, private equity/corporate finance. Has significant experience acting
as lead counsel on numerous M&A transactions, representing clients from
across Canada, the US and Europe.
Rosenberg, Ken Paliare Roland Rosenberg
Rothstein LLP (416) 646-4304
ken.rosenberg@paliareroland.com
Mr. Rosenberg's practice focuses on commercial, corporate, shareholder,
regulatory and insolvency/restructuring disputes. He has acted as counsel
to a wide range of stakeholders including debtors, secured and unsecured
creditors, pension plans, unions, class action plaintiffs, court officers
and public/government authorities.
Rosen, Hillel W. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
(514) 841-6443 hrosen@dwpv.com
Mr. Rosen is a senior partner and a member of the firm's Management
Committee. His practice includes M&A, Energy, Commercial Real Estate,
Life Science Business and Product Transactions. Mr. Rosen has particular
expertise in business acquisitions, renewable energy projects, as well
as real estate financings and transactions.
Romano, Simon A. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5596 sromano@stikeman.com
Mr. Romano is a partner in the Capital Markets and M&A Groups. He also
advises on corporate governance and executive compensation matters.
He advises public and private companies, underwriters, private-equity
funds, real estate investment trusts and alternative trading systems. He
was instrumental in the structure and launch of special purpose acquisition
companies (SPACs) in Canada.
Rodger, J. Mark Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6190 mrodger@blg.com
Mr. Rodger is a senior partner and Toronto regional co-chair of BLG's
Energy Markets Group. He specializes in the commercial, regulatory and
government relations components of electricity and natural gas markets and
infrastructure revitalization. He is experienced in all aspects of electricity-
sector restructuring.
LEXPERT RANKED LAWYERS
cluded Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Josh
Lewis, Lata Casciano and Barinder Sidhu) as Ca-
nadian counsel; Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
(Tony Damian and Malika Chandrasegaran) as
Australian counsel; Morrison & Foerster LLP
(Paul McKenzie and King Lai) as Hong Kong
counsel; and Jun He LLP (Audrey Chen and
Henry Shi) as Chinese counsel.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP acted as legal
counsel to Eldorado's Special Committee led by
Fred Pletcher and Julie Bogle.
INTER PIPELINE
ACQUIRES REMAINING
15% INTEREST IN THE COLD
LAKE PIPELINE SYSTEM
FROM CANADIAN NATURAL
CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 16, 2016
On December 16, 2016, Inter Pipeline Ltd. ("Inter
Pipeline") completed its acquisition of the remain-
ing 15 per cent interest in the Cold Lake pipeline
system from Canadian Natural Resources Limit-
ed ("Canadian Natural") for $527 million, subject
to closing adjustments. As a result of the acquisi-
tion, Inter Pipeline assumes 100 per cent owner-
ship of the Cold Lake pipeline system.
Canadian Natural received $350 million in
cash and $177.5 million through the issuance of
6,417,740 Inter Pipeline common shares in con-
sideration for its Cold Lake ownership interest.
Funding of the cash component of the acquisi-
tion was provided from proceeds of a new 10-year
medium term note offering.
Concurrent with the closing of this acquisition,
Inter Pipeline has entered into a binding long-
term take-or-pay agreement with Canadian Natu-
ral to transport diluent and bitumen blend for its
Kirby North SAGD oil sands project.
e agreement will trigger the construction of
a new $125-million pipeline connection to the
Kirby North production facility. Service for the
new pipeline connection is targeted for the first
quarter of 2020.
Inter Pipeline was represented internally by
Anita Dusevic Oliva, Vice President, Legal, with a
team including Kent Chicilo, Senior Legal Coun-
sel and Kristen Simpson, Legal Counsel.
Torys LLP acted as counsel to Inter Pipeline,
with a team including Chris Christopher, Alanah
Wiberg, and Carleigh Knoll (energy), Dany Assaf
(competition), Craig Maurice (tax), David Bish
(bankruptcy/insolvency) and Lianne Tysowski
(securities). Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
acted as counsel to Inter Pipeline in relation to fi-
nancing matters, with a team including William
Maslechko, James Kidd and Jessica Brown (se-
curities) and Heather DiGregorio and Brandon
Holden (tax).
Canadian Natural was represented by an inter-
