From assisting small businesses to multi-national corporations, the lawyers at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP represent clients in a wide array of transactions and cases. Below are some recent matters which we have been involved in.
External counsel to MTS Allstream Inc. in a dispute with Bell Mobility Inc. that commenced in early 2008 relating to the provision of wireless services in Manitoba. The dispute involved a number of separate court proceedings and an arbitration proceeding, all of which were resolved in mid-2010. Also acted as external Counsel to MTS Allstream Inc. in the structuring ...
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External Counsel to the University of Manitoba - Dec 01, 2011
External Counsel to the University of Manitoba (U of M) on the development of the new $190 million football stadium on the U of M campus, scheduled to open in 2012.
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External Counsel to St. Joseph Windfarm Inc. and Pattern Energy Group - Dec 01, 2011
External Counsel to St. Joseph Windfarm Inc. and Pattern Energy Group in connection with the development of Manitoba’s largest wind farm project - a 138 MW wind farm in located in Southern Manitoba. TDS provided support and advice in connection with the $345 million project on all real property related matters, including reviewing and preparing the necessary ...
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External Counsel to HudBay Minerals Inc. - Dec 01, 2011
External Counsel to HudBay Minerals Inc. in obtaining environmental regulatory approvals for its $700 million Lalor zinc-copper-gold project near Snow Lake, Manitoba.
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External Counsel to Manitoba Hydro - Dec 01, 2011
External Counsel to Manitoba Hydro in negotiating comprehensive settlement agreements with numerous First Nations and most recently in negotiating a partnership and development agreement with First Nations for the development of two new hydro-electric generating facilities: the 695-megawatt Keeyask project, currently in the environmental assessment stage, valued ...
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External Counsel for Boyd Group Income Fund - Jun 01, 2011
External Counsel for Boyd Group Income Fund in the $18 million (U.S.) acquisition of True2Form Collision Repair Centers, Inc., which owns 37 collision center locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Pennsylvania; and the $21 million (U.S.) cross-border acquisition of Cars Collision Center, LLC and Cars Collision Center of Colorado, LLC., which own 28 collision ...
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TDS IS PLEASED TO HAVE SUPPORTED BOYD GROUP INCOME FUND IN CONNECTION WITH BOYD'S U.S. ACQUISITION EXPANDING ITS MARKET PRESENCE BY 37 LOCATIONS - Nov 09, 2010
TDS acted for Boyd Group Income Fund in structuring and negotiating the acquisition, by a Boyd Group subsidiary of True2Form Collision Repair Centers, Inc., one of the largest multi-location collision repair companies in the United States. The transaction closed on July 30, 2010.
The addition of True2Form’s 37 locations in Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania ...
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TDS IS PLEASED TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH MTS ALLSTREAM IN CONNECTION WITH MTS' RECENTLY ANNOUNCED STRATEGIC WIRELESS AGREEMENT WITH ROGERS. - Jul 28, 2009
TDS worked closely with the MTS Allstream legal department and MTS Allstream executives in structuring and negotiating a number of strategic agreements with Rogers that will see both companies share the cost to deploy a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems/High Speed Packet Access ("HSPA") wireless network across the existing MTS Allstream regional ...
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US$1.3 Billion Dollar Financing of Circuit City Stores, Inc. - May 15, 2008
As reported in the May 2008 edition of Lexpert Magazine, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP acted as special local counsel to InterTan Canada Ltd., a Canadian subsidiary of Circuit City Stores, Inc. and operating as "The Source by Circuit City", in connection with a US$1.3 Billion senior secured credit facility made available by Bank of America, NA and ...
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Tembec Completes US$1.2 Billion Recapitalization and Senior Debt Refinancing - May 15, 2008
John Stefaniuk acted on Manitoba real estate matters in connection with a recapitalization transaction of Tembec Inc. and its subsidiaries involving a new US$300 Million credit facility and the refinancing of $210 Million of senior secured debt. The transaction, reported in the May 2008 edition of Lexpert Magazine, closed at the end of February 2008....
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