Davis & Company LLP Strikes Alliance with Sheinin & Company

20 October 2005

Davis & Company LLP, an international law firm
with offices across Canada and in Japan, has entered into an affiliation with
Sheinin & Company, one of the leading tax accounting boutiques in Western
Canada. This unique relationship offers Davis clients unparalleled advice on
taxation and related financial matters.
Sheinin tax advisors are working closely with Davis lawyers to offer
innovative approaches on corporate finance, structuring, taxation and other
matters. Clients of both firms can access a team of legal and tax
professionals that offer expertise in a wide range of areas such as mergers
and acquisitions, public and private financings and restructurings.
Doug Buchanan, the national managing partner of Davis & Company LLP,
indicated that, "Our new relationship allows us to team with Sheinin in
providing our clients with an expanded range of financial services including
tax advice, financial advisory services and financial modeling."
Sandy Sheinin of Sheinin & Company added, "The Davis - Sheinin
relationship permits the two firms to offer coordinated legal, tax and
accounting advice to their respective clients in significant and complex
transactions."
Although affiliated with Davis, Sheinin maintains its separate existence
as an accounting partnership, and contact coordinates for both firms remain
unchanged.

About Davis & Company LLP
Established in 1892, Davis & Company LLP provides comprehensive business
and litigation legal services through its offices in Vancouver, Toronto,
Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Tokyo. With over
110 years of experience representing Canadian and international financial,
corporate and government organizations, Davis & Company lawyers have achieved
recognition as possessing the highest levels of expertise. More information on
Davis & Company is available at www.davis.ca.

About Sheinin & Company
Sheinin & Company is a professional services firm focused on taxation and
related financial matters. Sheinin clients include public corporations,
private corporations, Crown corporations, partnerships and income funds
actively engaged in mergers, acquisitions, capital markets transactions and
related business activities. Tax services include reorganizations, making
representations to Canada Revenue Agency, mergers, acquisitions, divestments,
litigation support and corporate tax maintenance. Financial services include
transaction structuring, financial modeling and financial analysis. More
information can be obtained from Sheinin & Company at (604) 687-6119.

For further information: Liza Aboud, Director of Marketing,
Davis & Company LLP, (604) 643-6378, laboud@davis.ca