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Lastman, C.M., Dale H. Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4129 dlastman@goodmans.ca
Chair of Goodmans LLP. Provides counsel in connection with public
offerings, M&A and business restructurings. Director of Maple Leaf Sports
& Entertainment Ltd., Alternate Governor for the NHL and NBA, and Governor
of the CFL's Toronto Argonauts. Member of the board of directors of RioCan
REIT, Roots Ltd. and the CAMH Foundation. In 2017, named a Member
of the Order of Canada.
Lampe, Jonathan Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-4128 jlampe@goodmans.ca
Mr. Lampe is a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Past
Co-Chair of its Corporate/Securities Practice. Former OSC General Counsel,
he advises Canadian and international clients on M&A, strategic
relationships, financings, dissident shareholder activities and governance,
and regulatory matters and investigations. Advanced Leadership Fellow
at Harvard University in 2016.
Lamonde, Sophie Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-2410 slamonde@stikeman.com
Ms. Lamonde is a partner in the Corporate Group and head of the Mergers
& Acquisitions Group in the Montréal office. Her practice is directed primarily
to the areas of M&A and private equity, with a particular focus on cross-
border transactions. Her experience includes advising several Canadian
and foreign clients in acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations,
and general commercial negotiations.
Krawchuk, Leanne C. Dentons Canada LLP
(780) 423-7198 leanne.krawchuk@dentons.com
Ms. Krawchuk advises on corporate/commercial, construction
and procurement, corporate finance and securities, mergers & acquisitions
and other mining legal matters including the negotiation of supply
agreements with electricity producers. She advises on royalties,
price reviews, dedication and unitization agreements and assignments
and transfers of mining interests.
Kowall, Jeffrey A. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
(204) 934-2521 ajk@tdslaw.com
Mr. Kowall practises corporate and commercial law with extensive experience
assisting clients in the mining industry, including providing advice on mineral
interest tenure and the negotiation of letters of intent, purchase agreements,
option agreements, supply agreements and joint-venture agreements.
King, Richard J. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-6626 rking@osler.com
Mr. King is Co-Chair of Osler's national Regulatory, Environmental, Aboriginal
and Land (REAL) group. He has extensive experience representing clients on
regulatory and Aboriginal consultation matters related to large energy, mining
and other infrastructure projects. He also advises clients on environmental
issues associated with commercial transactions and environmental
compliance matters.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
SPACs
Filling
the Shell
ON FEBRUARY 2, 2017, Kew Media
Group Inc. announced it would be acquiring six
leading content companies that own, produce and
distribute film, TV and other programming for
$104.1 million. e acquisitions, Kew noted in a
media release, control a library of more than 6,000
hours that have been sold in more than 150 coun-
tries. e deal will make Kew "one of the most
significant independent content companies in the
world, with primary offices in New York, Toron-
to, Los Angeles and London," the company said.
e transaction, however, was significant for
several reasons beyond the creation of a new me-
dia entity. First and foremost, the deals comprised
Kew's "qualifying acquisition" — some seven
months aer its initial public offering (IPO) on
the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) — as a spe-
cial purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC). It
was also one of the few SPACs to be launched in
Canada since the TSX approved the unique struc-
ture in 2009, and the first to come to market with
a specific focus, in this case the media sector.
It was also noteworthy for another reason, says
Stephen Pincus, head of the Capital Markets prac-
tice at Goodmans LLP, who worked on the Kew
SPECIAL PURPOSE
ACQUISITION
CORPORATIONS,
OR SPACS, HAVE
EVOLVED IN CANADA,
AS LEGAL ADVISORS
EXPERIMENT WITH
CREATIVE USES FOR
THE INVESTMENT
VEHICLE
BY PAUL
MCLAUGHLIN
PHOTO:
SHUTTERSTOCK
