Neill May

Neill’s recent representative work includes acting for:

• Chord Energy Corporation in connection with its agreement to buy Enerplus Corporation for US$3.7 billion in stock and cash.
• Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. in connection with its investments in Superior Plus Corp. and Chorus Aviation Inc. and its investment in Persistence Capital Partners to partially fund the acquisition of Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc.
• Newmont Mining Corporation in its acquisition of Goldcorp Inc., its Nevada and Galore Creek joint ventures, and in various investments and divestments including Continental Gold Inc., Evrim Resources Corp., Irving Resources Inc., Maverix Metals Inc., Orosur Mining Inc., TMAC Resources Inc. and  Red Lake Mines.
• Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. in connection with its proposed merger with the Studio Business of Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. comprised of its Television Studio and Motion Picture Group segments and one of the world's most valuable film and television libraries in a transaction that values the company at US$4.6 billion.
• Organigram Holdings Inc., the parent company of Organigram Inc., a leading licensed producer of cannabis, in connection with its C$124.6 million follow-on strategic equity investment from BT DE Investments Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAT.
• Clairvest Group Inc. and its managed funds in their investments through NovaSource Power Services in the solar O&M businesses of Sunpower Corporation and First Solar, Inc., their investments in SST Solar Holdings, Inc., Power Overhaul LLC and Digital Media Solutions, LLC, their divestment of Lyophilization Services of New England, Inc., their investment in and divestment of Cieslok Media Ltd. and Also Energy Inc., the sale by their subsidiary Discovery Air Inc. of its fire services division, its US$21.4 million investment in NexTech, and its $100 million investment to support the merger and recapitalization of Alberta-based Rogers Insurance and British Columbia-based CapriCMW Insurance Services Ltd., to form Acera Insurance Services Ltd.
• Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Variperm Energy Services.
• A consortium led by Northern Private Capital, an investment firm led by John Risley and Andrew Lapham, in its $1 billion acquisition of MDA, Canada’s leading space company, from Maxar Technologies, and the subsequent IPO of MDA.
• Power Corporation of Canada in connection with the reorganization pursuant to which it acquired 100% common share ownership of Power Financial Corporation.
• Evergreen Coast Capital in its investments in Coveo Solutions, Inc.
• Abrams Capital Management and its affiliates in connection with its role as part of the shareholder group that privatized Hudson’s Bay Company.
• Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in their financing of Resolve-Class Naval Support Ship, m/v Asterix.
• Cinram International Inc. in its sale to Najafi Companies.
• Iovate Health Sciences International Inc. in its sale to Xiwang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd.
• CML HealthCare Inc. in its sale by way of plan of arrangement to LifeLabs Ontario Inc.
• L’Oréal USA and its affiliates in their acquisitions of three consumer brands from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (now Bausch Health Companies Inc.) and in their investment in Functionalab Group.