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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MINING John W. Sabine Advises on corporate reorganizations, financings and mergers & acquisitions. A principal part of his practice is in mining finance, joint ventures and mining mergers & acquisitions. Sabine is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and the Institute of Corporate Directors. In addition to clients in North America and Australia, Sabine's experience has extended to projects in Africa, Europe, Asia and South America. He was non-executive Chairman of Anvil Mining Limited and is a director of Lipari Energy Inc. Recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in Canada, International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers. Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-6237 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto sabinej@bennettjones.com Marvin J. Singer Marvin Singer practices securities, corporate and resource law. He works with international and domestic clients on all aspects of resource projects from acquisition to debt and equity financings and project development and completion. His practice involves projects throughout the western hemisphere, Africa, South America and the former Soviet Union. He regularly advises public and private corporations in structuring and implementing acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, mergers, corporate reorganizations, royalty arrangements, offtake and marketing contracts. He assists companies in negotiating with emerging markets' governments and regulatory authorities, as well as undertaking targeted due diligence assignments, including identifying and assessing risks associated with particular countries and regions. Singer has broad experience as a corporate finance lawyer acting for both issuers and investment dealers in respect of Canadian and cross-border public offerings, private placements and listings. He has been named in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. Norton Rose Canada LLP Tel: (416) 203-4426 Fax: (416) 216-3930 Toronto marvin.singer@nortonrose.com Paul M. Stein Partner — Mining and Corporate Finance & Securities. Co-chair of the Cassels Brock Mining Group. Widely regarded and ranked as one of Canada's leading mining lawyers. Acts as lead counsel for Canadian and international clients. Experience includes friendly and hostile take-over bids, mergers, acquisitions, going-private transactions, representing special and independent board committees, proxy battles, corporate finance, governance and going public transactions. Assists mining clients in the negotiation and establishment of domestic and international joint ventures. Consistently listed in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Ranked as a leading mining practitioner in the International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers and Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada and named 2013 Lawyer of the Year for Natural Resources Law – Toronto. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1983. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (416) 869-5487 Fax: (416) 350-6949 Toronto pstein@casselsbrock.com 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, Zinfex'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 kthomson@dwpv.com LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 121 D-00-Bios.indd 121 13-05-16 1:57 PM