The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES Kevin J. Thomson Widely regarded and ranked by numerous rating agencies as one of Canada's leading M&A lawyers, including Chambers Global ("Consistently superb, and always correct."), IFLR1000, Who's Who Legal, PLC's Cross-border M&A Guide, Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Metals and Mining Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in Canada. Acted as lead counsel in Minmetals Resources' $1.33-billion bid for Anvil Mining and its $6.3-billion unsolicited bid for Equinox Resources, Newmont's $2.3-billion acquisition of Fronteer Gold, Eike Batista's $1.6-billion hostile bid for Ventana Gold, Toromont Industries' hostile bid for Enerflex Systems Income Fund, Fresnillo's unsolicited bid for MAG Silver, Detour Gold's merger with PDX Resources, Zinifex's bid for Wolfden Resources, Wega Mining's bid for Goldbelt Resources and numerous change of control transactions for Barrick Gold, including Barrick's $10.3-billion acquisition of Placer Dome (at the time the largest hostile bid in Canadian history and still the largest acquisition ever completed in the world's gold mining industry). Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5590 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto T F kthomson@dwpv.com John S.M. Turner Leader of the firm's Global Mining Group. Described by Canada's Financial Post as "one of the best dirt lawyers in Canada, if not the world." Involved in many of the leading Canadian M&A and corporate finance transactions in recent years, including First Quantum's unsolicited $5.1-billion offer for Inmet, Addax Petroleum's $9-billion sale to Sinopec and AuRico Gold's $1.5-billion acquisition of Northgate. Clients include issuers and the underwriters in capital markets and M&A transactions involving resources companies active throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Vast transactional experience, also acting on capital markets and M&A transactions outside the resources sector. Listed in Chambers Global, International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada and The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers as an authority on mining, oil & gas and/or project law. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1989. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-4380 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto T F jturner@fasken.com Mihkel E. Voore Partner in the Toronto office practicing corporate and securities law with specializations in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate reorganizations and contested shareholder meetings. Former co-chair of the firm's Securities Law Group and former chair of the Corporate Finance practice group. Co-author of Corporate Meetings: Law and Practice (Carswell, 1992), the leading Canadian authority on corporate meetings and related matters. Former member of the editorial boards of The Valuation Law Review (CICBV) and Corporate Financing (Federated Press). Member of LSUC, the CBA and IBA. Acted as a legal advisor to the Expert Panel on Securities Regulation. Acted as a consultant to Industry Canada on revisions to the regulations under the Canada Business Corporations Act. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers; and IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms in capital markets. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5646 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto T F mvoore@stikeman.com Edward J. Waitzer Chair of Stikeman Elliott from 1999 to 2006, senior partner and leader of the Corporate Governance Group. Practice focuses on complex business transactions, as well as advising in respect of various public policy and governance matters. Former Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission (and of the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions) and Vice President of The Toronto Stock Exchange. Writes and speaks extensively on a variety of legal and public policy issues. Professor and the Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance and Director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business at York University. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and IFLR's Guide to the World's Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers, among others. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5587 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto ewaitzer@stikeman.com 82 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 82 13-05-16 1:52 PM T F