Our Team

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide, 2008-2012—Leading lawyer in tax

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada, 2009-2012—Leading lawyer in tax law

Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2009-2011—Leading lawyer in income funds

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2009 and 2011—Most frequently recommended practitioner in income funds; repeatedly recommended in corporate tax

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2008—Consistently recommended practitioner in investment funds and in asset management (tax aspect)

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2007—Most frequently recommended practitioner in corporate tax; consistently recommended practitioner in investment funds and in asset management

Corrado has recently represented

• IESI-BFC in its 2010 C$1 billion cross-border acquisition of Waste Services 
• Quad/Graphics in its 2010 US$1 billion cross-border acquisition of World Color Press
• Brookfield
• in the 2007 formation and spinout of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP
• in the 2010 restructuring of the Canadian office properties of BPO Properties and resulting formation of Brookfield Office Properties Canada REIT
• TD Securities and the underwriters in the 2010 IPO of Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation
• CIBC Capital Markets and the underwriters in the 2010 formation and IPO of TransGlobe Apartment REIT
• China Investment Corporation in its 2009 C$1.7 billion acquisition of a 17% equity interest in Teck Resources
• IPIC in its 2009 US$2.3 billion acquisition (including debt) of NOVA Chemicals and related US$250 million term loan facility to NOVA Chemicals
• OAO Severstal in its 2008 C$900 million acquisition of PBS Coals
• SunLife Financial in its 2008 C$2.3 billion sale of its 37% interest in CI Income Fund to Scotia Capital
• Hindalco Industries, a member of Aditya Birla Group, in its 2007 US$6 billion acquisition of Novelis
• PSPIB in its 2007/2008 C$1 billion acquisition of Residential Retirement REIT
• Alinda Capital Funds in its 2007 C$1.5 billion acquisition of UE Waterheater Income Fund
• Macquarie Capital Partners in its 2007 acquisition of Halterm Income Fund
• Fort Chicago Energy Partners LP in its acquisition of Countryside Power Income Fund
• Torquest Capital Partners in its acquisition of Associated Brands Income Fund
• Persistence Capital Partners in its acquisition of Medisys Heath Group Income Fund 
• the underwriters in Tim Hortons' US$772 million IPO
• the recent "conversion" to corporate form of the former "income funds" BFI Canada Income Fund, PDM Income Fund, HOMEQ Income Fund and Village Farms Income Fund
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
• in the acquisition of Bell Canada's Yellow Pages and telephone directories units
• and the acquisition syndicate in the acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart from Imasco/BAT

Corrado has also advised on

• the formation of and on the subsequent sales in 2007/2008 of ASC Media Income Fund, Great Lakes Carbon Income Fund, CDI Income Fund, Canada Cartage Income Fund, Medisys Income Fund, Royster-Clark (a cross-border "income security" entity), PBB Global Logistics Income Fund and Connors Bros. Income Fund
• the formation of numerous significant income funds including Davis + Henderson Income Fund, Sunrise Senior Living REIT, Pizza Pizza Royalty Income Fund, Consumers Waterheater Income Fund, Movie Distribution Income Fund and Yellow Pages Income Fund