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rope and Canada among others.
Norgine B.V. was represented by Stike-
man Elliott LLP. e team from Stikeman
Elliott included Stewart Sutcliffe, Michael
Decicco, Bessie Qu, Kat Zoricic, Martyna
Wolska, Alex Carmona and Shawna Leclair
(M&A), Marie Garneau and Tara Wat-
son (banking), Lorna Cuthbert, Kathleen
Chevalier, Khalfan Khalfan and Natasha
vandenHoven (employment & labour),
John Lorito and Lindsay Gwyer (tax), David
Brown (litigation), Michael Kilby (competi-
tion) and Ryan Sheahan (intellectual prop-
erty and regulatory).
Merus Labs International Inc. was repre-
sented by Torys LLP. e team from Torys
included John Emanoilidis, Matthew Atkey,
Frazer House and Owen Payne (M&A),
Tom Zverina (banking), Lynne Lacoursière
(employment), Jerald Wortsman, David
Mattingly and Andrew Wong (tax), Andrew
Gray (litigation), Omar Wakil (competition),
Cheryl Reicin and Teresa Reguly (intellectu-
al property and regulatory), and Mile Kurta
and Jason Zhou (US securities).
Energy & Power Pipelines
Automotive Materials
Utilities Financials Health Research
Media & Entertainment Recreation & Leisure Advertising & Marketing
E-Commerce Construction & Engineering
Consumer Staples
LAVAZZA ACQUIRES
MAJORITY STAKE IN KICKING
HORSE COFFEE
CLOSING DATE: MAY 24, 2017
On May 24, 2017, Swander Pace Capital
completed the sale of its significant equity
stake in Kicking Horse Coffee to the Lavaz-
za Group. With this transaction, the Lavazza
Group holds an 80-per-cent interest in the
company, which was valued at $215 million.
Swader Place is a leading private-equity
firm specializing in investments in consumer
product companies; the company has led in-
vestments in companies with total revenues
in excess of $2 billion.
Swander Pace Capital originally acquired
the investment in 2012 in partnership with
Jefferson Capital and United Natural Foods.
Elana Rosenfeld, who founded Kicking
Horse Coffee in 1996, will retain a 20-per-
cent equity stake and will continue as its
Chief Executive Officer.
Based out of Invermere, BC, Kicking
Horse Coffee is a leading Canadian organic
and fair-trade coffee player. e company has
distinguished itself over the past several years
with remarkable growth in both Canada and
the United States.
Swander Pace was represented by Stike-
man Elliott LLP with a team that included
Peter Castiel, Noordin Nanji, Kim Le, Al-
lison Jaskolka and Jason Paperman (M&A),
Frank Mathieu and Philippe Kattan (tax),
Gary Clarke and Cheryl Rea (employment
& labour), Aiden Talai (pension & benefits),
Rachel Hutton and Mistrale Lepage Choui-
nard (real estate), Ryan Sheahan (intellectual
property and regulatory), Jeffrey Brown (reg-
ulatory) and Larry Cobb (environmental).
Lavazza Group was represented by Blake,
Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that
included Michael Gans, Michael Elder, An-
drew ompson, Jenny Paramonova, Whit-
ney Robinson (M&A), Holly Reid (employ-
ment & labour), Lindsay McLeod (pension
& benefits), Paul Stepak (tax), Wendy Mee
(regulatory), omas Wong (intellectual
property) and Rodney Perkins (real estate).
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