Mr. Reither acted recently for the following clients:

• Nortel in its multijurisdictional insolvency proceedings, including its agreement to sell its global Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions business to GENBAND
• Royal Bank of Canada with the US$1.5 billion offering of covered bonds under Rule 144A in the United States, on a private placement basis in Canada, and in Europe
• Royal Bank of Canada with the offering in Canada of covered bonds in an aggregate amount of $850 million due March 16, 2015
• Royal Bank of Canada with the offering in Canada of covered bonds in an aggregate amount of $750 million, which closed on November 10, 2009
• Nortel in the sale of its Layer 4-7 Data Portfolio through a stalking horse sales process under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and Chapter 11 in the United States
• Nortel in its ongoing cross-border restructuring
• Royal Bank of Canada in connection with the launch of its €15 billion covered bond program and its initial €2 billion and €1.25 billion issuances under the program. The program was the first of its kind in Canada and was recognized as deal of the year for Canada in 2008 by The Banker, a leading international financial publication
• Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in connection with the restructuring of the approximately $32 billion third-party asset-backed commercial paper market in Canada
• Royal Bank of Canada in its acquisition of ABN AMRO Bank NV’s Canadian commercial leasing division
• Hochschild Mining plc, a South American-based LSE-listed company, in connection with its two‑step $144 million strategic investment in Lake Shore Gold Corp., a TSX-listed company