ONCAP LP, an investment fund run by Onex Corporation, acquired BAE SYSTEMS CANADA INC. (formerly Canadian Marconi Company) for $594 million, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement. The deal closed April 11, 2001.
The Torys team acting for ONCAP included Steve Donovan, Ed Nordholm, Adam Delean, Karrin Powys-Lybbe, Matt Cockburn, Michael Akkawi, Gregg Horne, Guy Berman and Craig Burley, with assistance from Jim Turner and Bill Charnetski, John Unger (tax), Arlen Sternberg, Kent Thomson, Jim Tory Jr. (litigation), Hugh O’Reilly (employment) and Dennis Mahony (environmental). BAE SYSTEMS CANADA INC. was represented by Ogilvy Renault, with a team that included Norman Steinberg, Ava Yaskiel, Alain Côté and Wendy Warhaft. Acting for BAE SYSTEMS (UK), the controlling shareholder of BAE SYSTEMS, was Stikeman Elliott, with a team consisting of John W. Leopold, Marc Barbeau, Fred Harvey, Steeve Robitaille and Philippe DeMontigny. The independent committee of BAE SYSTEMS CANADA was represented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, by a team including Daniel Picotte, Peter Villani, Robert Paré and Claude Auger (tax).
The Torys team acting for ONCAP included Steve Donovan, Ed Nordholm, Adam Delean, Karrin Powys-Lybbe, Matt Cockburn, Michael Akkawi, Gregg Horne, Guy Berman and Craig Burley, with assistance from Jim Turner and Bill Charnetski, John Unger (tax), Arlen Sternberg, Kent Thomson, Jim Tory Jr. (litigation), Hugh O’Reilly (employment) and Dennis Mahony (environmental). BAE SYSTEMS CANADA INC. was represented by Ogilvy Renault, with a team that included Norman Steinberg, Ava Yaskiel, Alain Côté and Wendy Warhaft. Acting for BAE SYSTEMS (UK), the controlling shareholder of BAE SYSTEMS, was Stikeman Elliott, with a team consisting of John W. Leopold, Marc Barbeau, Fred Harvey, Steeve Robitaille and Philippe DeMontigny. The independent committee of BAE SYSTEMS CANADA was represented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, by a team including Daniel Picotte, Peter Villani, Robert Paré and Claude Auger (tax).
Lawyer(s)
Norman M. Steinberg
Guy Berman
Gregg O. Horne
William A. Charnetski
Karrin A. Powys-Lybbe
Daniel Picotte
Ava G. Yaskiel
Peter Villani
Steeve Robitaille
James C. Tory
Michael F.E. Akkawi
Claude Auger
Arlen K. Sternberg
Stephen J. Donovan
Hugh M.B. O'Reilly
Frédéric Harvey
Adam E. Delean
John D. Bodrug
John W. Leopold
Alain Côté
Edwin B. Nordholm
Craig Burley
James E.A. Turner
Marc B. Barbeau
John Unger
Matthew Cockburn
Firm(s)
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Torys LLP