Norman M. Steinberg, Ad E

Biography

Norman M. Steinberg is Co-Chair of the firm and a member of our Executive Committee. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, privatization and corporate governance.

Mr. Steinberg's mergers and acquisitions experience includes multi-billion dollar transactions in the hospitality, oil and gas, telecommunications, paper and printing, rolling products and electronics sectors. He has acted in numerous privatization matters for governments and major Canadian and North American companies.

Within corporate finance, he conducts numerous Canadian and Canada/US cross-border and international financings for both issuers and underwriters. He has acted in numerous initial public offerings in various industry segments.

In the area of corporate governance, Mr. Steinberg frequently advises on directors and officers' liability, board of directors' governance, committees, shareholder matters and other related matters.

Year of Call

• Quebec Bar 1976

Law School

• B.C.L., McGill University, 1975

EDUCATION

• B.Sc., McGill University, 1971

Selected Client Work

• Acquisition of Alcan by Rio Tinto (representing Alcan), which is the biggest all cash takeover in Canadian history (transaction valued at US$38.1 billion)
• Privatization of the Four Seasons Hotels (transaction valued at US$3.7 billion)
• Privatization of Shell Canada Limited by Royal Dutch Shell (transaction valued at approximately $8.7 billion) in which he represented the Special Committee
• Cross-border merger of Domtar with the fine paper assets of Weyerhaeuser, creating new Domtar (US$6 billion enterprise value)
• Acquisition by Yellow Pages Group of the directories business of MTS Allstream
• Sale by Telesystem International Wireless Inc. of its operating subsidiaries to Vodaphone in 2005 (US$4.4 billion)
• Spin-out by Alcan of Novelis, creating the largest rolling products company in the world (sales US$6 billion)
• Merger of Quebecor Printing Inc. and World Color Press, Inc. ($2.6 billion) for Quebecor Printing
• Privatization of BCE Mobile Inc. by BCE ($1.6 billion) for BCE Mobile
• Merger of Donohue Inc. with Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. ($7.1 billion) for Donohue and its principal shareholder, Quebecor
• Privatization of BAE Systems Canada Inc. by Oncap ($600 million) for BAE Systems Canada Inc.
• Acquisition of Primetech Electronics Inc. by Celestica Inc. ($350 million)
• Privatization of Canadair on behalf of Bombardier
• Numerous Canadian, Canada/US cross-border, and international financings for both issuers and underwriters. Issuers include Quebecor World Inc., Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, Imasco, Domtar, Wajax, Bell Canada International, BCE, and Gildan Activewear. Underwriters include: for issues by BCE, Seagrams, Power Corporation, Power Financial Corporation, Telesystem International Wireless Inc., EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., Yellow Pages Group, Bell Aliant, and Astral Media Inc.
• Government counsel in the privatization of Petro-Canada and divisions of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (Nordion and Theratronics)
• Numerous initial public offerings in various industry segments

Media Highlights

• Profiled in "The Heart and Soul of a Firm", an article by Julius Melnitzer on lawyers who typify the values around which their firm coalesces. Lexpert Magazine (April 2008)
• Inaugural Legal Page of the Montréal daily La Presse (September 2007)
• Interviewed by The American Lawyer on Alcan's merger with Rio Tinto (August 2007)
• M&A Practitioners are Living in Interesting Times, The Gazette (July 2007)
• Law Firm Marketing: Making it Rain, Lexpert (July 2007)
• Unsettled Times in Montreal, The Gazette (May 2007)
• Top Cross-Border Lawyers and Deals: Ogilvy Renault Leads the Pack, 2007 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (May 2007)
• The Big Top Meets Bay Street, InternationalLawOffice.com (May 2007)
• Deep in the Heart of Taxes, The Globe and Mail (January 2007)
• Top 10 Corporate Deals of 2006, Lexpert (January 2007)
• Entreprises canadiennes cédées à des intérêts étrangers, La Presse (December 2006)
• Montréal-based Ogilvy Renault LLP Isn't Known for its Work in the Western Canada Oil Patch, But That Might Be Changing, TheDeal.com (November 2006)
• Guide to the Top Industry Specialists in Canada, Lexpert (October 2006)
• Legal Post/Canadian, eh?, Law Times (February 2006)

Rankings and Recognitions

• Best Lawyers in Canada - Securities Law, 2008
• Best Lawyers in Canada - Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2008
• Best Lawyers in Canada - Corporate Law: Finance, 2008
• Received the distinction "Advocatus Emeritus" from the Quebec Bar Association
• Listed as a leading lawyer in mergers and acquisitions in the IFLR 1000 - The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms
• Listed in Lexpert's 2007 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada
• One of the leading 100 creative lawyers in Canada in the 2006 edition of the Lexpert-Thomson Guide to the Leading 100 Creative Lawyers in Canada
• Listed in Lexpert's 2006 US Guide to Canada's Top 100 Industry Specialists
• Rated as one of the most frequently recommended practitioners in Montréal in the Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
• Listed in the Canadian Who's Who
• Listed in the Financial Post Directory of Directors
• Designated as a leading Canadian lawyer in the field of corporate/mergers and acquisitions in Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers
• Received the highest ranking from Martindale-Hubbell
• Profiled in the November 2002 issue of Lexpert magazine as one of 30 top deal makers in Canada

Memberships and Activities

• Co-chair, Capital Campaign, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2008-2012)
• Former member, Advisory Committee to the Autorité des marchés financiers (Quebec)
• Past President, Canadian Club of Montreal
• Co-chair, 2007 Centraide campaign of Greater Montréal

Directorships

PAST AND PRESENT

• Conseil du patronat du Québec (CPQ)
• Chairman of the Board, Wi2Wi Inc.
• Airborne Mobile Inc. (previously Airborne Entertainment Inc.)
• Gildan Activewear Inc.
• Consoltex Group Inc.
• Algo Group
• Lennox Industries Inc.
• Canadian Marconi Company
• Shreve Crump & Low
• Vice Chairman and member, Executive Committee, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
• Trustee, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
• Centraide of Greater Montréal
• The Centaur Theatre Company