Rogers Acquires Mountain Cablevision From Shaw

Rogers Communications Inc. ("Rogers") completed its previously announced acquisition of the Hamilton-based cable company, Mountain Cablevision Limited, from Shaw Communications Inc. (“Shaw”) for a purchase price of $400 million.

Rogers' legal transaction team was led internally by David Miller and Michael Webber, and was also represented by McMillan LLP with a team including Carl De Vuono and Gerald (J.R.) Beaudrie II (corporate/M&A); James Musgrove (competition); Peter Wells (environmental) and Matthew German (real estate); by Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP with a team including Ravi Shukla and Chad Matheson (IT); and by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP with a team including Laurence Dunbar, Scott Prescott and Stephen Whitehead (regulatory/CRTC) and Leslie Milton (competition).

Shaw's legal transaction team included an internal team of Peter Johnson, Troy Moller, Shelley Molyneaux and Anjali Inman, and was also represented by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP with a team including Vincent Mercier, Peter Hong and Ryan MacDermid (corporate/M&A); Elie Roth and Christopher Anderson (tax); John Bodrug and Richard Elliott (competition) and Sarah Powell (environmental).

Lawyer(s)

John D. Bodrug Christopher Anderson Elie Roth Richard D. Elliott Peter E.J. Wells Leslie J.F. Milton Matthew German Scott M. Prescott Chad Matheson Ryan MacDermid Vincent A. Mercier Carl A. De Vuono Peter S. Hong James B. Musgrove Ravindra N. (Ravi) Shukla J.R. Beaudrie Sarah V. Powell Stephen P. Whitehead

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