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Janan has represented

• Canadian Energy Services in its US$240 million acquisition of JACAM Chemical Company and C$225 million offering of 7.375% senior unsecured notes
• PetroBakken in connection with the spin-out of shares by its controlling shareholder Petrobank Energy and Resources Limited
• Credit Suisse Securities (USA) and RBC Capital Markets as the lead underwriters in Seven Generations Energy Ltd.’s US$400 million private placement of 8.25% senior unsecured notes
• Dana Petroleum in its C$240 million acquisition of Bow Valley Energy
• Premier Oil in its US$505 million acquisition of Oilexco North Sea
• Petrominerales in its US$400 million convertible bond offering
• Idaho Natural Resources in connection with its US$50 million financial restructuring
• New Age (African Global Energy) in connection with its proposed initial public offering
• General Electric in its US$4.8 billion acquisition of the aerospace business of Smiths Group
• Bertelsmann in its €1.6 billion disposition of its music publishing business to Universal Music Group
• the agents and underwriters in New Zealand Energy’s C$20 million initial public offering and C$60 million secondary offering
• Moly Mines in its C$15 million initial public offering and secondary listing on the TSX
• Norwegian bank ABG Sundal Collier Norge in the US$250 million convertible bond issuance by Petrobank Energy and Resources, and US$750 million convertible bond issuance by PetroBakken Energy
• Macquarie Capital Markets Canada in the C$182 million acquisition of LSE and TSX-listed Arawak Energy Limited by Rosco, a member of Vitol Group
• the underwriters in Penn West Energy Trust’s C$250 million cross-border shelf prospectus offering
• the underwriters in TransGlobe Energy’s C$80 million convertible debenture offering

Janan was a member of the judging panel for The Oil Council’s 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Before joining Torys, Janan was a partner at another major Canadian law firm.

Executive member of the CBA Securities South section