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Stein, Paul M. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
(416) 869-5487 pstein@casselsbrock.com
Mr. Stein's securities practice focuses on M&A and corporate finance.
He advises mining clients in the negotiation of joint ventures, farm-in
agreements and financing of exploration and development projects,
both domestically and internationally.
Sujir, H. Jay Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
(604) 661-1704 jsujir@farris.com
Mr. Sujir has over 30 years of experience acting for mining and other resource
companies, as well as for a number of technology companies. His primary
focus is in securities law in the mining, natural resources and energy areas
with an emphasis on public offerings of securities, mergers & acquisitions
and take-overs.
Tenaille, France M. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-7398 france.tenaille@gowlingwlg.com
Ms. Tenaille is a leading corporate/commercial lawyer and her practice
includes private M&A, project finance and related international transactions.
She focuses particularly on the Latin American mining, energy and natural
resources sectors.
Terry, John A. Torys LLP
(416) 865-8245 jterry@torys.com
Mr. Terry, a senior litigator, plays a key role leading Torys' mining-sector
work in the areas of dispute resolution, Aboriginal matters, anti-corruption,
foreign investment protection and corporate social responsibility.
Traub, Jennifer Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
(604) 691-6110 jtraub@casselsbrock.com
Ms. Traub has extensive experience acting on public and private corporate
finance transactions as well as M&A. She has been involved in some of the
largest and most complex transactions in the Canadian mining industry.
Turner, Francis J. (Frank) Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP (403) 260-7017 fturner@osler.com
Mr. Turner specializes in M&A and corporate finance. He has significant
expertise advising international organizations, including state-owned enter-
prises and sovereign wealth funds, on acquisitions and strategic alliances
in Canada's mining sector.
LEXPERT-RANKED LAWYERS
Counsel. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP acted
as external legal counsel with a team consisting of
Mark Bennett, Alexandra Iliopoulos, Alexander
Pizale (mining & securities), and David Budd and
Jennifer Wasylyk (financial services).
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP was
counsel to e Bank of Nova Scotia with a team
consisting of omas Meagher, Dev Singh, Dan-
iel Conrad and Jason McMurtrie. Ritch, Muel-
ler, Heather y Nicolau, S.C. acted as Mexican
counsel to e Bank of Nova Scotia with a team
consisting of Jean Paul Farah, Gabriel Robles Bei-
stegui, Enrique López Scherer, María Fernanda
Ibargüengoitia and Jimena Caballero.
VICTORIA GOLD CORP.
COMPLETES FINANCING
TRANSACTIONS WITH OSISKO,
ORION AND CAT FINANCIAL
Victoria Gold Corp. entered into a series of defini-
tive financing agreements with Orion Mine Fi-
nance (Orion), Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (Osis-
ko) and Caterpillar Financial Services Ltd. (Cat
Financial) on a construction financing package
totaling approximately $505 million in aggregate
(the Financing). e deal closed on April 16, 2018.
e Financing is intended to fully fund the de-
velopment of Victoria's Eagle Gold project in Yu-
kon through to commercial production.
e Financing consisted of: (i) a US$75 mil-
lion secured senior credit facility provided by
Orion; (ii) a US$100 million secured subordinat-
ed credit facility provided by Orion; (iii) private
placement subscriptions of 150,000,000 com-
