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CCCA_V5No4_Col-DealDevelop-FIN_CCCA_V1No2_Col-News-V1.qxd 11/20/11 11:10 PM Page 43 Yellow Media Inc. (con’d) AND Date: Closed July 28, 2011. On the Deal: For Yellow Media Inc.: In-house by François Ramsay, Marie- Josée Lapierre and Marie-Aude Gagnon Rousseau; André Roy, John Leopold, Peter Castiel, Jean Lamothe, Claire Zikovsky, Isabelle Lamy, Maria Reda, Amy Chao, Laurence L'Abbé, Caryn Grass (corporate); Luc Bernier, Éric Lévesque (tax); Jonathan Auerbach (intellectual property); Shawn Neylan, Michael Kilby (competition); Hélène Bussières, Frédéric Henry (employment and André Roy, Lawrence Chernin, John Connon, Stikeman Elliott LLP Goodmans LLP Goodmans LLP labour); and Michel Legendre (benefits), Stikeman Elliott LLP. For Apax Partners: Lawrence Chernin, John Connon, former associate, James Rickert, and Geoff Cowper-Smith and Victoria Pether-bridge (corporate), Carrie Smit, Mitch Sherman and Jarrett Freeman (tax), Celia Rhea, Victor Liu, Michael Bertrand and Dan You may know us for Dedic (financing), Amalia Berg Trister (intellectual property), Joel Schachter litigation, but our prosecution and David Zitzerman (Investment Canada), Richard Annan (competi- tion), Jana Steele (pensions), Michelle team has been making some Dobranowski (employment) and Andrea Fellows (real estate), Goodmans LLP. waves of its own. Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited Dimock Straon is pleased to announce that Mark Eisen has won the International Law Oce Client Scott Hyman, Howard Silverman, Davies Ward Phillips & Borden Ladner Choice Award for 2011. Vineberg LLP Gervais LLP Details: Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited entered into a US$1.2-billion unsecured amended and restated credit agree- Client Choice Award winners are chosen through an extensive survey ment with The Bank of Nova Scotia, as of over 2,000 senior corporate counsel worldwide. e survey identies joint lead arranger and administrative agent, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, as the practitioners whose excellent client care and quality of service joint lead arranger and syndication provides real value above and beyond the other players in the market. agent, and a syndicate of lenders. The previous credit facility was scheduled Mark was the only Canadian practitioner in the eld of intellectual to mature on June 22, 2014. The new property to win this award. credit facility matures on June 22, 2016. It relaxes certain covenants and Mark Eisen is Senior Partner of the patent and trademark prosecution reduces pricing. Date: Announced August 5, 2011. group at Dimock Straon. He is backed by partners Henry Lue, Jenna On the Deal: For Agnico-Eagle Mines Wilson and Etienne de Villiers, and a team of associates whose expertise Limited: Scott Hyman, Robert Murphy encompasses a wide range of technologies. Contact one of the partners and Chris Vollmershausen, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. listed above directly, or visit dimock.com to nd out more. For the administrative agent and the lenders: Howard Silverman and Tiffany Murray, D S Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Compiled by Gina Fusco. If you would like to see your company’s deals listed in a future edition of experience. results. Deals & Developments, send the details to gina.fusco@rogers.com. 20 Queen W. 32nd fl, Toronto | 416.971.7202 | dimock.com HIVER 2011 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association 43