Four Bennett Jones deals were recognized in Lexpert's Top 10 Corporate Deals of 2007: The $2.3-billion sale of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.'s outstanding shares, Marathon Oil Corp.'s $6.66-billion acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc., Russian Machines' $1.5-billion investment in Magna International Inc., and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in connection with its proposed $266-million investment in the offer made in February 2007 by James Richardson International Limited for Agricore United. The firm also received recognition for its involvement in  Royal Dutch Shell plc's $8.7-billion acquisition of the outstanding shares of Shell Canada (the largest going-private transaction in Canada to-date) and SSAB Svenskt Stal AB's US$7.7-billion acquisition of Ipsco Inc. 

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