North American Energy Partners Completes $225M Debenture Offering

On April 7, 2010, North American Energy Partners Inc. (“NAEP”) completed an offering of series 1 senior unsecured debentures due 2017 in the aggregate principal amount of $225 million.

The offering was made by way of a private placement. The debentures were sold through a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and included Scotia Capital Inc., Jefferies & Company, Inc., TD Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.

NAEP was represented in Canada by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP with a team that consisted of Frank Callaghan, Gordon Raman, Terence Lui, Vanessa McMinn and Habeeb Syed (corporate and securities), Howard Silverman (financial services) and Larissa Tkachenko and Danniel Lang (tax); and in the US by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP with a team that consisted of Gary Orloff, Troy Harder and Melissa Buce (corporate and securities) and Eamonn Bakewell (tax).

The underwriters were represented by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that consisted of Ross Bentley, Scott Clarke, Kevin Massie, Dana Hnatiuk and Sunita Chowdhury (corporate and securities), Tim Theroux (financial services) and Kurtis Bond (tax). 

Lawyer(s)

Gary W. Orloff Howard S. Silverman Larissa V. Tkachenko Gordon G. Raman Terence K. Lui Ross Bentley Troy L. Harder Habeeb Syed Scott Clarke Frank S. Callaghan Timothy Theroux Vanessa McMinn Kurtis L. Bond Dana Hnatiuk Sunita Chowdhury