Mercer International Inc.
US$875,000,000
Offering of Senior Notes
Issuer's Counsel
Gold Royalty Corp.
US$90,000,000
Initial Public Offering and NYSE Listing
Purchaser's Counsel
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
Terra Nova Royalty Corporation
C$50,000,000
Offering of rights to subscribe for up to 7,571,227 common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Terra Nova Royalty Corporation
US$220,000,000
Tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Mass Financial Corp.
Offeror's Counsel
National Bank Financial Inc.
C$75,465,000
Additional offering of Class "A" subordinated voting shares of International Forest Products Limited
Underwriter's Counsel
CIBC World Markets Inc.
C$164,388,000
Initial public offering of trust units of Tree Island Wire Income Fund
Underwriter's Counsel
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
C$225,000,000
Renewal and expansion of senior credit facility
Borrower's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
€270,000,000
Acquisition of Hotzindustrie Torgau
Purchaser’s Counsel
Goldmining Inc.
US$50,000,000
At-the-market equity program
Issuer’s Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$350,000,000
Offering of senior Notes
Issuer’s Counsel
Uranium Royalty Corp.
US$40,000,000
At-the-market equity program
Issuer’s Counsel
Gold Royalty Corp.
US$50,000,000
At-the-market equity program
Issuer’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
Mercer International Inc.
US$300,000,000
Offering senior notes due 2026
Issuer's Counsel
Conifex Timber Inc.
US$225,000,000
Revolving line of Credit and term loan with PNC Bank Canada Branch
Borrower’s Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$30,000,000
Partial redemption of senior notes due 2022
Issuer’s Counsel
Uranium Royalty Corp.
C$25,010,000
Bought deal public offering of common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Conifex Timber Inc.
C$64,500,000
Public Offering of subscription receipts, each representing the right to receive one common share
Issuer’s Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
CHF 21,500,000
Sale of Landqart AG and Landqart Management and Services AG
Vendor’s Counsel
Mercer Timber Products GMBH
€70,000,000
Joint secured facility agreement with UniCredit Bank AG
Borrower's Counsel
EnWave Corporation
C$10,000,000
Public offering and concurrent private placement of units comprised of one common share and one-half share purchase warrant
Issuer's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$225,000,000
Offering of senior notes due 2024
Issuer's Counsel
Conifex Timber Inc.
C$130,000,000
Secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of institutional lenders arranged and led by Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada
Borrower's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$650,000,000
Offering of senior notes due 2022
Offeror's Counsel
Private Issuer
C$60,000,000
Offering of unsecured bonds by way of offering memorandum
Issuer's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
€300,000,000
Sustainability-Linked Term Revolving Credit Facility with UniCredit Bank AG,
et al
Borrower's Counsel
CIBC World Markets Inc.
C$54,552,000
Initial public offering of trust units of Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Income Fund
Underwriter'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 Timber Products GmbH
€70,000,000
Joint secured facility agreement with UniCredit Bank AG
Borrower's Counsel
A Forest Products Company
US $425,000,000
Multi-jurisdictional senior note issue
Issuer's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$40,000,000
Credit agreement with IAM Infrastructure Private Debt Fund LP
Borrower'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
Raymond James Ltd.
C$11,700,000
Private placement of common shares of Steeplejack Industrial Group Inc.
Agent's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$35,000,000
Capital investment and purchase of minority interest in Zellstoff Stendal GmbH
Purchaser's Counsel
Zellstoff Celgar Limited
C$40,000,000
Amended and restated revolving credit facility
Borrower's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
€75,000,000
Revolving credit facility of Zellstoff Stendal GmbH in conjunction with the discharge of its €827,000,000 project loan facility and €17,000,000 blue mill loan facility
Borrower's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$40,250,000
Public offering of 6.5% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures
Issuer's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US $50,000,000
Multi-jurisdictional secondary offering of common shares
Issuer'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 $310,000,000
Redemption of outstanding senior subordinated notes
Corporate Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$57,548,587
Public offering of common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US $300,000,000
Senior note issuance
Issuer's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$46,000,000
Initial public offering of common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$50,000,000
Multi-jurisdictional tack-on offering of senior notes
Issuer's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$69,000,000
Public offering of 7.0% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures
Issuer'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
CIBC World Markets Inc.
C$76,678,815
Secondary offering of trust units of Tree Island Wire Income Fund
Underwriter's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US $334,361,000
Tender offer and consent solicitation for all of the outstanding senior notes
due 2017
Offeror's Counsel
Conifex Timber Inc.
C$89,000,000
Issuance of subscription receipts and subsequent listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
Issuer's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
€844,000,000
Restructuring of Zellstoff Stendal GmbH's €827,000,000 project loan facility and €17,000,000 blue mill loan facility
Borrower's Counsel
Tree Island Wire Income Fund
C$170,000,000
Debt restructuring, including private placement and rights offering of convertible notes and credit line restructuring
Corporate Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US $500,000,000
Shelf offering of debt securities, shares of beneficial interest and/or preferred stock
Issuer's Counsel
Haywood Securities Inc.
C$93,000,000
Reorganization and initial public offering of Anvil Mining Limited
Underwriter's Counsel
Southwestern Resources Corp.
Acquisition by Hochschild Mining Plc by way of plan of arrangement
Vendor's Counsel
Private Purchaser
C$89,500,000
Land assembly and development project
Purchaser's Counsel
Conifex Timber Inc.
C$89,000,000
Issuance of subscription receipts and subsequent listing on the TSX Venture Exchange
Issuer's Counsel
Taiga Building Products Ltd
C$200,000,000
New secured credit facility with J.P. Morgan Chase
Borrower'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
Mercer Holz AG
€25,000,000
Borrowing base credit facility agreement with UniCredit Bank AG
Borrower's Counsel
Brazil Resources Inc.
