Andrew J. Foley

A partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Canadian Practice Group, Andrew primarily practices in Capital Markets and Securities. Andrew works in the New York and the Toronto offices of Paul, Weiss, and is recognized as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 and Chambers Global. Andrew is a member of the Risk Oversight Governance Board of CPA Canada. He has served as the U.S. legal representative to the Ontario Securities Commission’s Securities Advisory Council and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the McGill University Faculty of Law.

Experience

Andrew has recently represented the following companies:
Baytex Energy in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Aurora Oil & Gas and its associated $1.5 billion offering of subscription receipts.
Baytex Energy, Compton Petroleum, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, Harvest Energy, NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Corporation, Paramount Resources, Riverside Forest Products, Taseko Mining, and Western Oil Sands in their respective offerings of high-yield notes with registration rights;
Canadian Natural Resources in the establishment of its debt shelf and various public offerings in the United States of debt securities;
Canadian Oil Sands in multiple offerings in the United States under Rule 144A of debt securities;
Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the establishment of its debt shelf and various public offerings in the United States of debt securities;
Cenovus Energy in the establishment of its debt shelf and various public and private offerings in the United States of debt securities;
EnCana in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Athlon Energy Inc.;
EnCana and Cenovus Energy in their multi-billion dollar reorganization and financing transaction to create two separate Canadian and U.S. public companies;
EnCana and EnCana Holdings Finance in the establishment of their respective debt shelves and various public offerings in the United States of debt securities;
Hudson's Bay Company in its initial public offering in Canada and Rule 144A and Regulation D private placement in the United States of Cdn. $365 million of common shares;
Husky Energy in the establishment of its debt shelf and various public offerings in the United States of debt securities;
Nexen in its $15.1 billion acquisition by China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC);
Pembina Pipeline in its acquisition of Provident Energy and in various equity offerings;
Pengrowth Energy in its reorganization transaction, acquisition of NAL Energy and its various equity offerings;
Performance Sports Group (formerly Bauer Performance Sports) in its initial public offering in the United States;
Primaris Retail REIT in its $3 billion acquisition by H&R REIT and Kingsett Capital;
Shell Canada in the Cdn.$8.2 billion acquisition by Royal Dutch Shell of the 22 percent stake in Shell Canada it did not previously own;
Silver Wheaton in multiple public and private offerings of equity securities in the United States;
Telus in multiple public offerings of debt securities in Canada and the United States; and
TriWest Capital Partners, along with a consortium of minority co-investors, in its acquisition and related debt financing of a controlling stake in NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Corporation (NCSG).
In addition, Andrew has recently represented the following underwriters:
ABN AMRO, Citi, Deutsche Bank Securities, JP Morgan and RBC Capital Markets in multiple offerings by Petro-Canada of debt securities;
Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Citi, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation in multiple offerings by Talisman Energy of debt securities;
Canaccord Adams and Piper Jaffray in the $129 million public offering in Canada and U.S. IPO of Dragonwave;
Citigroup Global Markets, RBC Dominion Securities and TD Securities in Air Canada's Cdn.$525 million initial public offering in Canada and Rule 144A placement in the United States;
Citi, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley in multiple offerings by Suncor Energy of debt securities; and
Macquarie Capital Markets Canada, Genuity Capital Markets and GMP Securities in the Cdn.$1.56 billion sale of Goldcorp's 48 percent stake in Silver Wheaton Corp. in public offerings in Canada and the United States.

Practices

• Corporate
• Capital Markets & Securities
• Corporate Governance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Canada
  

Education

• J.D., University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 1991
• M.A., University of Toronto, 1987
• B.A., University of Toronto, 1985

Clerkship

• Hon. Beverly McLachlin, Supreme Court of Canada

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Foreign Legal Consultant, Ontario

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