Alex Gorka

Public Company Mergers & Acquisitions

• Drax Group plc on its $385 million acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy
• Koch Equity Development LLC on its preferred equity financing of the proposed Cerberus-led acquisition of Dorel Industries
• Dream Global REIT on its $6.2 billion acquisition by Blackstone
• Entertainment One on its US$4 billion acquisition by Hasbro
• Genworth Financial on its $2.4 billion agreement for Brookfield Business Partners to acquire Genworth Financial’s stake in Genworth MI Canada Inc.
• Morgan Stanley on its acquisition of Solium Capital for $1.1 billion
• South32 on its $2.1 billion acquisition of Arizona Mining
• Mitel on its sale to affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners for US$2 billion, on its acquisition of ShoreTel for US$530 million, and on its proposed $1.96 billion acquisition of Polycom
• Blackstone Property Partners on its $3.8 billion acquisition of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust
• The Central Group Alberta Ltd. in the acquisition of Central Fund of Canada Limited by Sprott Inc.
• Stryker Corporation on its acquisition of NOVADAQ Technologies Inc.
• SmartREIT on its $1.1 billion acquisition of all of the assets and liabilities of OneREIT
• Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. on its $1.4 billion acquisition by Vail Resorts
• iCON Infrastructure on its $480 million acquisition of Capstone Infrastructure
• Canadian Oil Sands Limited on its agreement to support Suncor Energy Inc.’s amended offer valued at $6.6 billion
• Lithium Americas Corp. on its all- stock merger with Western Lithium USA Corporation
• Shoppers Drug Mart on its $12.4 billion acquisition by Loblaw Companies
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals on its arrangements with Pershing Square and on its merger proposal to Allergan, as well as Canadian counsel on its $11 billion acquisition of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
• Sterling Partners on its $590 million acquisition of MOSAID Technologies Inc.
• London Stock Exchange Group plc on its proposed merger with TMX Group Inc.
• GlobeStar Mining Corporation on its $186 million acquisition by Perilya Ltd.
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Private Company Mergers & Acquisitions

• KingSett Capital on its sale of VersaCold Logistics to TorQuest Partners
• Richardson Financial Group in the sale of Richardson GMP to GMP Capital Inc.
• Concert Infrastructure on its acquisition of a majority interest in Iqaluit Airport
• Platinum Equity Advisors on its acquisition of Livingston International
• Maple Leaf Foods Inc. on its acquisition of select poultry assets from Cericola Farms
• Entertainment One on its acquisition of the remaining 49% minority interest in The Mark Gordon Company for US$209 million and related financings for the acquisition, on its $225 million acquisition of Alliance Films, and on its US$215 milion proposed acquisition of Audio Network
• Marlin Equity Partners on its acquisition of Longview Solutions
• Moelis Capital Partners on its acquisition of MXI Technologies Ltd.
• Penfund Management Limited on its acquisition of Mevotech
• Ventas Inc. on its $980 million acquisition of 29 independent living seniors housing communities across Canada from Holiday Retirement Corp.
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Special Committees of the Boards of Directors of

• Power Financial on its reorganization transaction with Power Corporation
• Goldcorp on its US$10 billion acquisition by Newmont Mining
• Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. on its dual class share capital reorganization
• Inmet Mining Corporation in response to a $5.1 billion unsolicited offer by First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
• Lakeside Steel on its $100 million acquisition by JMC Steel
• Pacific Exploration and Production on its restructuring with Catalyst Group
• A TSX-listed company in relation to a proposed management buyout
• A TSX-listed company in relation to a proposed insider bid
• A TSX-listed company in relation to a proposed related party financing
• A TSX-listed company in related to a proposed acquisition
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Corporate Finance

• Chorus Aviation on its bought deal offerings of convertible debentures, hybrid debentures, common shares and warrants as well as private placements to NordStar, AIMCo, Air Canada and Fairfax Financial
• Emera Inc. on its $1.9 billion bought deal offering of convertible debentures on connection with its US$10.4 billion acquisition of TECO Energy Inc.
• Bank of Montreal in public offerings of medium-term notes and preferred shares
• Discovery Air Inc. on its $15 million rights offering and related issuance of standby shares
• Hale Capital on its investment in Midway Gold Corporation
• Hollis Receivables Term Trust II, Master Credit Card Trust, Canadian Credit Card Trust, CNH Capital Canada Wholesale Trust and CNH Capital Canada Receivables Trust in public offerings of receivables-backed notes
• Mitel on its cross-border secondary offering resulting in the distribution of securities with a total value exceeding $91 million
• The Bank of Nova Scotia with respect to offerings under its global covered bond program.
• The Underwriters in public offerings by Caterpillar Financial Services Limited., John Deere Credit Inc., Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and TransAlta Corporation
• Valeant Pharmaceuticals on cross-border equity and bond offerings