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Aird & Berlis is representing Celestial Acquisition Corp. with a team led by Marek Lorenc (Space Tech/Capital Markets) and including Danny Kharazmi, Meredith McCann and Ali Kwinter (Capital Markets) and Donald Johnston (Corporate/Technology).
April 16, 2026
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Aird & Berlis LLP represented Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust ("CREIT") in the acquisition and financing of a 50% co-ownership interest in the office complex known as Calgary Place located in Calgary, Alberta for the sum of $156.0 million (CREIT’s share). Calgary Place is an office complex in downtown Calgary comprised of 575,000 square feet of leasable area in two Class A office towers connected by a two-level retail podium.
April 30, 2026
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Cynthia Sefton and David Reiter acted as counsel to Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. in a case in which there was an explosion caused by an excavator damaging an underground pipeline at a west-end Toronto strip mall.
April 30, 2026
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April 30, 2026
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Aird & Berlis LLP acted for an international law firm in connection with its potential expansion into Canada when it was considering the establishment of a relationship with a law firm to be newly formed with lawyers from a failing Canadian law firm.
April 30, 2026
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Phil Healey and Miranda Spence, acting on behalf of the Wahta Mohawk Band Council, successfully defeated an application made in the Federal Court by a former Chief and other members who sought quo warranto declarations removing the Council from elected office and calling for by-elections.
April 30, 2026
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A&B represented DZ Equity Partner GmbH in the acquisition of Landes Canada and its wholly owned subsidiary Landes Hong Kong. Landes is a private manufacturer of belts, labels and leather products for the clothing industry and consumer goods retailers.
April 30, 2026
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Big Lots, Inc. completed its previously announced purchase of all of the outstanding stock of Liquidation World Inc. by way of a plan of arrangement. This is the first expansion of Big Lots' retail operations outside of the United States where it has in excess of 1400 stores in 48 U.S. states.
April 30, 2026
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Aird & Berlis LLP represented Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Sepp's Gourmet Foods Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen breakfast foods for the retail and food service sectors with annual net sales of approximately US$29.3 million.
April 30, 2026
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Aird & Berlis LLP represented Ralcorp Holdings in the completion of two Canadian acquisitions on the same day. Ralcorp acquired J.T. Bakeries Inc. and North American Baking Ltd. in two separate transactions.
April 30, 2026
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Aird & Berlis LLP represented Nucap Industries Inc. in the acquisition of U.S.-based Anstro Manufacturing, Inc. and Eyelet Tech Inc., Canadian-based Gunn Metal Stampings Inc. and China-based QVC.
April 30, 2026
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Aird & Berlis LLP acted as Canadian counsel to Life Technologies Corporation on the sale of its interest in its mass spectrometry business to Danaher Corporation for US$450 million.
April 30, 2026
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Liquidation World Inc. shares rose about four per cent on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, after the company struck a definitive purchase agreement pursuant to which Talon Merchant Capital purchased a significant equity stake in LQW.
April 30, 2026
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On January 22, 2009, Electrum Strategic Resources LLC completed a US $60 million private placement acquisition of 46,153,847 units created and issued by NovaGold Resources Inc.
April 30, 2026
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In connection with the acquisition of Q9 Networks Inc. by CDC Acquisition II Corp., Aird & Berlis LLP assisted CIT Financial Ltd., a syndicate member in a senior debt facility totaling $120 million.
April 30, 2026
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Private label cereal maker Ralcorp Holdings acquired Kraft Foods' Post cereals unit, North America's third largest for approximately US$2.6 billion.
April 30, 2026
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Shell Global Solutions International B.V. acquired 100 per cent of the shares of Cansolv, a developer of "scrubbing" technologies to capture industrial gas emissions.
April 30, 2026
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A&B assisted First Waste Transload Inc. (FWTI) in preparing, filing and negotiating the terms of a Certificate of Approval which was issued by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
April 30, 2026
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On March 29, 2007, Entertainment One Income Fund a major distributor of home entertainment products, completed the sale of all of its Canadian and US operations to Earl Street Capital Ltd.
April 30, 2026
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Aird & Berlis LLP acted for Bremner Food Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Ralcorp Inc. (NYSE), in connection with an acquisition of assets from London-based Beta Brands Inc.
April 30, 2026
Representative Matter
Aird & Berlis is representing Celestial Acquisition Corp. with a team led by Marek Lorenc (Space Tech/Capital Markets) and including Danny Kharazmi, Meredith McCann and Ali Kwinter (Capital Markets) and Donald Johnston (Corporate/Technology).
April 16, 2026