Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP fields a strong mining practice which advises intermediate and junior mining companies as well as major Canadian mining entities and international mining investors. The team is adept at advising clients on sector-specific areas such as mining disclosure and securities law regimes, streaming transactions and mining operations. The team regularly acts for insurers, financial institutions that are underwriting and advising on mining finance transactions and mining investment funds. The firm has been active in transactions involving critical minerals, advising clients on critical minerals strategies and the application of national security reviews by Investment Canada. John Wilkin sits in Toronto and leads the mining group, he is an expert in domestic and cross-border M&As and corporate finance transactions in the mining sector. Over in Vancouver, Bob Wooder is a corporate finance specialist with specific expertise advising mining companies on transactions and financings in Canada. Kathleen Keilty also resides in Vancouver and focuses on public M&As, often advising mining issuers and underwriters on public offerings.