With an outstanding reputation in Canadian business law and a longstanding on-the-ground presence in the Asia-Pacific region, the firm provides the two essential elements required to advise Asian clients - professional expertise and an understanding of the commercial and cultural context of our clients' expectations. Our expertise extends to virtually every area of Canadian business law, particularly corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, banking, taxation, technology, real estate, mining, forestry and energy law. Extensive regulatory and government relations practices - notably in international trade and anti-trust - are another key to success for Stikeman Elliott's Asian clients, who turn to the firm regularly for advice on everything from legal aspects of Indian acquisitions within Canada to real estate investments in Canada by Australian companies. In particular, the firm's extensive mining and resources practices in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, London and Sydney provide clients with expertise and knowledge in key financial and capital market locations for the sector.
Practice leaders of the firm regularly travel throughout the Asia-Pacific region, in addition to making quarterly or more frequent visits to India, China and Hong Kong.
Representative Experience
Specific recent experience includes acting for/in connection with:
- Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and HongKong Electric Holdings Limited in their NZ$785 million acquisition of Vector Wellington Electricity Network Limited.
- Canadian counsel to Tata Motors in its winning bid to acquire Jaguar and Land Rover for US$2.3 billion.
- Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. in its $629 million acquisition of TransAlta Power LP.
- ICICI Bank Canada as lead arranger and lender in Jubilant Organosys Ltd.'s US$255 million acquisition of DRAXIS Health Inc.
- CITIC Canada Energy Limited and the CITIC Group in the sale of 50% of CITIC Canada Energy Limited to KazMunai Gas EP.
- Mittal Steel N.V. in connection with its US$33 billion acquisition of Arcelor.
- Essar Global in its $1.85 billion acquisition of Algoma Steel.
- CITIC Group in its US$1.9 billion acquisition of the Kazakhstan assets of Canada-based Nations Energy Co Ltd.
- Rain Commodities Inc. in its $437 million bid for the assets of Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund.
- Tata Steel in its acquisition of an interest in New Millennium Capital Corp.
- Maple Bond financings for National Australia Bank Limited and New Zealand Telecom, Publishing & Broadcasting Limited.
- Sino Gold Limited in its acquisition of Golden China Resources Corporation.
- Macquarie Group in connection with its $147 million acquisition of Orion Financial Inc.
- Macquarie North America Limited and Kiewit Construction Company in their successful bid to construct Autoroute 25 in Quebec, Canada.
- ING Real Estate in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Summit REIT.
- Lenovo Group as Canadian counsel in its $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM's PC business.
- Lihir Gold Limited in its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- Oceana Gold Corporation in its IPO and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- Centamin Egypt Limited in its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange and accompanying Canadian public share offering.
- The underwriters in connection with a public share offering by Sino-Forest Corporation.
- The underwriters in connection with the Canadian component of a global convertible bond offering by Paladin Resources Ltd.
- Macquarie Bank Limited in connection with its financings of Rio Narcea Gold Mines Ltd.
- Private Placements into Canada from the Asia-Pacific region in excess of 150 over the past three years - Stikeman Elliott has acted on virtually all significant private placements into Canada by Asia-Pacific companies.
- APAC Minerals Inc. in connection with a business combination with Golden China Inc., a private company with a focus on mining activities in China.
- Lynas Corporation Limited in its acquisition of a 19.9% interest in AMR Technologies Inc., a TSX listed company engaged in rare earths in China.
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India Looks Outward
Dee Rajpal and Sheel Parekh have authored the article "India Looks Outward, Cross-Border M&A by Indian Corporations - Canadian Considerations".
Tanganyika Oil acquisition
Stikeman Elliott is acting for Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation in their $2 billion offer to acquire all outstanding common shares of Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd.
Top-Ranked India Practice
Stikeman Elliott was named in the June 2008 edition of the India Business Law Journal as one of the best international law firms for India-related work.
Law firms focus on India
The firm's long-standing relationships in India are highlighted in two Financial Post articles on the growth of that country's economy and Canadian law firm efforts to develop a presence in the market.
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