Sean Cahill, Calgary

About Sean

Sean practises corporate and securities law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate finance and corporate governance. Sean's experience includes assisting publicly-traded issuers, private issuers and underwriters on a broad range of matters and transactions, including domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and debt and equity securities offerings. He also regularly assists clients in various industries with general corporate and securities law matters, including restructuring transactions, private equity financings, corporate governance matters and compliance with continuous disclosure obligations and stock exchange policies.

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Representative matters in which Sean has been involved include:

Mergers and Acquisitions

Strathcona Resources Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of Pipestone Energy Corp. and concurrent listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange to become an approximately C$8.6-billion public company
WestJet Airlines Ltd. in connection with its C$5.0-billion acquisition by Onex Corporation
Kinder Morgan Canada Limited in connection with its C$2.3-billion acquisition by Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. in connection with its C$1.1-billion acquisition of Roxgold Inc.
Heartland Generation Ltd., an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners, in connection with its C$835-million acquisition of Canadian Utilities Ltd.’s natural gas and coal electricity generation interests in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario
Cona Resources Ltd., a portfolio company of Waterous Energy Fund, on its C$740-million acquisition of Pengrowth Energy Corporation
International Petroleum Corporation in connection with its acquisition of BlackPearl Resources Inc. for approximately C$675-million
Ridgeback Resources Inc., a private equity portfolio company, in connection with its C$525-million acquisition by Saturn Oil & Gas Inc.
Painted Pony Energy Ltd. in connection with its C$460-million acquisition by Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Prairie Storm Energy Corp. in connection with its reverse takeover qualifying transaction and concurrent listing on the TSX Venture Exchange

Corporate Finance

Pembina Pipeline Corporation in connection with its public offerings of an aggregate of C$6.6-billion principal amount of medium term notes and its public offering of subscription receipts for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$1.28-billion
The dealers in connection with the public offerings of an aggregate of C$2.8-billion principal amount of medium term notes by AltaGas Ltd.
Suncor Energy Inc. in connection with its public offerings of an aggregate of C$2.5-billion principal amount of medium term notes and its MJDS public offerings of an aggregate of US$1.75-billion principal amount of senior notes
The Calgary Airport Authority in connection with its C$2.075-billion bond issuance and bond exchange
TransCanada Pipelines Limited in connection with its MJDS public offering of US$1.25-billion principal amount of senior notes
The underwriters in connection with the public offerings of an aggregate of C$550-million of fixed-to-fixed rate subordinated hybrid notes by AltaGas Ltd.
Rock Tech Lithium Inc. in connection with establishing its inaugural C$500-million base shelf prospectus, as well as its C$30.7-million public offering of units thereunder and concurrent C$9-million private placement of units
Western Energy Services Corp. on its rights offering and debt restructuring transaction