Toronto (Canada) – Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that it has taken an active role in three of Lexpert's Top 10 Deals of the Year, including "Deal of the Year".
Fasken Martineau advised on the following deals in 2013 :
- Deal of the year: Fasken Martineau advised Scotiabank on the financing of the transaction for Empire Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sobeys Inc., to acquire substantially all of the assets of Canada Safeway Limited for a cash purchase price of CDN $5.8 billion. Scotiabank has provided Empire and Sobeys fully committed credit facilities for the full purchase price plus the transaction expenses required to close the acquisition. Fasken Martineau's team was led by John Torrey and included David Ferris (Banking and Finance), Bradley Freelan (Mergers & Acquisitions), Christopher Steeves (Tax), Anthony Baldanza (Competition), David Martin and Sergio Custodio (Real Property), Andrew Alleyne (Information Technology), Ross Gascho (Pensions) and Rosalind Cooper (Environmental).
- The CDN $5.1 billion offer for Inmet by First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Fasken Martineau acted as lead counsel to First Quantum Minerals Ltd. with a team including John Turner, Daniel Batista, Richard Steinberg, Bradley Freelan, Alex Nikolic, Daye Kaba, Jessica Catton, Susan Newell, Francesco Tallarico, Jennifer Mitchell, and Jeffrey Gebert (Securities and M&A); Douglas New and Huy Do (Competition); Thomas Barlow, Daniel Brock and Claudia Feldkamp (Government Relations); Christopher Steeves (Tax); Samuel Rickett, David Hausman, Brad Moore and Shelley Babin (Litigation); and Ralph Nero (Labour and Employment).
- The BRP IPO, best-performing IPO of the year. Fasken Martineau partner Marie-Josée Neveu acted as counsel to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, principal shareholder of BRP.
About the list
Lexpert's Top 10 Deals of the Year list, published annually since January 2004, is unique and distinct from league tables prepared by accountants, investment banks and financial analysts, and ranked for the most part, by size of the transaction. This list is based on an extensive canvass conducted in October and November 2013 by Editor-in-Chief Jean Cumming of Canadian M&A, securities and corporate finance lawyers.
About Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Fasken Martineau is a leading international business law and litigation firm. With more than 770 lawyers, the firm has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London, Paris and Johannesburg. For additional information, please visit the firm's website at www.fasken.com.
