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JUNE 2017
BIG DEALS
intellectual property), Susan Garvie and
Matthew Rossetti (employment), Francy
Kussner (insurance), and Jon Northup and
Michael Royal (tax).
Olswang LLP, together with Rick Kwak,
Executive Vice President and Head of Busi-
ness and Legal Affairs, represented Content
Media with a team led by Paul Blackmore
and including eo Godfrey, Nicole Gyring-
Nielsen and David Wood (corporate), An-
drew Quayle and Catherine Merry (share
schemes), Victoria Gaskell (entertainment)
and Mark Joscelyne (tax). e team of Eric
Birnberg and Karla Bobadilla (corporate/en-
tertainment) from Lewis Birnberg Hanet,
LLP represented Architect Films. omas
Laporte Aust, Andrew Johnston and As-
sirem Boumati of Aust Legal Professional
Corp. represented Bristow Global Media.
Fillmore Riley LLP represented the share-
holders of Frantic Films, with a team includ-
ing Jody Langhan, Daniel St-Jean and Rachel
Loewen (corporate). Lon Hall of Hall Web-
ber LLP represented Media Headquarters
Film & Television. Stohn Hay Cafazzo
Dembroski Richmond LLP represented
Our House Media with a team including
Sandra Richmond and David Dembroski.
Stikeman Elliott LLP represented TD
Securities Inc., Kew's financial advisor, with
a team including Simon Romano and Wil-
liam Scott (corporate/M&A).
J.C. FLOWERS & CO. LLC
AND VÄRDE PARTNERS
ACQUIRE CITIFINANCIAL
CANADA, NOW FAIRSTONE
CLOSING DATE: MARCH 31, 2017
On March 31, 2017, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
("J.C. Flowers") and Värde Partners complet-
ed the acquisition of CitiFinancial Canada
now Fairstone Financial Inc. ("Fairstone")
from an affiliate of Citigroup Inc. ("Citi").
Fairstone is Canada's leading non-bank
provider of responsible lending solutions.
With roots in Canada since 1923 and over
200 branches coast to coast, Fairstone pro-
vides personal loans and home equity loans
designed to suit today's borrowing needs.
Fairstone also partners with a wide network
of businesses to deliver flexible consumer fi-
nancing programs.
J.C. Flowers is a leading private investment
firm dedicated to investing globally in the fi-
nancial services industry.
Värde Partners is a $12-billion global alter-
native investment firm that employs a credit-
oriented, value-based approach to investing.
With approximately $6 billion of assets un-
der management, J.C. Flowers has offices in
New York and London.
Citi, the leading global bank, has approx-
imately 200 million customer accounts and
does business in more than 160 countries
and jurisdictions.
Citi was represented in-house by Brian
Cheng and by Torys LLP with a team in-
cluding Richard Willoughby, Leah Frank
and Paulina Taneva (M&A), Steven Slavens
(transition services), Sumeet Dang (IP licens-
ing) and Andrew Silverman (tax).
J.C. Flowers was represented in-house by
Amy Bohannon and Värde Partners was
represented in-house by Mark Rabogliatti.
J.C. Flowers and Värde Partners were repre-
sented in the United States by Kirkland &
Ellis LLP with a team including Tana Ryan,
Navneeta Rekhi, Michele Marie Cumpston,
Edwin del Hierro, Sarah Stasny, Richard
Campbell and Robert Schmadeke (corpo-
rate), Kenneth Morrison, Jeffrey O'Connor,
David Nemecek, Nisha Kanchanapoomi,
Matthew Hays and Roger Douglas Lee (fi-
nance), William Levy, Jeffrey Ekeberg and
Miles Johnson (tax), Vladimir Khodosh and
Kyle Barnett (intellectual property) and Ma-
rio Mancuso and Lucille Hague (FCPA/in-
ternational trade); and in Canada by Stike-
man Elliott LLP with a team including John
Leopold, Sophie Lamonde, Kevin Custodio
and Marc-William Carrothers (M&A), Na-
tasha vandenHoven and Stephanie Weschler
(employment, labour & pensions), Frank
Mathieu (tax), Howard Rosenoff, François
Gilbert, Jason Kro and Mark McElheran
(finance & securitizations), Meaghan Obee
Tower (regulatory), and Michael Kilby and
Michael Laskey (competition).
Oil & Gas Oil & Gas Oil & Gas
MURPHY OIL CANADA
AND BAYTEX ENERGY
COMPLETE SALE OF PEACE
RIVER ASSETS
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 20, 2017
On January 20, 2017, Murphy Oil Canada
("Murphy") completed the sale of Peace
River heavy oil lands in the Peace River Oil-
sands Area (Greater Seal Area) to Baytex En-
ergy Ltd. ("Baytex") for consideration in the
amount of $65 million.
Murphy was represented in-house by Mike
Jackson (Sr. Attorney). Murphy was repre-
sented externally by Bennett Jones LLP
with a team led by Kieran Ryan and includ-
ing Vivek Warrier and Megan Bertram (oil &
gas) and John Batzel (employment).
Baytex was represented in-house by James
Maclean (Sr. Legal Counsel). Baytex was
represented externally by Sean Korney (oil
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