On August 3, 2001, Hunt Oil Company of Dallas completed a $915 million takeover bid for Edmonton-based Chieftain International, Inc.
Hunt Oil was represented in the acquisition by a team from Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP comprised of Shawn McReynolds and Peter Westcott (M&A), Siobhan Monaghan and Colin Campbell (tax) and Julie Soloway (competition). Hunt Oil was also represented by its in-house counsel, Dennis Grindinger and John Blair and by a team of lawyers led by Winston Oxley from Vinson & Elkins LLP in Dallas. Chieftain was represented by a team from Bennett Jones LLP in Calgary led by John Burns and Nicholas Fader, and included Chip Johnston (M&A), Beth Riley (competition), Darcy Moch (tax), and by its US counsel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Hunt Oil was represented in the acquisition by a team from Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP comprised of Shawn McReynolds and Peter Westcott (M&A), Siobhan Monaghan and Colin Campbell (tax) and Julie Soloway (competition). Hunt Oil was also represented by its in-house counsel, Dennis Grindinger and John Blair and by a team of lawyers led by Winston Oxley from Vinson & Elkins LLP in Dallas. Chieftain was represented by a team from Bennett Jones LLP in Calgary led by John Burns and Nicholas Fader, and included Chip Johnston (M&A), Beth Riley (competition), Darcy Moch (tax), and by its US counsel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Lawyer(s)
Colin Campbell
Nicholas P. Fader
Julie A. Soloway
D. Shawn McReynolds
Darcy D. Moch
Y. Beth Riley
Peter G. Westcott
K. A. Siobhan Monaghan
A. Winston Oxley
John S. Burns
Firm(s)
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Bennett Jones LLP
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP