CIBC Mellon Sells its Issuer Services Business

On November 1, 2010, CIBC Mellon sold its issuer services business to Canadian Stock Transfer Company Inc., a business of Pacific Equity Partners of Sydney, Australia. Financial terms were not disclosed.

CIBC Mellon was represented in-house by Mark Hemingway, Linda Whitfield and Pierre Tellis, Counsel. CIBC Mellon was advised by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with a team led by Cheryl Satin and including Waleska Vernon (corporate); Paul Belanger (financial services regulatory); Abdul-Basit Khan, (labour and employment); Jeremy Forgie (benefit administration/custody); Allan Gelkopf (GST); Christine Ing (IT); Sean Maxwell (pension & benefits); Deborah Salzberger (competition) and Chris Van Loan (tax).

Canadian Stock Transfer was represented in-house by David Brill, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and advised by Baker & McKenzie LLP, with a team led by Nurhan Aycan, and including Greg McNab and Jake Irwin (corporate); Cheryl Elliott and Jeremy Hann (labour and employment); Donna Walwyn (pensions); Arlan Gates (competition) and Randy Schwartz (GST); and by Stephen Clark and Kashif Zaman (financial services regulatory) of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.

Lawyer(s)

Abdul-Basit Khan Arlan Gates Jeremy Hann Cheryl Satin Kashif Zaman Deborah Salzberger Stephen D.A. Clark Allan J. Gelkopf Sean L. Maxwell Greg McNab Jake Irwin Donna M. Walwyn Christine Ing Randy Schwartz Paul Belanger Christopher R.J. Van Loan Mark R. Hemingway Nurhan Aycan Jeremy J. Forgie Waleska Vernon Pierre Tellis Linda R. Whitfield Cheryl J. Elliott