With an outstanding reputation in Canadian business law and a longstanding on-the-ground presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Stikeman Elliott provides the two essential elements required to advise Chinese clients - professional expertise and an understanding of the commercial and cultural context of our clients' expectations.

We have acted on the majority of large acquisitions by Chinese companies of Canadian assets in recent years. Our experience includes acting for some of China's most prominent companies and state-owned enterprises, including Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation, CNNC Overseas Uranium Holding Ltd., CITIC Group and the Cheung Kong Group. Our extensive regulatory and government relations practices - notably in international trade and antitrust - are another key to success for Stikeman Elliott's Chinese clients, who turn to the firm regularly for advice on the full range of legal issues related to acquisitions within Canada by foreign entities.

The firm has also acted on the vast majority of private placements undertaken by large PRC (including HK) companies into Canada in conjunction with IPOs on the HKSE or Rule 144A offerings into the United States. As well, the firm's extensive natural resources practices including energy and mining in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, London and Sydney provide clients with expertise and knowledge in key financial and capital market locations for the sector.

Specific recent experience includes acting for:

• Hutchison Whampoa Luxembourg Holdings S.à.r.l. and L.F. Investments (Barbados) Limited, the two principal shareholders of Husky Energy Inc. in their $707 million private placement purchase of additional common shares of Husky.
• PetroChina International Investment Company Limited in its $1.9 billion investment in Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.
• Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation in its $10.3 billion offer to acquire Addax Petroleum Corp., the largest-ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese company.
• Teck Resources Limited in the $1.74 billion private placement of Class B subordinate voting shares to China Investment Corporation.
• CNNC International, a subsidiary of CNNC Overseas Uranium Holding Ltd., in its $31 million acquisition of Western Prospector Group Ltd.
• CNPC International Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, in its $499 million offer to acquire Verenex Energy Inc.
• Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation in its $2 billion acquisition of Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd.
• SinoCanada Petroleum Corporation in connection with its acquisition of an additional 10% interest in the Northern Lights Partnership from Total Canada E&P Ltd.
• Stanley Power, a subsidiary of Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and Hong Kong Electric Holdings Limited in connection with its acquisition of the TransAlta interest in the Meridian Limited Partnership and the associated senior debt refinancing.
• Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited in their NZ$785 million acquisition of Vector Wellington Electricity Network Limited.
• Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. in its $629 million acquisition of TransAlta Power LP.
• CITIC Canada Energy Limited and the CITIC Group in the sale of 50% of CITIC Canada Energy Limited to KazMunai Gas EP.
• CITIC Group in its US$1.9 billion acquisition of the Kazakhstan assets of Canada-based Nations Energy Co Ltd.
• SAIF Partners III L.P. in its investment in IND Dairy Tech.
• APAC Minerals Inc. in its business combination with Golden China Inc., a private company with a focus on mining activities in China.