Jean-Pierre Colpron

Selected client work

Mr. Colpron has acted recently on behalf of:

• RONA Inc., in the following acquisitions: the hardware and home improvement products retail business of West Fraser in Western Canada and Ontario ($250 million), and an accompanying private financing ($100 million), Réno‐Dépôt Inc. ($360 million), Alberta‐based Totem Buildings Supplies Ltd. ($100 million), and TruServ Canada Inc. (acquisition by way of amalgamation of all of the issued and outstanding shares)
• Cirque du Soleil, in a business venture with Apple Corps and MGM Mirage for the creation and production of LOVE, a resident live theatrical show in Las Vegas, featuring the music of The Beatles; a business venture with CKX, Inc. and MGM Mirage for the creation and production of a resident live theatrical show in Las Vegas themed to the life and music of Elvis Presley; and, together with its controlling shareholder, in the creation of a strategic partnership with Istithmar World and Nakheel and the sale of a 20% interest in Cirque du Soleil
• Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in the implementation with the Business Development Bank of Canada of a $300-million private equity fund and the concurrent sale of a 50% interest in a portfolio of private equity investments; in its participation in a consortium of private equity investors that acquired Alexander Forbes Limited, a South African financial and risk services company, for US$1.2 billion; and in the Canadian restructuring of the
  $35-billion market for asset-backed commercial paper issued by non‐bank‐sponsored conduits
• Two leading telecommunications companies in the creation and implementation of a joint venture for the provision of information technology services to governmental agencies
• A Canadian financial institution in cross-border swap arrangements to provide US‐based investors with a notional financial interest in a portfolio of private equity funds (US$150 million)
• A member of a consortium in a bid for the purchase of the Costanera Norte toll-road project in Santiago, Chile
• A consortium comprised of leading Canadian financial institutions and a leading engineering firm in a bid relating to the acquisition of substantially all the electricity transmission network in Chile
• A fund promoter in the creation of a $35-million private equity fund for investment in swap instruments
• A Canadian equity fund promoter in connection with the creation of a private equity fund for investments in US‐based biotechnology, life sciences and information technology companies
• A financial investor in connection with a US$200-million investment in a Korean telecommunications company