Conifex Timber Inc.
US$215,000,000
Acquisition of the Suwannee sawmill in Cross City, Florida and the Caddo River sawmill in Glenwood Arkansas for cash and shares
Purchaser’s Counsel
Gold Royalty Corp.
C$374,000,000
Acquisition of Abitibi Royalties Inc. and Golden Valley Mines and Royalties Ltd.
Purchaser's Counsel
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
C$800,000,000
Acquisition by New World Gaming Partners Ltd. of Gateway Casinos Income Fund
BCLC Counsel
Pacifica Papers Inc.
C$1,000,000,000
Merger by way of a plan of arrangement with Norske Skog Canada Limited
Vendor’s Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
C$465,000,000
Acquisition of Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd.
Purchaser’s Counsel
Final Bell Holdings International Ltd.
C$250,000,000
Business Combination with Final Bel Holdings Inc., 14th Round Inc., and Final Bell Canada Inc., together with $25,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facility
Issuer’s Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
€270,000,000
Acquisition of Hotzindustrie Torgau
Purchaser’s Counsel
Gold Royalty Corp.
US$262,000,000
Acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Ely Gold Royalties Inc. by way of plan of arrangement
Acquiror’s counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
CHF 21,500,000
Sale of Landqart AG and Landqart Management and Services AG
Vendor’s Counsel
MFC Bancorp Ltd.
Acquisition of shares and shareholder loans and restructuring of $120,000,000 of indebtedness of Kasese Cobalt Company Limited and affiliates
Purchaser's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$70,000,000
Purchase of the sawmilling, lumber sales, energy production and sales, and related operations of the Friesau sawmill in Germany
Purchaser's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$35,000,000
Capital investment and purchase of minority interest in Zellstoff Stendal GmbH
Purchaser's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$17,500,000
Sale of Fortress Optical Features Ltd. to Nanotech Security Corp.
Vendor's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
C$262,000,000
Including the implementation of a new $62 million "green" biofuel energy project and negotiation and settlement of a $200 million energy purchase agreement with a large utility company
Corporate Counsel
Hillsborough Resources Limited
C$38,000,000
Acquisition by Vitol Anker B.V. by way of a plan of arrangement
Vendor's Counsel
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
C$20,000,000
Sale and leaseback of Canadian distribution facilities
Vendor's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
€160,00,000
Sale of Dresden Mill to a subsidiary of P.H. Glatfelter Co.
Vendor's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US $225,000,000
Acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Stone Venepal (Celgar) Pulp Inc.
Purchaser's Counsel
Southwestern Resources Corp.
Acquisition by Hochschild Mining Plc by way of plan of arrangement
Vendor's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
€64,000,000
Acquisition of substantially all of the assets of one of Germany's largest sawmills and a bio-mass power plant, near Friesau, Germany
Purchaser's Counsel
Brazil Resources Inc.
Acquisition of the Cachoeira Gold Project from Luna Gold Corporation
Purchaser's Counsel
Brazil Resources Inc.
C$13,500,000
Acquisition of Brazilian Gold Corporation
Purchaser's Counsel
Private Purchaser
C$13,500,000
Corporate spin-off and restructuring of international drilling operations
Purchaser's Counsel
Private Purchaser
Management leveraged buyout of majority shareholder
Purchaser's Counsel
Pacific Northwest Partners Limited
C$31,000,000
Reverse take-over acquisition
Purchaser's Counsel
Coastal Contacts Inc.
C$18,000,000
Acquisition of Lensway AB
Purchaser's Counsel
MFC Bancorp Ltd.
C$7,000,000
Acquisition of certain assets of Canmine Resources Corporation, including debt restructuring
Purchaser's Counsel
Pacifica Paper Limited Partnership
C$850,000,000
Acquisition of the paper business of MacMillan Bloedel Limited
Purchaser's Counsel
Pacifica Papers Inc.
Proxy contest and contested fairness hearing regarding $1,000,000,000 merger with Norske Skog Canada Limited
Petitioner's Counsel
MFC Bancorp Ltd.
$17,000,000
Proxy contest relating to the election of directors and contested take over bid for all of the common shares of Bresea Resources Ltd.
Offeror's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$52,000,000
Acquisition / privatization of the pulp assets of Zellstoff-und Papierfabrik Rosenthal GmbH from the Treuhandanstalt (German government privatization agency)
Purchaser’s Counsel
A Forest Products Company
US$144,000,000
Acquisition of sawmills and Crown tenures from Pacific Forest Products Limited
Purchaser's Counsel
MFC Bancorp Ltd.
C$27,000,000
Acquisition of Lehman Brothers Bank (Switzerland)
Purchaser's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$50,700,000
Spin-off of financial services business
Issuer’s Counsel