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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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LEXPERT MAGAZINE
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and Company, LLC, Canaccord Genuity
Corp., Cormark Securities Inc. and Na-
tional Bank Financial Inc.
Freshii is a fast-growing restaurant brand
serving a healthy and customizable menu
built around high-quality ingredients.
Freshii's core mission is to help people all
over the world live healthier and better lives
by making healthy food convenient and af-
fordable. Freshii caters to every taste and
dietary preference.
Since opening its first store in 2005,
Freshii has grown to 244 stores located
across 15 countries and in more than 30
states and provinces in North America as
of September 25, 2016.
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP advised
Freshii on the IPO with a team led by Rob-
ert Fonn that included Derek Sigel, Russel
Drew, Jamie Mandell, Nicole Kapos and
Nicholas Sharratt (corporate and securi-
ties), Kevin Fritz (tax), Sandra Appel (fran-
chising), Michael Richards (employment)
and Tamara Hunter (privacy). Latham &
Watkins LLP was US counsel to Freshii
with a team comprising Marc Jaffe, Stelios
Saffos and Emily Corbi.
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
LLP acted as Canadian counsel to the
underwriters with a team comprising Pa-
tricia Olasker, Mindy Gilbert, Ryan Elger
and Adam Curran (corporate and securi-
ties), Raj Juneja and Kimberly Brown (tax).
Kirkland & Ellis LLP was US counsel to
the underwriters with a team comprising
Joshua Korff and Michael Kim.
Oil & Gas Oil & Gas Oil & Gas
HOLLYFRONTIER
ACQUIRES PETRO-CANADA
LUBRICANTS BUSINESS
FROM SUNCOR ENERGY
CLOSING DATE: FEBRUARY 1, 2017
HollyFrontier Corp. ("HFC") announced
the completion of the acquisition of Sun-
cor Energy's Petro-Canada Lubricants
business ("PCLI") for $1.125 billion. e
transaction closed on February 1, 2017.
e acquisition included PCLI's produc-
tion and manufacturing centre, long-term
feedstock supply and product marketing
arrangements, and the global marketing
and distribution assets held by PCLI in-
cluding its global offices. Under the terms
of the transaction, HFC will continue to
operate the lubricants business under the
Petro-Canada trademark.
HFC is an independent petroleum re-
finer in the United States with operations
throughout the mid-continent, south-
western and Rocky Mountain regions.
Suncor Energy is a Canadian integrated
energy company based in Calgary. e
company specializes in the production of
synthetic crude from oil sands.
e Petro-Canada Lubricants plant,
located in Mississauga, Ont., is the largest
producer of base oils in Canada.
HFC was represented in-house by Vice
President and General Counsel Denise Mc-
Watters, and externally by Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP (BLG) and Morgan, Lewis
& Bockius LLP. e BLG team was led by
James Elder and Neil Hazan and included
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