U.S. & International Markets

Select significant cross-border transactions include acting as Canadian counsel to:

• Advent International on its US$6.3-billion acquisition of Canadian fintech payment platform Nuvei Corporation 

• AstraZeneca AB on its US$2-billion acquisition of Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.  

• Enerplus Corporation in its US$11-billion merger with Chord Energy Corporation  

• SPX Technologies, Inc. on itsC$405-million acquisition of Ingénia Technologies Inc.  

• Paramount Global on the US$1.6-billion sale of Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, to KKR & Co. Inc.  

• Saint-Gobain in its C$1.325-billion acquisition of Building Products of Canada Corp.  

• The Special Committee of Teck Resources Limited in connection with the sale of a majority stake in its steelmaking coal business to Glencore plc for an implied enterprise value of US$9.0 billion and the sale of a minority stake to Nippon Steel Corporation  

• JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation has acquired all the shares of eCycle Solutions Inc. 

• Pacific Woodtech Corporation, a subsidiary of Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation, on its acquisition of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation’s EWP (I-Joist and LVL) division. 

• The Special Committee of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., owner of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, on its C$4.3-billion going private acquisition by its controlling shareholder Rio Tinto plc  

• Nordic Paper Holding AB, a Scandinavian specialty paper producer, on its acquisition of Glassine Canada Inc.  

• Apax Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake of Herjavec Group.   

• Apollo Global Management on its US$5-billiion privatization of The Michaels Companies, Inc.   

• L Catterton, a U.S.-headquartered private equity firm, on its €4-billion acquisition of Birkenstock   

• The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited on CP's acquisition of Kansas City Southern, a transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately US$29-billion   

• Sheridan Capital Partners in the sale of Canadian Orthodontic Partners to Pamlico Capital   

• Penn National Gaming, Inc. on its US$2-billion acquisition of Score Media and Gaming, Inc.   

• Canadian counsel to Intact Financial Corporation in connection with its C$12.3-billion acquisition, together with Tryg A/S, of RSA Insurance Group Plc  

• Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe S.A.S., a global publisher and developer of entertainment content, on its acquisition of Reflector Entertainment Ltd., and its subsidiary Reflector Interactive Productions Ltd.   

• RTL Group (a listed international media company majority-owned by Bertelsmann) on the sale of its interest in BroadbandTV for C$159-million in cash plus a promissory note as part of a management buyout and IPO   

• Wheatsheaf Group Limited, the food and agriculture investment arm of the UK-based Grosvenor Estate, in its acquisition of all of the shares of Ostara Nutrient Recovery Solutions Inc.   

• Labomar in its acquisition of ImportFab   

• Cube Transportation (a subsidiary of TIP Trailer Services) in the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Trailer Wizards Ltd.   

• Canadian competition counsel to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE on its US$16.2-billion acquisition of Tiffany & Co.   

• A consortium led by Arjun Infrastructure Partners Limited, the UK-based infrastructure asset management company, and Fengate Capital Management Ltd., a Canada-based investment firm, in the acquisition of a Canada-based motorway travel center business of HMSHost Corporation, the US-based provider of food and beverage services for travelers, and KD Infrastructure L.P., a Canada-based provider of long-term funding, for a consideration of C$255-million   

• The Stars Group Inc. on its US$15-billion enterprise value merger of equals with Flutter Entertainment Inc., to form the world's largest online betting and gaming operator   

• The London Stock Exchange Group in connection with its US$27 billion acquisition of Refinitiv   

• Europack S.A., a subsidiary of H.I.G. Europe’s portfolio company Maillis Group, on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Wulftec International Inc. to Duravant, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus   

• Huada Semiconductor Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Solantro Semiconductor Corp.   

• Canadian counsel to Kongsberg Gruppen ASA in respect of its acquisition of the assets of the marine products, systems and aftermarket services business carried on by Rolls-Royce Canada Limited   

• The Washington Companies, a group of privately held North American mining, industrial and transportation businesses, on its C$1.5-billion acquisition of Dominion Diamond Corporation and various related debt financings   

• Bregnerød Investeringsselskab ApS, a Danish company, in relation to an equity and debt investment in Argon-Cycles-18 Inc.   

• Marine Harvest in its C$315-million acquisition of Northern Harvest Sea Farms Inc.   

• Nextview New Energy Lion Hong Kong Limited on the purchase of all shares of Vancouver-listed company Lithium X Energy Corp. for C$265-million   

• Capstone Infrastructure Corporation in its friendly C$480-million acquisition by Irving Infrastructure Corp., a subsidiary of iCON Infrastructure Partners III, L.P.   

• Johnson Electric Holdings Limited in its C$800-million acquisition of Stackpole International