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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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A&B acted for Skyline Enterprises Management Inc. in the formation and initial acquisitions of Guelph Ontario-based Skyline Retail Real Estate Investment Trust.
February 10, 2014
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Aird & Berlis LLP has been able to maintain and expand its relationship with Post Foods. In addition to assisting Ralcorp in buying Post Foods and later spinning it out to Ralcorp shareholders, we recently worked on several transactions.
February 03, 2014
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On November 1, 2013, Estrella International Energy Services Ltd. (“Estrella”) (TSX Venture Exchange: EEN) completed the final step in its acquisition of the Colombian oil and gas service operations of San Antonio International (“San Antonio”).
January 30, 2014
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Aird & Berlis LLP has completed two acquisition transactions of vacation parks in Ontario for National RV Communities LLC (now part of the Carefree Communities Inc.).
January 17, 2014
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Aird & Berlis LLP acted for Feronia Inc. (TSX:FRN), a large-scale commercial farmland and plantation operator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in connection with its recent US$25M private placement led by CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution.
January 13, 2014
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A&B acted for Haggar Clothing Co., a leader in men’s apparel for over 85 years, in its acquisition of Tribal Sportswear from Kilmer Capital Fund L.P. for an undisclosed amount.
January 13, 2014
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Empire and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sobeys, entered into an agreement with Safeway on June 12, 2013, to acquire substantially all of the assets of Canada Safeway for a cash purchase price of $5.8 billion, subject to a working capital adjustment, plus the assumption of certain liabilities. The deal closed in November 2013.
January 08, 2014
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A Master of the Ontario Superior Court has ruled that Francisco Munoz, a chemical engineer whose name appears on the patent as the inventor of foaming alcohol hand sanitizer, can sue Deb Group, the multinational medical supplies company he used to work for.
December 19, 2013
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Aird & Berlis LLP led Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV), a zinc-focused base metals development company with active operations in Canada and Peru, through its recent $46M public offering.
December 17, 2013
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Aird & Berlis LLP provided Canadian legal services to Prospect Capital Corporation, a New York-based financial services entity (NYSE: PRY). In Q3 2013, we acted in connection with the acquisition of MITY Enterprises, Inc., a market-leading provider of multipurpose room furniture and specialty healthcare seating.
December 06, 2013
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Aird & Berlis LLP acted as counsel to the Sitecore group of companies, global leaders in customer experience management software, in their acquisition of the CommerceServer.net business, a former Microsoft product line, from SMITH.
November 21, 2013
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Aird & Berlis LLP acted for CIT Lending Corporation, an administrative agent to a syndicate of internationally recognized banks, including itself, in connection with an initial five-year term loan. The loan, which was advanced more than six years ago, was finally repaid in Q2 2013.
October 25, 2013
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Don Jack and Sanj Sood, with assistance from Donald Johnston and Jeremy Nemers, successfully defeated an application for oppression pursuant to s. 248 of Ontario’s Business Corporations Act.
October 23, 2013
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A&B lawyers John Harild and Courtney Raphael, with assistance from Angela Swan and Piper Morley, successfully represented the Regional Municipality of Durham in the Court of Appeal in a dispute involving the transfer of responsibility for public transit from a local municipality to a regional municipality.
October 17, 2013
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In Q2 2013, Aird & Berlis LLP represented Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) in connection with its proposed takeover bid for the equity and near equity of U.S. Silver Combination following the announcement of U.S. Silver Corporation’s proposed share-exchange merger with RX Gold & Silver Inc.
October 15, 2013
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David Reiter was appointed as independent prosecutor by the City of Pickering’s Compliance Audit Committee. He conducted a compliance audit of Councillor Doug Dickerson’s campaign finances and laid five charges. Jody Johnson successfully defended an appeal of the committee’s decision to order the compliance audit.
August 15, 2013
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Aird & Berlis LLP represented Skyline Commercial REIT (Skyline) in its multi-phased acquisition of 46 commercial properties from Conundrum Capital for a purchase price of approximately $242 million.
May 16, 2013
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Aird & Berlis LLP represented Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (CREIT) in its acquisition from RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust of two retail centres situated in Quebec City, Quebec and one retail centre situated in Moncton, New Brunswick.
May 15, 2013
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On March 4, 2013, a subsidiary of OPKO Health, Inc. (NYSE:OPK), a multi-national biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company, completed the acquisition of all of the assets and undertaking of Cytochroma Canada Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company with operations in Markham, Ontario and Bannockburn, Illinois.
May 10, 2013
Representative Matter
Following an eight day Court of Appeal hearing (the longest in that court since 1987), Aird & Berlis LLP lawyer, Chris Matthews, obtained a successful result for Resolute Forest Products (formerly known as Abitibi) in the case of Keewatin v. Minster of Natural Resources and Resolute Forest Products. The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed the appeals of the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, the Attorney General of Canada and Resolute in a decision released on March 18, 2013.
April 29, 2013