The experienced team at Bennett Jones LLP  draws on the deep bench strength of its locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and New York, to advise issuers, underwriters, agents and multinational mining companies involved in high-value, cross-border M&A, in addition to complex matters related to project finance, capital markets, construction, securities and the environment. Head of the mining group since March 2024, Andrew Disipio assists clients with complex public and private M&A, take-over bids, joint ventures, share and asset acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Mining industry sector expert Sander Grieve KC handles M&A and global mining exploration, development and extraction. Other key figures include Abbas Ali Khan, a specialist in securities and corporate commercial law, who works in the Vancouver and Toronto offices; Linda Misetich Dann, who negotiates and structures asset and share acquisitions and strategic alliances; and James Clare. Unless stated, all the lawyers mentioned work in Toronto.
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Kernmandanten

  • Attorney General of Alberta (Supreme Court of Canada Decision)
  • Conuma Resources Limited
  • Nippon Steel Corporation
  • SolGold
  • i-80 Gold Corp.
  • Osisko Metals Incorporated
  • Sandbox Royalties Corp.
  • First Majestic Silver Corp.
  • Magna Mining
  • Benga Mining

Highlight-Mandate

  • Representing Nippon Steel in its proposed $1.15bn investment in Elk Valley Resources, a steelmaking coal business to be spun-out as an independent public company from Teck Resources.
  • Advised SolGold in its $108m acquisition of Cornerstone Capital Resources by way of a statutory plan of arrangement.
  • Assisted i-80 in its approx. $60m acquisition of Paycore Minerals by way of a share exchange transaction, for the purpose of consolidating the mining assets of these two companies in Eureka County, Nevada.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Praxisleitung

Andrew Disipio

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Sander Grieve KC; Abbas Ali Khan; Linda Misetich Dann; James Clare