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Paul, Sacha R. Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
(204) 934-2571 srp@tdslaw.com
Mr. Paul practises primarily in the areas of Indigenous law and civil litigation
with an emphasis on business development on Indigenous territory. He is a
member of the Manitoba, Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories Law So-
cieties. He clerked for one year to the Hon. Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme
Court of Canada. He teaches Insurance Law at the University
of Manitoba Law School.
Pickersgill, Michael T. Torys LLP
(416) 865-8180 mpickersgill@torys.com
Mr. Pickersgill is the co-head of Torys' Mining practice. He practises corpor-
ate and securities law with a focus on the mining sector. He regularly advises
clients on matters related to M&A, corporate finance, streaming transactions,
royalties and offtake arrangements.
Podowski, Darrell W. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
(604) 691-6129 dpodowski@casselsbrock.com
Mr. Podowski's practice concentrates on the mining and resource industries.
He advises Canadian and international companies on all their resource,
corporate finance and M&A law requirements with a focus on Latin America.
Rasile, Mark Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-5088 rasilem@bennettjones.com
Mr. Rasile is a partner with broad experience in transactional debt finance
matters. He regularly advises a wide range of domestic and foreign credit
providers, including banks and alternative lenders, borrowers and sponsors
in the structuring and negotiation of new money financings, refinancings,
workouts and restructurings.
Redford, David Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
(604) 691-6125 dredford@casselsbrock.com
Mr. Redford focuses primarily on securities law and related corporate law.
He works extensively with mineral resource issuers and has a depth of ex-
perience with respect to the disclosure and securities law requirements for
mineral resource issuers.
Reid, David R. DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
(604) 643-6428 david.reid@dlapiper.com
Mr. Reid is Global Co-Chair of the firm's Mining sector. He practises in the
areas of securities law, corporate finance, M&A, mining law and related
corporate transactions. He advises clients on sophisticated Canadian and
international mining transactions of all types, including options, joint ven-
tures, royalties, mine financing, reclamation and mine closures.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
FIRST MAJESTIC
ACQUIRES PRIMERO
AND ENTERS INTO NEW
STREAM AGREEMENT
On May 10, 2018, First Majestic
acquired all of the issued and out-
standing common shares of Prim-
ero Mining Corp. (Primero) and
shareholders of Primero received
0.03325 First Majestic shares for
each share of Primero held pursu-
ant to a court-approved plan of
arrangement under the Business
Corporations Act (British Colum-
bia). Options and warrants were
exchanged for options and war-
