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Criminal Competition Law Developments in 2011

In our second annual report on Canadian and International criminal antitrust developments, we bring together the major developments in this important enforcement area and examine trends in enforcement activity.

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Osler Seminar: Trends for 2012 - Key Pensions & Benefits Issues Facing Employers and Plan Administrators

On January 26, 2012, Osler will be hosting a forward-looking and practical discussion of developments likely to impact employers and plan administrators in the coming year. The event will include a plenary session, breakout sessions and a networking reception. Join us!

NEWS & MEDIA

Osler on Lexpert’s Top 10

Osler once again made Lexpert’s annual list of the Top 10 Deals in 2011, acting on several of the deals receiving Top 10 and Honourable Mention status, including the No. 1 Deal of the Year: “Barrick Takes Equinox” and the No. 1 Deal Story of the Year: “The Battle for TMX”.

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Ready For Battle

The December issue of Canadian Lawyer InHouse magazine looks at the long-standing relationship between Imperial Tobacco and Osler’s Deborah Glendinning.

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For up-to-date commentary, information and discussion on Canadian and U.S. Pensions & Benefit legal issues and integrated banking and debt finance expertise on domestic and cross-border transactions, visit our blogs.

NEWS & MEDIA

Mergers on Pause in Canada, Top Deal Makers Say

Jeremy Fraiberg comments on the M&A deal landscape as marketplace uncertainty continues.

Notable Matters

Nexen Inc. in the sale of a 40% working interest in shale gas assets in the Horn River, Cordova and Liard basins in northeast British Columbia to a consortium led by INPEX Gas British Columbia Ltd. and in the creation of a strategic partnership to develop those shale gas assets.
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (the agents), in $148.5 million offering of debentures by Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM).
Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation in their proposed $1 billion acquisition of Grande Cache Coal Corp.
Sterling Partners in its $590 million acquisition of MOSAID Technologies Inc.
Equinox Minerals Inc. in its $7.7 billion friendly takeover by Barrick Gold.
Apache Canada Ltd. and KM LNG Operating General Partnership in their successful application before the National Energy Board (NEB) seeking an approval to export LNG from British Columbia to the Asia Pacific Region.

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