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CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS OF IMPORTANCE
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partners Richard Truesdell Jr., Shane Tintle
and Michael Mollerus and associates Eu-
gene Baek, Jaryn Fields, Brett Cameron and
Brantley Hawkins.
e Blakes team included Jeffrey Lloyd,
Brendan Reay, Michael Hickey, Ted Gotlieb
and Hugh Goodday (securities) and Edward
Miller and Ian Caines (tax).
e underwriters were represented in the
United States by Vinson & Elkins LLP.
e Vinson & Elkins team was composed
of Shelley Barber, Chris Mathiesen, Frankie
Shulkin, Nick Griffin and Matt Hortenstine
(securities) and Debra Duncan (tax). e
underwriters were represented in Canada
by Torys LLP. e Torys team was com-
posed of Rima Ramchandani, Frazer House
and Mitchell Dost (securities) and Andrew
Wong and Patrick Shaunessy (tax).
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COOKSVILLE STATION
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
REACHES FINANCIAL CLOSE
CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2017
On November 3, 2017, Infrastructure On-
tario and Metrolinx (together, Contracting
Authority) reached financial close with Ellis-
Don Infrastructure CGS RER Inc. (Project
Co) to design, build and finance the Cooks-
ville Station Redevelopment Project, in sup-
port of the province's Regional Express Rail
(RER) program.
(Announced in 2014 by the Province of
Ontario, RER will transform the Greater
Toronto and Hamilton Area over the next
decade. Metrolinx will transform the GO
rail network into an RER system that will
bring 15-minute, two-way, all-day, electrified
GO service to region-wide communities.)
e value of the contract is approximately
$128.5 million. EllisDon Design-Build Inc.
will act as the Construction Contractor.
e scope of work consists of a new sta-
tion building with a large public plaza, new
six-storey parking structure with pedestrian
connection to rail platform and redevelop-
ment of existing parking areas, upgrades to
existing rail platform, bus loop with a mini-
mum of eight bus bays for GO and MiWay
bus service and John Street Extension.
Community and green benefits of the
project include reduced traffic congestion,
greenhouse gases and fuel consumption, and
improved quality of life for commuters by re-
ducing daily travel time.
e Contracting Authority legal team was
led in-house by Marty Venalainen, Senior
Legal Counsel with Infrastructure Ontario,
Paul Jachymek, Senior Legal Counsel with
Metrolinx, Hayley Ha, Legal Counsel with
Metrolinx, and supported by Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP with a team that included
Judy Wilson, Marianne Smith, Kate McGil-
vray, Jason MacIntyre, eresa Chan, Steph-
anie Console, Michael Cork and Christo-
pher Wong.
e Project Co legal team was led in-house
by Andrés Durán, Vice President, Legal Ser-
vices, P3 and International Projects, Jessica
Ho-Wo-Cheong, Legal Counsel, P3 and In-
ternational Projects, and supported by Osler,
Hoskin & Harcourt LLP with a team that
included Christopher Bennett, Marta Roch-
kin, Daniel Tatone and Jasmyn Lee.
Financing for the project is being provided
by e Bank of Nova Scotia. e Bank of
Nova Scotia was represented by McMillan
LLP with a team that included Tim Murphy,
Don Waters, Julie Han, Alex Ricchetti and
Guneev Bhinder.
MCDONALD'S CORP.
COMPLETES $1B OFFERING
OF MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2017
On October 2, 2017, McDonald's Corp.
(McDonald's) completed an offering of $1-
billion principal amount of 3.125-per-cent
medium-term notes due March 4, 2025, un-
der its global medium-term note program.
e notes were issued under a pricing supple-
ment dated September 25, 2017, to McDon-
ald's offering circular dated May 11, 2017, as
supplemented by the first supplement dated
September 6, 2017.
e notes were offered through a dealer
syndicate co-led by Merrill Lynch Canada
Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD
Securities Inc., and included BMO Nesbitt
Burns Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.
and Scotia Capital Inc.
McDonald's was represented by an internal
legal team that included Christopher Weber
(Managing Counsel) and Arun Krishnan
(Senior Counsel). Davies Ward Phillips &
Vineberg LLP acted as McDonald's counsel
in Canada with a team that included Robert
Murphy and Evan Kenyon (securities) and
Christopher Anderson (tax). Sidley Austin
LLP acted as McDonald's counsel in the US,
and on its global medium-term note program
with a team that included Mark Walsh and
Kostian Ciko.
e syndicate of dealers was represented in
Canada by McCarthy Tétrault LLP with a
team that included Andrew Parker and Mark
McEwan and in the US, and on McDonald's
global medium-term note program by Al-
len & Overy LLP with a team that included
eo Trayhurn and David Brian.
