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BIG DEALS
Adrienne Oliver and Michael Wong (tax).
Paul, Weiss, Riind, Wharton & Garri-
son LLP represented TELUS in the US with
a team that included Andrew Foley, Chris-
tian Kurtz, Dave Marshall and Ronnie Ollo
(corporate and securities), and David Sicular
and Zachary King (tax).
e syndicates for the offerings were rep-
resented in Canada and in the US by Osler,
Hoskin & Harcourt LLP with a team that
included Michael Innes, Rosalind Hunter
and Daniel Fombonne (Canadian corporate
and securities), Rob Lando, Jason Comer-
ford, Amma Anaman and Jillian Mulroy
(US securities), Tim Hughes (Canadian tax)
and Bill Corcoran (US tax).
IRONSHORE
PHARMACEUTICALS
COMPLETES US$200M
FINANCING
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 18, 2017
Ironshore Pharmaceuticals & Development,
Inc. (Ironshore), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Highland erapeutics Inc., completed a
US$200-million private placement of Senior
Secured Notes due 2024. Morgan Stanley &
Co. LLC acted as sole placement agent for
the transaction.
e proceeds from the financing will fund
Ironshore's evolution from a research and de-
velopment organization to a fully integrated
pharmaceutical company with a world-class
Medical Affairs function. e proceeds will
also fund pre-commercialization marketing
strategies and tactics and commercial launch
activities for HLD200, a new drug that man-
ages attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,
which is under review and awaiting approval
by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Goodmans LLP acted as lead counsel to
Ironshore with a team that included Neil
Sheehy, Francesca Guolo, David Coll-Black
and David Rosenblat (corporate), Mark
Surchin (finance), Alan Bowman and Kabir
Jamal (tax) and Amalia Berg (IP). Morrison
& Foerster LLP represented Ironshore in
the US with a team that included Jonathan
Melmed (corporate), Bill Veatch and Cath-
erine Hagerty (finance), and Ze'-Ev Eiger
(capital markets); and Solomon Harris in
the Cayman Islands with a team that includ-
ed Adam Johnson (finance), Simone Proctor
(regulatory) and Kathryn Carter (corporate).
Aird & Berlis LLP represented Morgan
Stanley in Canada with a team that included
Mat Goldstein, Jeff Merk and Aaron Bains
(corporate finance), Aaron Collins and Steve
Graff (financial services) and Barb Worndl
(tax). Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP represented Morgan Stanley in the US
with a team that included Jeff Delaney, Todd
Eckland, Matthew Kane, Eileen Monahan
(corporate), Jonathan Whitney, Joseph Gal-
vin, Issac Lee (finance), Harsha Reddy (tax)
and John Wetherell and Michelle Mehok
(IP); and Walkers in the Cayman Islands
with a team that included Rob Jackson and
Hugh Anderson (corporate) and Stuart
Rowe (real estate).
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