Damian Rigolo

Select Reported Deals:

BAI Communications in the sale of its Canadian business to Rogers Communications

TELUS International in its US$1.225 billion acquisition of WillowTree

Drax Group in the acquisition of Princeton Standard Pellet Corporation’s pellet plant

LifeWorks in its announced $2.9 billion acquisition by TELUS

Verisk Analytics in its acquisition of Opta

Inkbox Ink in its US$65 million acquisition by BIC

Angus Systems in its acquisition by MRI Software

Goldman Sachs Asset Management in its US$250 million investment in Hydrostor

Microsoft in its acquisition of Xandr

Kinross Gold Corporation in its US$1.4 billion acquisition of Great Bear Resources

OpenChannel in its acquisition by Stripe

Kira Talent in its majority stake investment by ETS

TransUnion in its $638 million acquisition of Sontiq

Microsoft in its acquisition of Two Hat

VTS in its acquisition of Lane Technologies

TopBuild in its $1 billion acquisition of Distribution International

Mondou in its acquisition of Ren’s Pets

Absorb in its US$500 million acquisition by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Loopio in its US$200 million strategic investment

Drax Group plc in its announced acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy

Animalcare in its agreement with Kane Biotech to form STEM Animal Health Inc.

Closing Folders in its acquisition by iManage

Madison Dearborn Partners in its acquisition of the APM Group International

GardaWorld Security Corp. BC Partners in the $5.2 billion recapitalization of GardaWorld

Intelex Technologies in its $570 million acquisition by Industrial Scientific

Wave Financial in its $537 million proposed acquisition by H&R Block

Georgian Partners in its Series C investment in Fiix Inc.

The Bank of Nova Scotia in the sale of its Caribbean banking operations to Republic Financial Holdings Limited

Telmetrics Inc. in its acquisition by Marchex, Inc. for US$13.1 million in cash

Panavision Inc. in its acquisition by Saban Capital Acquisition Corp and combination with Sim to form Panavision Holdings

Dominion Voting Systems in its acquisition by its management team and Staple Street Capital

Investors led by BC Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the $5.125 billion recapitalization of GFL Environmental Inc.

MHR Fund Management LLC in connection with its acquisition of a controlling interest in an Alberta corporation by way of subscriptions for preferred stock

immun.io Inc. in its sale to Trend Micro

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. in the acquisition of NGX and Shorcan Brokers from TMX Group

TPG Capital LP in its proposed acquisition of Transplace Inc.

ConocoPhillips in the sale of its interest in the Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands partnership, as well as the majority of its western Canada Deep Basin gas assets, to Cenovus for total proceeds of C$17.7 billion

Procera Networks Inc., an affiliate of Francisco Partners, in the C$562 million acquisition of TSX-listed network policy control solutions company Sandvine Corporation by way of plan of arrangement in Ontario

The Carlyle Group with regard to Canadian aspects of its acquisition of Arctic Glacier Group Holdings, Inc. from H.I.G. Capital

Trilantic Capital Partners with regard to Canadian aspects on its investment in a Canadian services business

Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries in their agreement to sell producing oil and gas assets in the Deep Basin area of western Alberta and British Columbia for US$374 million

JP Morgan Chase & Co. as Canadian counsel in the sale of its physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy Group Limited, a global energy and commodities trading company, for C$3.5 billion

Devon Energy Canada in the disposition of some of its Canadian conventional assets to Canadian Natural Resources Limited for C$3.125 billion

Spud Energy Pty. Limited in the reverse take-over of Jura Energy Corporation

Golden Crescent Investments Ltd. an affiliate of Citadel Capital, in its proposed sale of National Petroleum Company Egypt Limited, to Sea Dragon Energy Inc.

Other Work:

• Advises a diverse range of clients on employment standards, wrongful dismissals and human rights issues
• Represents management in labour arbitrations, and in labour relations board matters
• Provides critical guidance to and advocates for companies in respect of occupational health and safety concerns
• Advises clients in the employment and labour aspects of business transaction and acquisitions