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6 www.canadianlawyermag.com/inhouse COMPANY (ACQUIRER) COMPANY (TARGET) COMMENTS DIGITAL COLONY Cogeco Peer 1 Digital Colony completed the $720-million purchase of Cogeco Peer 1 from Cogeco Communications to create a standalone business THE BLACKSTONE GROUP INC. Dream Global REIT Blackstone acquired all subsidiaries and assets of Dream Global REIT in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.2 billion DEKA- IMMOBILIENGLOBAL Stantec Tower Deka-ImmobilienGlobal completed the acquisition of Stantec Tower in Edmonton from EAD Property Holdings, Katz Group Properties and WAM EAD GP DIGITAL COLONY Beanfield Technologies Inc. Digital Colony acquired Beanfield Technologies, an independent bandwidth infrastructure provider serving Toronto and Montreal through its owned fibre network SASKPOWER INTERNATIONAL INC. ATCO POWER CANADA Canadian Utilities Ltd. sold its interest in ATCO Power and related assets in Saskatchewan ONTARIO POWER GENERATION INC Brighton Beach Power LP and Brighton Beach Power Ltd. Canadian Utilities Ltd. sold its interest in Brighton Beach Power as part of an $835-million portfolio sale KNIGHTSTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC. SHERATON GATEWAY HOTEL WeirFoulds LLP advised Knightstone Capital Management in the $130-million acquisition of the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. ONEX CORPORATION WestJet Airlines Ltd. The $5-billion acquisition was named the largest private equity purchase of an airline in aviation history Blackstone Acquires Dream Global REIT Affiliates of real estate funds managed by The Blackstone Group Inc. acquired all of the subsidiaries and assets of Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.2 billion, including debt on Dec. 10, 2019. This is the largest-ever REIT M&A deal in Canada. Dream Global owns and operates a diversified high-quality portfolio of more than 200 office and industrial properties located in key markets in Western Europe, with a focus on Germany and the Netherlands. Dream Global's focus on Western Europe was unique among publicly traded REITs in Canada. CORPORATE NAME LEAVING (COMPANY LISTED) JOINING (COMPANY LISTED) NEW POSITION James Morand Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Bennett Jones LLP Morand joins the firm's Toronto office as a tax partner Suzana Lobo Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Bennett Jones LLP Lobo joins the Toronto office as a partner Lindsay Lawrence Goldblatt Partners LLP Ontario Labour Relations Board Lawrence is an expert in construction industry labour relations Trudy Hopman Hopman Mennie Harper Grey LLP Family law expert joins the Vancouver office as associate counsel Caroline Bilodeau Investissements PSP BCF LLP Bilodeau joins as chief human resources officer Christian Monnin Hill Sokalski Walsh LLP MLT Aikins LLP Monnin joins as partner in the firm's Winnipeg advocacy group Marc lesage Larivière Meunier Dentons LLP Lesage joins the firm's tax group in the Montreal office Simon Clément Stein Monast Lavery de Billy LLP Clément joins as managing partner of the firm's Québec City office Don MacDonald Investors Group Financial Services Inc Pitblado LLP Lawyer returns to private practice after 25 years in-house Morgan McDonald McMillan LLP DLA Piper McDonald joins the firm's Vancouver office as counsel PEOPLE INTELLIGENCE

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