CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

Sven O. Milelli — McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Vancouver

Market Update

• recent mergers and acquisitions statistics and trends
• what sectors are most active? why?
• importance of marketing to financial sponsors and strategics
• key lessons learned in recent deals

Kathy Butler — Managing Director and Co-Head, Vancouver Investment Banking, CIBC World Markets Inc., Vancouver

Tax

• key considerations
• recent deal terms and trends

Bill S. Maclagan — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Chinese M&A and Joint Ventures

• inbound M&A from China—overview
• unique considerations
• recent developments

Joyce Lee — McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Renewable Energy M&A

• unique policy and regulatory considerations
• key deal features and structures
• recent deal activity and case studies

Ron Ezekiel — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Caroline Findlay — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Lunch (on your own)

Indemnities

• when are indemnification provisions necessary?
• indemnity scope and limitations
• negotiating an indemnity

David A. Allard — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Jonathan W.J. McCullough — McCullough O’Connor Irwin LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

M&A Deal Points

• public M&A
  • recent developments in key deal points
  • application of the ABA study to our market
  • case study/war stories
• private M&A
  • recent developments in key deal points
  • application of the ABA study to our market

John F. Anderson — Stikeman Elliott LLP, Vancouver
Paul L. Goldman — Goodmans LLP, Vancouver
Albert J. Hudec — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Closing Questions and Comments