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Kirk's focus is on:
Advising Canadian and foreign public, widely-held private, closely-held private, owner-manager, and private equity corporations, partnerships, trusts, mutual fund trusts and joint ventures in respect of the following areas:
Mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations
Corporate and project finance
Business entity formation and structuring
Employment and employment compensation benefits arrangements
Legal tax due diligence
Counsel to Buhler Industries Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed Canadian manufacturer of agricultural equipment, including Farm King and Versatile products, in a going private transaction that valued the company at CAD$182,500,000
Counsel to Gear Energy Ltd. for its acquisition by Cenovus Energy Inc. pursuant to a plan of arrangement and in the spin-out of certain assets into Lotus Creek Exploration Inc. for a total deal value of $170 million
Counsel to Gear Energy on its spinout and sale transaction ($170 million).
Counsel to private oil & natural gas company on reorganization and private equity financing ($12 million)
Counsel to Whitecap Resources on its sale to and strategic infrastructure partnership with Pembina for the Kaybob Complex and Lator Facility ($420 million)
Counsel to private mortgage brokerage on private equity financing and buyout ($34 million)
Counsel to Advantage Energy on its bought deal subscription receipt and convertible unsecured subordinated debentures ($190 million)
Counsel to Advantage Energy on its acquisition of Charlie Lake / Montney assets ($450 million)
Counsel to private oil & natural gas company on its acquisition of private oil & gas company ($30 million)
Counsel to Crew Energy on its acquisition by Tourmaline ($1.4 billion)
Counsel to public company on its acquisition of Canadian oil & natural gas assets ($585 million)
Counsel to private oil & natural company on private equity financing ($5 million)
Counsel to private technology company on private equity investments ($225 million)
Counsel to Flair Airlines on its capital and debt refinancing and restructuring
Counsel to transportation infrastructure company on financing and development of infrastructure project ($10 million)
Counsel to private equity on its sale of oil & natural gas drilling technology company.
Counsel to private equity on acquisition of luxury goods retailer ($65 million)
Counsel to private company on sale of oil & natural gas assets to Obsidian Energy ($76 million)
Counsel to Clear North on its acquisition of Summerland Energy ($69 million).
Counsel to widely held private oil & natural gas company on its acquisition by private equity ($440 million)
Counsel to special committee of Step Energy on its take-private transaction ($350 million)
Counsel to Whitecap Resources Inc. for the sale of a 50% interest in its Musreau facility to Topaz Energy for gross proceeds of $100 million and a strategic partnership with Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. for gross proceeds of $420 million involving the sale of a 50% stake in its Kaybob complex, a commitment by PGI to fund the development of a new battery in the Lator area and related agreements for downstream transportation and processing
Counsel to Calima Energy and Blackspur on acquisition of Blackspur by Astara ($75 million)
Counsel to private equity on the sale of Cor4 Oil Corp.to International Petroleum Corp. ($84 million)
Counsel to private real estate mutual fund trust on its offering memorandum financing ($80 million)
Counsel to public company on its internal reorganization and consolidation ($6.7 billion)
Counsel to public agriculture manufacturing company on the secondary trade by foreign investor of 90% of the shares of the company ($60 million)
Counsel to US private equity investor in its equity line of credit financing of new oil and gas exploration and development company ($50 million)
Counsel to private manufacturing and agricultural company in its reorganization and management buyout of minority shareholder ($19 million)
Counsel to private oil and gas company on sale of assets to public company ($34 million)
Counsel to West Lake on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, Boulder Energy, to Highwood Asset Management ($98 million)
Counsel to Underwriters on the Coelacanth Energy bought-deal unit (shares and warrants) financing ($80 million)
Counsel to private energy transition company on its foreign-private equity financing ($20 million)
Counsel to Peyto Exploration on its acquisition of Repsol Canada assets and partnership ($600 million)
Counsel to Peyto Exploration bought-deal subscription receipt equity financing ($201 million)
Counsel to AltaGas on its acquisition of pipestone assets and partnership from Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure ($650 million)
Counsel to Durham Creek on its acquisition by Lycos Energy ($32.5 million)
Counsel to Certarus Ltd. on its $1.05 billion sale to Superior Plus Corp.
Counsel to private company on its acquisition of a private company ($75 million)
Counsel to private international oil and gas company on a secondary market block trade of common shares ($145 million).
Counsel to new oil and gas company on a management and brokered private placement ($185 million)
Counsel to Storm Development on its acquisition of assets from ARC Resources ($60 million).
Counsel to private oil and gas operator in respect of pipeline development, transportation services and financing joint venture with private equity and debt financier ($100 million).
Counsel to Astara Energy on its acquisition of Glenogle Energy ($25 million).
Counsel to public company on its internal reorganization and consolidation ($700 million).
Counsel to public oil and gas company on its acquisition of private limited partnership ($14 million).
Counsel to Peyto on its acquisition of Birchill Canada ($22 million).
Counsel to Topaz on its acquisition of Keystone Royalty Corp. ($80 million).
Counsel to private company on its acquisition of Amicus Petroleum ($37 million).
Counsel to new private company on its private equity, management and arm's length financing ($185 million).
Counsel to Crestwynd Exploration on its sale to Tamarack Valley ($185 million).
Counsel to Rolling Hills in its acquisition by Tamarack Valley ($160 million).
Counsel to DIALOG Group Berhad on its acquisition of Pan Orient Energy ($50 million).
Counsel to Whitecap on its acquisition of XTO Energy ($1.9 billion).
Counsel to InPlay Oil Corp. in its acquisition of Prairie Storm Resources Corp. and concurrent bought deal public offering of subscription receipts of InPlay ($50 million).
Counsel to new oil and gas company on the management and brokered private placement ($185 million).
Counsel to Woodcote Petroleum on its acquisition by Tamarack Valley ($43 million)
Counsel to Astra Oil on its acquisition by Surge Energy ($160 million).
Counsel to Kicking Horse on its acquisition by Whitecap Resources ($354 million)
Counsel to new private oil and gas company on its private equity and management equity line of credit financing ($25 million).
Counsel to Velvet Energy on its acquisition by Spartan Delta ($752 million).
Counsel to AgJuncation in its $91 million sale to Kubota Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Kubota Corporation of Japan, by way of a Plan of Arrangement
Lead counsel for Reserve Royalty Management Inc. and Reserve Royalty Management Inc. in the negotiation, execution and closing of an agreement to sell all issued and outstanding units of Reserve Royalty Commercial Trust and related entities to Topaz Energy Corp. for approximately $26 million, payable through the issuance of 1,794,886 Topaz shares.
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March 24, 2020