WC Whitfield Crane LLP
Whitfield Crane LLP Recent Matters No. 02

Selected representations

The work that we are prepared to disclose.

The matters below are representative of the firm's recent work in publicly disclosed transactions. The firm is engaged on many others — including special-committee mandates, contested situations, and pre-bid arrangements — that for client and counterparty reasons are not described here.

2026 3 matters
  1. M&A

    Acted for the special committee of a TSX-listed industrial issuer in connection with a $4.1B unsolicited bid and the subsequent strategic review.

  2. Capital Markets

    Counsel to the joint book-runners on the $620M offering of common shares by a TSX- and NYSE-listed technology issuer under the MJDS.

  3. Banking

    Advised a Canadian Schedule I bank as administrative agent on the $1.4B acquisition financing of a North American midstream platform.

2025 5 matters
  1. Private Equity

    Advised a Canadian pension fund consortium on the $2.6B acquisition of a North American renewable infrastructure platform.

  2. Capital Markets

    Represented the underwriting syndicate in the $850M cross-listed initial public offering of a Canadian software issuer on the TSX and Nasdaq.

  3. M&A

    Acted for a controlling shareholder in the $720M going-private transaction of a TSX-listed real estate issuer by way of plan of arrangement.

  4. M&A

    Counsel to a U.S.-listed acquirer on the $1.1B all-cash acquisition of a Canadian specialty chemicals company under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

  5. Capital Markets

    Acted for a Canadian gold producer on the $480M senior unsecured note offering and concurrent tender for the issuer's existing 2027 notes.

2024 5 matters
  1. Private Equity

    Advised a private equity sponsor on the take-private of a TSX-listed specialty pharmaceutical company at an enterprise value of $1.1B.

  2. Restructuring

    Acted for the court-appointed monitor in the CCAA proceedings of a national retailer with operations across Canada and the United States.

  3. Litigation

    Counsel to a Canadian pipeline issuer in the successful defence of a securities class action arising out of a 2022 disclosure dispute.

  4. Banking

    Represented a non-bank lender consortium on the $560M unitranche financing of a Canadian middle-market industrial business.

  5. Tax

    Tax counsel to a Canadian sponsor on the cross-border continuance and concurrent reorganization of a holding structure originally formed in 1998.

2023 3 matters
  1. M&A

    Acted for a Canadian-controlled private corporation on the $310M sale of its operating subsidiary to a U.S. strategic acquirer, including a section 85 rollover.

  2. Restructuring

    Advised the receiver in the BIA proceedings and credit-bid acquisition of a Western Canadian energy services business.

  3. Litigation

    Successfully represented a TSX-listed mining issuer at the Supreme Court of Canada in an appeal concerning the standard of review for securities regulators.

A note on disclosure. The firm takes the view that client confidentiality survives the closing. Matters appear here only where the underlying transaction has been the subject of a public announcement or filing. Where roles, fees, or specific counterparties are not described, that is by design.