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Rusaw, Cameron M. Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP (416) 863-5555 crusaw@dwpv.com
Mr. Rusaw's practice focuses on M&A, private equity, corporate finance
and joint ventures in a variety of industries, including retail, pharmaceuticals,
healthcare, mining and information technology. Acts for several Canadian
and US private-equity funds in M&A and investment transactions, and a
variety of public and private clients. Has extensive cross-border
and international experience.
Ruf, Franziska Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
(514) 841-6480 fruf@dwpv.com
Ms. Ruf advises buyers, sellers and financial advisors in connection with
Canadian and international public and private M&A, issuers, shareholders
and underwriters in relation to public offerings and private placements, as
well as boards of directors, special committees, senior management and
shareholders on a wide range of transactions, public disclosure issues
and corporate governance matters.
Ruby, Stephen S. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5515 sruby@dwpv.com
Mr. Ruby advises on domestic and cross-border reorganizations, M&A,
financing, securities, tax litigation and policy advice to governments. Former
co-chair of CBA/CICA Joint Committee on Taxation. Former special advisor to
the senior assistant deputy minister of the Tax Policy Branch, Department of
Finance. Former chair, Tax Subsection of the CBA. Awarded Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Rubenstein, Gale Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4148 grubenstein@goodmans.ca
Ms. Rubenstein's practice focuses on the areas of commercial insolvency,
restructuring and pensions, with an emphasis on financial institutions both
domestic and international, including life insurers, property and casualty
insurers and deposit-taking institutions. She also advises on pension and
employee matters to a diverse clientele, and is a director of Hydro One.
Roy, Christian B. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(418) 640-5028 christian.roy@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Roy is local chair of the litigation group in the Québec office. His
practice focuses primarily on corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, insolvency
and realization of bank guarantees. His services are often retained by
companies with restructuring needs and by court-appointed officers, financial
institutions, secured and unsecured creditors and purchasers of assets
from distressed companies.
Roy, André J. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3119 aroy@stikeman.com
Mr. Roy is Managing Partner of the Montréal office, member of the
Partnership Board and of its Executive Committee. He specializes in private
and public financings, cross-border transactions, public and private M&A,
and corporate governance. His principal clients are in the communications,
media, printing, retail pharmaceutical, industrial and financial sectors.
LEXPERT RANKED LAWYERS
nal team comprising Paul Mendes, Vice-President,
Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
and Peter Andrekson, Assistant Corporate Secre-
tary & Legal Counsel.
PERK ACQUIRED
BY RHYTHMONE
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 19, 2017
On January 19, 2017, Perk Inc. ("Perk"), the mo-
bile-first supply side rewards and engagement plat-
form, closed the plan of arrangement under section
182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario)
with RhythmOne plc ("RhythmOne"), a technol-
ogy-enabled digital media company.
Pursuant to the arrangement, signed on Decem-
ber 5, 2016, and approved by the Ontario Superior
Court (Commercial List) on January 16, 2017,
RhythmOne acquired, through its wholly owned
subsidiary, RhythmOne (US) Holding, Inc., all
of the issued and outstanding common shares and
class A restricted voting shares of Perk and share-
holders of Perk received 4.5116 ordinary shares of
RhythmOne for each Perk share held. An aggre-
gate of 88,235,410 RhythmOne shares were issued
under the arrangement in reliance on an exemp-
tion from the prospectus requirements under secu-
rities legislation available for an arrangement under
statutory procedure.
Following the completion of the arrangement,
the common shares of Perk were de-listed from the
TSE on January 20, 2017.
Perk Inc. was represented by an in-house team
led by Amy Hastings, VP Corporate Develop-
ment, with support from Torys LLP. Torys' team
was led by John Emanoilidis and included Josh
Lavine and Frazer House (corporate/M&A), along
with Richard Johnson and Leila Ross (tax).
RhythmOne plc was represented by an in-
house team led by Frank Pao, Chief Business Of-
ficer, and included Paul Bozzello, Senior Legal
Counsel, with external support from DLA Piper
and Bird & Bird LLP. DLA Piper's team in
Canada was led by Ruby Chan (Vancouver) and
in the US by Eric Wang (Silicon Valley/San Fran-
cisco), and included Peter Li and Elena Nrtina
(corporate/M&A), and Michael Greenberg (tax).
Bird & Bird's team was led by Richard Eaton and
included Struan Penwarden and Sarforaz Hoque
(corporate/M&A).
AXIUM INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPLETES ACQUISITION
OF NORTH AMERICAN
SOLAR PORTFOLIO
CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 21, 2016
On November 21, 2016, Axium Infrastructure
("Axium") acquired a 100 per cent equity interest
in an 84 MWAC (110 MWDC) solar portfolio
from Renewable Energy Trust Capital ("RET").