C$13,500,000
Acquisition of Brazilian Gold Corporation
Purchaser's Counsel
Coastal Contacts Inc.
C$6,000,000
Initial public offering of common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Private Purchaser
C$13,500,000
Corporate spin-off and restructuring of international drilling operations
Purchaser's Counsel
Individual Vendors
C$15,000,000
Sale of engineering business
Vendor's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$310,000,000
Cross-border senior note offering
Issuer's Counsel
Fortress Paper Inc.
C$40,000,000
$40 million loan to Fortress Bioenergy Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortress Paper Ltd., provided by the IAM Infrastructure Debt Fund
Borrower's Counsel
Mass Financial Corp.
Redemption and repurchase of $127,900,000 of preferred shares
Purchaser's Counsel
Zellstoff Celgar Limited
US $30,000,000
Revolving credit facility
Borrower's Counsel
Private Purchaser
Management leveraged buyout of majority shareholder
Purchaser's Counsel
Zellstoff-und Papierfabrik Rosenthal GmbH & Co. KG
€40,000,000
Revolving credit facility
Borrower's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US $80,000,000
Cross-border equity offering
Issuer'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
CIBC World Markets Inc.
C$18,000,000
Private placement of trust units of Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Income Fund
Underwriter's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
€12,000,000
New factoring facility for a German subsidiary
Borrower's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
C$82,500,000
Senior note issue
Issuer's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$40,866,500
New issue of common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Coastal Contacts Inc.
C$12,320,000
Private placement of common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Fortress Paper Ltd.
C$153,000,000
Investissement Québec loan, inter-company credit facility, convertible debenture issuance and related financings to purchase and convert the Thurso mill
Purchaser's Counsel
Stonepoint Group Limited
C$6,100,000
Sale of private label bottled water business
Vendor'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
Canadian Inovatech Inc.
C$27,250,000
Sale of Egg Division to MFI Food Canada Ltd.
Vendor's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
€1,000,000,000
Financing of 552,000 tpa greenfield kraft pulp mill project in Stendal, Germany
Borrower's Counsel
Trimble Resources Corporation
C$30,000,000
Sale of Yemen oil and gas interests to Occidental Petroleum
Vendor's Counsel
MFC Bancorp Ltd.
Proxy contest relating to the election of directors of Cybernet Internet Services International, Inc. and restructuring of $200,000,000 of senior notes
Dissident's Counsel
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
Splitting of stapled units and listing of debentures on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Issuer's Counsel
Private Multinational Biotechnology Company
International reorganization of corporate structure
Corporate Counsel
Pacifica Papers Inc.
Proxy contest and contested fairness hearing regarding $1,000,000,000 merger with Norske Skog Canada Limited
Petitioner's Counsel
Mercury Partners & Company Inc.
Proxy contest relating to the election of directors of Takla Star Resources Ltd.
Dissident's Counsel
A Forest Products Company
C$65,000,000
Revolving asset backed credit facility
Borrower's Counsel
Raymond James Ltd.
C$25,000,000
Additional and secondary offering of common shares of Premium Brands Inc.
Underwriter's Counsel
Pacifica Papers Inc.
C$113,000,000
Sale of a partial interest in hydro electric assets
Vendor'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
Private Limited Partnership
C$10,000,000
Reorganization and restructuring of sawmilling operations
Corporate Counsel
Peachtree Network Inc.
$2,400,000
Offering of common shares
Issuer's Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
DM 580,000,000
Kraft pulp conversion project
Corporate Counsel
Pacifica Papers Inc.
US $200,000,000
Senior note exchange offer
Issuer's Counsel
A Forest Products Company
US $160,000,000
Cross-border senior secured note issue
Issuer's Counsel
Pacifica Papers Inc.
US $200,000,000
Cross-border senior note issue
Issuer's Counsel
Pacifica Papers Inc.
C$465,000,000
Negotiation of senior secured credit facilities
Borrower's Counsel
New Skeena Forest Products Inc.
Sale of Smithers sawmill division to West Fraser Mills Ltd.
Vendor'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
Pacifica Paper Limited Partnership
C$257,000,000
Partnership unit issue
Issuer's Counsel
Drummond Financial Corporation
US$21,515,000
Exchange of Drummond Bonds for convertible subordinated MFC Bancorp Ltd. Bonus.
Corporate Counsel
A Forest Products Company
US$125,000,000
Senior note exchange offer
Issuer's Counsel
A Forest Products Company
US$144,000,000
Acquisition of sawmills and Crown tenures from Pacific Forest Products Limited
Purchaser's Counsel
A Forest Products Company
US$125,000,000
Multi-jurisdictional senior note issue
Issuer's Counsel
MFC Bancorp Ltd.
C$27,000,000
Acquisition of Lehman Brothers Bank (Switzerland)
Purchaser's Counsel
Drummond Financial Corporation
Proxy contest relating to the election of directors of Beta Well Services Inc.
Corporate Counsel
Mercer International Inc.
US$50,700,000
Spin-off of financial services business
Issuer’s Counsel
Pacifica Paper Limited Partnership
C$465,000,000
Negotiation of $465,000,000 senior secured credit facilities
Borrower's Counsel
Forest Products Company
US$52,500,000
Issue of Class B Non-Voting Shares
Issuer's Counsel
Taiga Building Products Ltd.
US$128,000,000
Exchange offer and consent solicitation for its outstanding 14% subordinated unsecured notes
Issuer's Counsel