Recent Experience
Canadian counsel to McEwen Mining Inc. in its rights offering in the U.S. and in Canada raising US$60.4 million, 2012
Canadian counsel to McEwen Mining Inc. in its shelf prospectus filed in the U.S. and in Canada pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system relating to the issuance of up to US$200 million of securities, 2015
Canadian counsel to McEwen Mining Inc. in its shelf prospectus filed in the U.S. and in Canada pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system relating to the issuance of up to US$200 million of securities, 2012
Canadian counsel to Service Corporation International in its CDN$290 million acquisition by take-over bid and compulsory acquisition of Keystone North America Inc., 2010
Canadian counsel to US Gold Corporation in its acquisition by plan of arrangement of Minera Andes Inc. with a transaction value at the time of closing of approximately CDN$1.4 billion for the combined company, which was renamed McEwen Mining Inc., 2012
Canadian counsel to US Gold Corporation in its offering in the U.S. and in Canada pursuant to the multijurisdictional disclosure system of approximately US$112 million of its common stock, 2011
Canadian counsel to US Gold Corporation in its offering of common stock for gross proceeds of US$50.3 million by way of a prospectus supplement that was filed under its shelf registration statement, which was previously filed with securities regulatory authorities in the U.S. and in Canada under the multijurisdictional disclosure system, 2009
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Canaccord Capital Corporation and Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. in an equity prospectus offering of CDN$200 million by Yamana Gold Inc., 2006
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Canaccord Capital Corporation and Scotia Capital Inc. in a bought deal equity prospectus offering of CDN$135 million by Yamana Gold Inc., 2008
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and National Bank Financial Inc. in a bought deal short form prospectus offering in Canada and private placement in the United States of common shares by Yamana Gold Inc. for gross proceeds of CDN$299,264,500, 2015
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC and Canaccord Genuity Corp. in a prospectus offering of common shares by Goldgroup Mining Inc. for total gross proceeds of CDN$40.25 million, 2011
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Capital Corporation in an underwritten offering of subscription receipts by Aura Minerals Inc. for total gross proceeds of CDN$125 million, 2009
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. in a bought deal prospectus offering of common shares of MBAC Fertilizer Corp. for total gross proceeds of approximately CDN$35 million, 2012
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. in a bought deal prospectus offering of common shares of MBAC Fertilizer Corp. for total gross proceeds of approximately CDN$51.7 million, 2013
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. in a bought deal prospectus offering of common shares of MBAC Fertilizer Corp. for total gross proceeds of approximately CDN$34.5 million, 2013
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. in a bought deal private placement of common shares of Apogee Silver Ltd. for total gross proceeds of approximately CDN$25 million, 2011
Counsel to a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial Inc. in an underwritten private placement of units, consisting of common shares and common share purchase warrants, and a best efforts private placement of flow-through shares, of Claude Resources Inc. for total gross proceeds of CDN$10.7 million, 2009
Counsel to Andina Minerals Inc. in its acquisition by take-over bid and compulsory acquisition by Hochschild Mining PLC for approximately CDN$103 million, 2012
Counsel to Carpathian Gold Inc. (now Euro Sun Mining Inc.) in its CDN$10 million private placement to Forbes & Manhattan Inc., Sulliden Mining Capital Inc. and Black Iron Inc., 2016
Counsel to Carpathian Gold Inc. in a restructuring agreement with Brio Gold Inc. and Macquarie Bank Limited, which included the disposition of Carpathian Gold Inc.’s producing gold mine in Brazil, 2016
Counsel to Carpathian Gold Inc. in its bought deal private placement of approximately CDN$19.4 million of common shares to a syndicate of underwriters consisting of Cormark Securities Inc. and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., 2013
Counsel to Carpathian Gold Inc. in its bought deal short form prospectus offering of common shares for total gross proceeds of CDN$51.6 million that was underwritten by a syndicate of underwriters led by Cormark Securities Inc., 2010
Counsel to Carpathian Gold Inc. in its bought deal short form prospectus offering of subscription receipts exercisable for common shares for total gross proceeds of CDN$46 million that was underwritten by a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Cormark Securities Inc., Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and Canaccord Genuity Corp., 2011
