LEXPERT RANKED LAWYERS
Oliver, Eden M.
Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-7499
olivere@bennettjones.com
> Ms. Oliver acts on corporate and commercial transactions,
joint ventures, M&A, financing and restructuring. Her practice is
devoted to transactional and advisory work and related regulatory
issues particularly in the mining and energy sectors.
Partridge, Michael
Goodmans LLP
(416) 597-5498
mpartridge@goodmans.ca
> Mr. Partridge's practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers
and acquisitions, private equity transactions and securities law,
including in the areas of mining and natural resources.
Podowski, Darrell W.
McMillan LLP
(604) 691-6857
darrell.podowski@mcmillan.ca
> Mr. Podowski's law practice concentrates on the mining and
resource industries. He advises Canadian and international
companies on all their resource, corporate finance, and mergers
and acquisitions law requirements with a focus on Latin America.
Redford, David
Goodmans
(604) 608-4560
dredford@goodmans.ca
Mr. Redford focuses primarily on securities law and related
corporate law. He works extensively with mineral resource issuers
and has a depth of experience with respect to the disclosure and
securities law requirements for mineral resource issuers.
Renaud, Pierre
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(514) 397-7819
prenaud@mccarthy.ca
> Mr. Renaud advises on the environmental and sustainable
development in Québec, providing strategic advice on social
acceptability, preconsultation and public participation process,
environmental assessment, authorization and governmental processes.
Rooney, Kevin
Heenan Blaikie LLP
(416) 643-6899
krooney@heenan.ca
> Mr. Rooney, partner of the firm's M&A, Corporate Finance and
Mining groups, focuses on securities-related matters, including
financings, M&A, shareholder activism and corporate governance
for domestic and international mining and non-mining clients.
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"YOU SEE [CSR]
in any M&A transactions
involving assets in foreign
jurisdictions especially in
jurisdictions where corruption
is an issue. When you are
buying assets you're also buying
potential liabilities. You see it
in project finance. You see it in
mining development. You see
it in doing business in foreign
jurisdictions where norms may
be different.""
– Edward Waitzer, Stikeman Elliott LLP
ment of a major mine because of the environmental
concerns they had.
"It's happening all over the place where you have
local indigenous people empowered if you're not complying with what they understand to be your environmental responsibility, or your community responsibility to train people, or your hiring of local people.
"You're fraught with an awful lot of difficulties
where you go against the wishes of the population or
don't fit within the community. Governments are by
and large not that interested in enforcing your rights.
They are more interested in making sure they get their
money out of the project, that they get their money
and they get their taxation, and that there's a reasonable investment climate for more people to come in
to those communities. So if you get involved in a local
dispute, it's a big issue for you.
