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Heenan Blaikie is pleased to announce that Ralph E. Lean, QC has joined the Toronto office as Counsel. Ralph is a highly regarded business lawyer and a trusted advisor to clients that range from start-ups to global corporations.

Heenan Blaikie’s 5th Annual Earth Week Event was extremely well-attended this year and featured an interactive panel and a lively cocktail party.

On April 21, 2013, Marcel Aubut was re-elected by acclamation for a second consecutive four-year mandate as President of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC).

Heenan Blaikie acted as Canadian competition counsel to ARRIS Group, Inc. in its US$2.35 billion acquisition of the Motorola Home Business from Google Inc.

Vivian Bercovici, a partner in the Toronto Business Law Group, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada for a five-year term.

On March 27, 2013, Sichuan Bohong Industry Co., Ltd. (Bohong) announced the completion of its acquisition of Wescast Industries Inc. (Wescast) for approximately C$195 million.

As a follow up to their article entitled “La Loi sur le patrimoine culturel; comment faire du neuf avec du vieux!”, published in the April 2013 edition of Premières en Affaires magazine, Chantal Sylvestre and Virginie Fortin have filmed a video capsule in which they summarize the main concepts in the new law.

Heenan Blaikie’s Tax Group provides a review of the federal budget.

Chambers Global has recognized 27 lawyers from Heenan Blaikie as leading practitioners across nine areas of expertise.

Heenan Blaikie is legal counsel to HiveWire Inc. in its participation as the Canadian partner to the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform (CEIP).

Jérôme Beaugrand-Champagne, a consultant and China representative at the firm, discusses cultural issues surrounding Chinese investment in Canadian mining, including aboriginal rights and environmental degradation, in a March 7, 2013 posting to the People’s Daily Online.

Jason Rivait, a member of the Condominium Group in Toronto, is featured in a CondoBusiness video discussing pets in condos.

Donald J. Johnston, founding partner and senior counsel of Heenan Blaikie, recently contributed an op-ed article to the February 11, 2013 edition of The New York Times entitled, “An Alternative to the Ratings Agencies”.

On February 8, 2013, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) announced the completion of its acquisitions of YM BioSciences Inc. (YM) for US$510 million.

Heenan Blaikie, along with the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (BCCC) and The Department of the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, partnered to co-host the first Brazil-Canada Innovation Science and Technology Forum in Toronto on February 6, 2013.

Congratulations to our colleague, Marie-Josée Hogue, who was selected as Québec Female Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Litigation — Canada.

Cheryl A. Edwards, a partner and the head of the OHS & Workers’ Compensation practice group, commented on the much publicized Blue Mountain Resorts Limited v. Ontario (The Ministry of Labour and The Ontario Labour Relations Board) decision in the National Post.

On January 29, 2013, Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., Japan’s second largest petroleum company, and AltaGas Ltd., a Calgary-based energy infrastructure business with a focus on natural gas, power and regulated utilities, announced their agreement to form AltaGas Idemitsu Joint Venture Limited Partnership.

Kenneth Kraft, Sara-Ann Van Allen and John Salmas recently contributed an article entitled, “Supreme Court balances insolvency and environmental protection regimes” in the January 25, 2013, issue of the International Law Office (ILO) Insolvency and Restructuring newsletter.

The Banking and Financial Services Practice Group has published an Fl@sh bulletin entitled, “2013 LIBOR Update” that discusses the recommendations for and proposed changes to LIBOR regulations and the implications of those changes on existing financial services agreements.

Heenan Blaikie is pleased to participate in Connect Legal's Pro-Bono Lawyer Matching Program.

Heenan Blaikie’s National Co-managing Partners, Robert Bonhomme and W. Kip Daechsel, are pleased to announce the admission of 11 new partners to the firm.

Mark Edward Davis, partner in Heenan Blaikie’s national Intellectual Property group in Toronto, recently contributed an article entitled, “Counting down a packed year of IP developments” in the January 18, 2013, issue of The Lawyers Weekly.

Kenneth Kraft wrote a contributing chapter in the recently published book entitled “Repair and Storage Liens Act – A Practical Guide”.

Heenan Blaikie is pleased to announce the election of W. Kip Daechsel as National Co-managing Partner of the firm, effective January 1, 2013.

The District of West Vancouver, British Columbia, has appointed Anjili I. Bahadoorsingh as a Board Trustee of the West Vancouver Memorial Library for a two-year term.

Heenan Blaikie is pleased to announce that 14 of its lawyers have been listed across seven practice areas in The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.

On Thursday, December 6, 2012, Capital Power Corporation announced that it agreed to purchase half of the 800-megawatt natural gas-fueled Shepard Energy Centre from ENMAX Corporation for C$860 million.

Paul M. Lalonde, Co-Chair of the firm’s national Trade and Competition group, recently contributed the “Canada” chapter of the fifth edition of Public Procurement 2013, a volume in The International Comparative Legal Guide series of annual guides providing current and practical comparative legal information on a range of practice areas for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners, government agencies and business people.

Heenan Blaikie is pleased to announce that the Entertainment, Sports and Media Group's blog, the Entertainment & Media Law Signal, won the “Best Practice Group Blog” in the 2012 Canadian Law Blog Awards (Clawbies).