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A&B Real Estate Lawyers Help Dreams Come True for Habitat for Humanity Families

For the second year in a row, Aird & Berlis LLP lawyers Randy Hooke, Derek McCallum, Christie McNeill and Steven Pavlides and law clerk Kari Connell have worked diligently to help make dreams come true for several Habitat for Humanity families.

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization which builds affordable homes in partnership with low-income families.









A&B In the News
Telegraph-Journal mentions Howard Winkler
On January 25, Howard Winkler was mentioned in a Telegraph-Journal article about a defamation suit filed by former Miramichi pathologist Rajgopal Menon against former health minister Mike Murphy and ex-mayor of Miramichi John McKay.


Canadian Lawyer quotes Norman Kahn
In the November/December issue of Canadian Lawyer, Norman Kahn was quoted in an article on the current state of the commercial real estate market.


Lexpert quotes Jennifer Heath
Jennifer Heath was quoted in the November/December 2009 issue of Lexpert in an article about directors' and officers' liability.




 
Success Stories
Life Technologies Completes Sale of Mass Spectrometry Business for US$450 Million
Aird & Berlis LLP acted as Canadian counsel to Life Technologies Corporation on the sale of its interest in its mass spectrometry business to Danaher Corporation for US$450 million.


A&B Acts on Behalf of Sino-Forest Corporation in Connection With Its US$460 Million Convertible Note Offering and CDN$367 Million Common Share Offering
Sino-Forest Corporation, a leading commercial forest plantation operator in China, completed an offering of US$460 million principal amount of 4.25% convertible senior notes due 2016 and an offering of 21,850,000 common shares at a price of CDN$16.80 per common share for gross proceeds of CDN$367 million.


A&B Acts on Behalf of Lazard Global Convertible Bond Fund in Connection With Its $67 Million IPO
Lazard Global Convertible Bond Fund completed its initial public offering of 6.7 million units at a price of $10.00 per unit, for gross proceeds of $67 million.


Firm News
Chambers Ranks A&B in Two More Practice Areas This Year
In addition to A&B’s recurring rankings in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in the areas of Tax and Restructuring/Insolvency, the firm has been recognized for our work in Energy and Public Procurement.


A&B Announces Two New Partners
Aird & Berlis LLP is proud to announce that Ken Clark and David Reiter have been appointed partners of the firm.


A&B Partner Invited to Join OWMA Committee
Denis Chamberland accepted an invitation to join the Finance, Business Analysis & Competition Committee of the Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA).