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 Gordon R. Chambers Partner – Corporate Finance, Securities and Mining. Advises on all aspects of securities law, including public and private offerings of securities, continuous disclosure and other ongoing regulatory requirements applicable to public companies, and mergers & acquisitions (including take-over bids and going-private transactions). Also advises special committees of boards of directors and assists in proxy contests. Acts for a wide range of clients in diverse industries, with a particular focus on corporate finance for mining companies. Extensive experience advising dual-listed issuers, particularly Australian companies that are dual-listed on the TSX. Recognized by the International Who's Who and Who's Who Legal Canada for mining law, The Best Lawyers in Canada for mining, corporate, M&A and securities law, and in Chambers Global for energy & natural resources (Australia), energy & natural resources: mining (Canada) and in projects: mining in the leading Canadian firms (Latin America-wide) category. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1987. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (604) 691-6106 Fax: (778) 776-1764 Vancouver E Ha Fa W T F gchambers@casselsbrock.com Jonathan S. Drance Jonathan Drance is a partner at Stikeman Elliott specializing in corporate finance & securities. He has acted as special counsel on many significant merger transactions, public financings and reorganizations. He has also acted as underwriters' counsel for several British Columbia issuers, and has acted on other financing transactions for major Canadian investment dealers. Drance speaks at securities conferences, was Co-chair of the biannual Pipestone Securities Conference for a decade and has written extensively on securities and corporate law, particularly the regulation of cross-border mergers and financings and the fiduciary and corporate governance obligations of directors. Recognized by Lexpert® as one of Vancouver's leading practitioners in Corporate Commercial law. He is also recognized in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Best Lawyers in Canada; and the International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers. Graduate of Harvard University (BA) and University of Toronto (LLB). He is called to the Bar in Ontario and British Columbia. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (604) 631-1361 Fax: (604) 681-1825 Vancouver O B T F jdrance@stikeman.com Paul L. Goldman Partner and Chair of Goodmans' Vancouver office. Practices corporate, securities and mining and natural resources law with an emphasis on national, cross-border and international transactions, focusing on corporate finance, M&A and corporate governance. Extensive involvement in public and private debt and equity offerings, take-overs, M&A reorganizations, securities regulatory reporting, compliance and enforcement, merchant banking and venture capital financing. Substantial experience with project development/financing in international mining joint ventures. Primarily represents Canadian and international mining and energy companies. Recognized as a leading lawyer by Lexpert® (corporate/securities, corporate mid-market, M&A, mining and infrastructure), IFLR and Euromoney (capital markets) and The Best Lawyers in Canada (corporate, M&A, natural resources, securities). Member: BCSC's Securities Law Advisory Committee (1995 – 2003), British Columbia Government's Securities Policy Advisory Committee (1998 – 2002), CBA, ABA, IBA, LSBC and LSA. British Columbia Bar (1977); Alberta Bar (1980). Goodmans LLP Tel: (604) 608-4550 Fax: (604) 682-7131 Vancouver B T F pgoldman@goodmans.ca Mitchell H. Gropper, QC Senior partner. Corporate and securities practice. Emphasis on corporate finance, reorganizations and M&A. Has developed innovative financing structures, including income funds and stapled securities. Represents issuers and investment dealers in IPOs and public/private securities offerings. Acts for purchasers and sellers in M&A transactions; advises boards of directors and special committees; and in going-private and related-party transactions. Advises on financial reorganizations and debt restructurings, including special legal advisor to City of Vancouver for the Olympic Village and several reorganization transactions for Concord Pacific Group. Named in The 2012 Lexpert®/ American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and the 2012 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada. Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV (preeminent 5.0 out of 5). Admitted to the Bars of British Columbia (1966) and Ontario (1970). Appointed Queen's Counsel (1990). Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Tel: (604) 661-9322 Fax: (604) 661-9349 Vancouver mgropper@farris.com 86 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 86 13-05-16 1:52 PM B T F