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Special Edition on Corporate 2017

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40 LEXPERT | 2017 | WWW.LEXPERT.CA 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

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