Motion Metrics International Corp., a privately-held Canadian mining technology firm headquartered in Vancouver, was acquired by The Weir Group PLC, a Scottish engineering firm listed on the London Stock Exchange. The sale included the company and its international offices in Australia, Brazil, Chile and South Africa for an initial consideration of C$150 million.
Fasken acted as lead counsel for the vendors of Motion Metrics International Corp., with a team led by Iain Mant and Kareen Zimmer (M&A), and included Mike Coburn (Tax), Karam Bayrakal, Ariel Laver, Mark Hughes (Information Technology), Roger A.C. Kuypers (Intellectual Property), Clifford Sosnow (International Trade), Richard J. Berrow (Insurance), Jordan Thompson (LEHR), Amy Carruthers, Sandy Wang, Maurice Wong, Shiva Bakhtiary (Corporate Commercial), Dimitri Cavvadas and Refentse Chuene (Corporate Commercial – South Africa).
Jurisdiction
- British Columbia