Counsel to Cline Mining Corporation in its CDN$9.5 million senior secured convertible bond financing with Marret Asset Management Inc., 2013
Counsel to Cline Mining Corporation in its financial restructuring of US$50 million of outstanding bonds with Marret Asset Management Inc., 2012
Counsel to CRRC Meishan Co., Ltd. in its joint venture with American Railway Supply Corp. in relation to the proposed railcar manufacturing facility in Moncton, New Brunswick, 2017
Counsel to Duluth Metals Limited in its CDN$30 million convertible debenture financing, 2013
Counsel to Duluth Metals Limited in the acquisition by Antofagasta plc of all of the outstanding common shares of Duluth Metals Limited by way of a plan of arrangement with a total transaction value of approximately CDN$104.6 million, 2014
Counsel to Duluth Metals Limited in the US$227 million joint venture of its Nokomis copper-nickel-PGM mining project in Minnesota, U.S. with Antofagasta PLC, 2010
Counsel to Evanachan Limited and McEwen Trading LP in their distribution by over-night bought deal short form prospectus offering of common shares of Rubicon Minerals Corporation that was underwritten by GMP Securities L.P. for total gross proceeds of CDN$190.2 million, 2010
Counsel to FLIR Systems, Inc. in its acquisition by plan of arrangement of LOREX Technology Inc. for approximately CDN$60 million, 2012
Counsel to General Moly, Inc., a U.S.-based molybdenum mineral exploration and development company, in its dual listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 2008
Counsel to Goldcorp Inc. in its acquisition by take-over bid of Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. with a transaction value of US$2.2 billion, 2005
Counsel to Goldcorp Inc. in its defence of an unsolicited take-over bid by Glamis Gold Ltd. with a transaction value of US$3.2 billion, 2005
Counsel to Great Harvest Canadian Investment Company Limited of Hong Kong in its private placement investment of CDN$12 million in Adex Mining Inc., 2010
Counsel to Harmony Asset Limited, a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed investment company with investments in China and Hong Kong, in its dual listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 2007
Counsel to Lexam Explorations Inc. and a private corporation owned by Robert R. McEwen in a private placement and the acquisition of various gold exploration properties (with an aggregate transaction value of CDN$43 million) involving Rubicon Minerals Corporation, 2007
Counsel to Lexam Explorations Inc. in its combination with VG Gold Corp. to form Lexam VG Gold Inc. through a plan of arrangement, 2011
Counsel to Lipari Coal Holdings, Inc. in its reverse take-over as a Qualifying Transaction pursuant to the requirements of the TSX-V of Skyberry Capital Corp. to form Lipari Energy, Inc. and its private placement of subscription receipts exercisable for common shares and common share purchase warrants for total gross proceeds of approximately CDN$50 million that were offered by a syndicate of agents led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., 2011
Counsel to Lipari Energy, Inc. in its indirect acquisition by plan of arrangement by certain members of Lipari's management team who were funded by a major US funding source, with total consideration of approximately CDN$9.7 million paid to the Lipari minority shareholders, 2013
Counsel to Market Regulation Services Inc. in its consolidation with the Investment Dealers Association of Canada to create the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada, 2008
Counsel to McEwen Mining Inc. in its acquisition of Lexam VG Gold Inc. by plan of arrangement with a transaction value of approximately CDN$70 million, 2017
Counsel to Mountain View Gold Corp. in its option agreement with Stakeholder Gold Corp. in relation to Mountain View’s Goldstorm property in Elko County, Nevada, 2017
Counsel to Robert R. McEwen in his CDN$40 million investment in, and appointment as Executive Chairman of, Minera Andes Inc., 2009
Counsel to Team, Inc. in its acquisition of Aitec Inc. and related companies, a Canadian non-destructive testing inspection services business, with a transaction value of CDN$37 million, 2007
Counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Avion Resources Corp. in its acquisition by statutory plan of arrangement of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Dynamite Resources Inc., 2009
Counsel to Unigold Inc., a Canadian-based mineral exploration company focused primarily on exploring and developing its gold assets in the Dominican Republic, in its private placement of units for gross proceeds of CDN$4.8 million, 2016
Counsel to US Gold Corporation in its successful completion of simultaneous take-over bids for three TSX-V listed gold exploration companies with an aggregate transaction value of US$160 million, 2007
Counsel to Western Potash Corp. in its corporate reorganization by plan of arrangement to create a new holding company, Western Resources Corp., 2017
