Frank Turner, Partner, Corporate

Notable Matters

• Mongolia Minerals Corporation in connection with its $160 million acquisition of joint venture interests announced in January 2013.
• URS Corporation on its $1.5 billion acquisition of Flint Energy Services Ltd. completed in May, 2012.
• Golden Crescent Investments Ltd., based in Egypt, an affiliate of Citadel Capital, on its proposed sale of National Petroleum Egypt Company Limited to Sea Dragon Energy Inc. announced in March, 2012.
• Eastern Petroleum Limited and Spud Energy Pty. Limited (affiliates of Pakistani-based JS Group) in the reverse take-over of Jura Energy Corporation completed in July, 2012.
• Bukit Energy Inc., based in Singapore and operating principally in Indonesia, in connection with various M&A, financing and governance matters; since 2012.
• Killick Capital Inc. and its portfolio company, Avatas Aerospace, on a strategic investment by Alaris Royalty Corp. completed in June 2011 and on acquisitions and other corporate and commercial matters; since 2009.
• Thule Group of Sweden on its acquisition of Chariot Carriers completed in June, 2011.
• Korea Investment Corporation on its strategic investment in Laricina Energy completed in August, 2010.
• Korea Investment Corporation on its strategic investment in Osum Oil Sands completed in November, 2010.
• China Investment Corporation on its $1.26 billion investment in PennWest Energy completed in May, 2010.
• Mongolia Minerals Corporation, operating principally in Mongolia, in connection with various financing activities, governance matters and acquisitions; since 2010.
• Black Gold Energy LLC, headquartered in Delaware and operating principally in Indonesia, on its acquisition by Nikko Resources completed December, 2009.
• Tristone Capital Global Inc. on its acquisition by Australian-based Macquarie Group, completed August, 2009.
• Fording Canadian Coal Trust on its $14 billion acquisition by Teck Cominco, the largest M&A transaction undertaken in Canada in 2008 and the Financial Times/Mergermarket 2008 Canadian M&A Deal of the Year.
• Buried Hill Energy, based in the U.K. and operating principally in Turkmenistan and The Gambia, on various M&A, financing and governance matters; since 2007.
• Citadel Capital andits portfolio company, National Oil Production CompanyS.A.E., based in Egypt, on the acquisition of Rally Energy completed in September, 2007 and on other projects and corporate and commercial matters; since 2007.
• Dana Gas PJSC, located in the United Arab Emirates, on its acquisition of Centurian Energy International Inc., completed November, 2006.
• MicrosoftCorporation in connection with substantially all of its Canadian M&A activities including its acquisition of Opalis, Alacris, GeoTango, 90 Degree Software, AssetMetrix, DeepMetrix, Geodyssey and BigPark, its acquisition ofthe assets of Encore Business Solutions and Dundas Data Visualization, its disposition of assets to Greenfield Online and other Canadian M&A activities; since 1999.
• The Gap, Inc. and Old Navy (Canada) Inc. in connection with a variety of Canadian governance, corporate and commercial matters; since 1998.