Samantha Weng

Samantha Weng

Counsel

 wengs@bennettjones.com
Education
University of British Columbia, BA, 2007
Osgoode Hall Law School, JD, 2016

Bar Admissions
Ontario, 2017
Overview

Samantha provides practical, transaction-focused advice to clients and corporate deal teams on mining real estate and the real property aspects of corporate transactions. She acts on the acquisition and financing of mining properties, including the issuance of title opinions, and supports corporate transactions through real estate due diligence, structuring and implementation. She also provides guidance on land transfer tax matters arising in both property and corporate contexts.

Samantha's earlier experience in a broad commercial real estate practice underpins her understanding of transactional risk and market practice in complex real estate matters.

Samantha is fluent in Mandarin and holds a certificate in Mandarin English business translation and interpretation and The Osgoode Certificate in Mining Law.

Experience
•  Blue Ant Media in its acquisition of Thunderbird Entertainment Group via plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia)
•  Centuri Holdings, through a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, in its acquisition of Connect Atlantic Utility Services, Atlantic Canada’s leading electric utility services provider
•  Canaccord Genuity, as lead agent and sole bookrunner, together with SCP Resource Finance, in a C$18-million brokered private placement of Avalon Advanced Materials
•  Blue Ant Media in its go-public transaction by way of reverse takeover of Boat Rocker Media