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partner with Cassels Brock & Black-
well LLP. When the federal govern-
ment blocked BHP Billiton's whopping
$39-billion bid for Potash Corp. in
2010, it served as an example to busi-
ness leaders of what can happen when
you ignore provincial politics.
Chambers says when BHP, an Anglo-
Australian mining company, tried to buy
Potash Corp., "they made a fundamental
miscalculation about the provincial gov-
ernment" in Saskatchewan. Premier Brad
Wall, worried that Saskatchewan would
lose taxes and royalties, not to mention a
major head offi ce, was strongly against the
deal. He managed to persuade Stephen
Harper's then minority government that
Conservative federal seats in the province
might be at risk in the next election if the
take-over was approved.
BHP was guilty of "a fundamental fail-
ure in public relations and government
relations," suggests Chambers. Since then,
he says, government relations have clearly
Goldman, Paul L.
Goodmans LLP
(604) 608-4550
pgoldman@goodmans.ca
Mr. Goldman's national,
cross-border and
international transactional
practice focuses on
corporate fi nance/
securities, M&A,
governance, and mining
and natural resources law.
His clients include mining,
energy, manufacturing and
technology companies.
Gow, Graham P.C.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(416) 601-7677
ggow@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Gow focuses on
public company M&A
and corporate fi nance.
Recent transactions
have been in the fi nancial
services, investment
banking, mining and
real estate sectors.
Green, QC, John M.
McInnes Cooper
(709) 724-8238
john.green@
mcinnescooper.com
Mr. Green's general
corporate commercial
practice focuses on
M&A and securities.
He represents VC
investors, private
placement companies,
under writers and public
issuers, particularly in
the oil and gas, mining
and forestr y sectors.
Goldsilver, Erik
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
(416) 860-2901
egoldsilver@
casselsbrock.com
Mr. Goldsilver's corporate/
commercial practice
focuses on the mining and
energy sectors, advising
mining companies on
cross-border M&A,
options and joint ventures,
shareholder agreements,
royalties, and off -take and
streaming arrangements.
Grant, Jonathan R.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
(416) 601-7604
jgrant@mccarthy.ca
Mr. Grant focuses on
M&A, and Canadian and
international securities
off erings. He advises
companies, investment
banks and private investors
on acquisitions, divestitures
and restructuring, as well
as domestic and cross-
border securities off erings.
Greenfi eld, QC,
Donald E.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3248
greenfi eldd@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Greenfi eld's energy
practice spans asset
and share sales and
acquisitions in Canada
and abroad, LNG and
oil sands development,
facilities construction and
operation, production
sale contracts, fi nancings,
JVs, limited partnerships
and farmouts.
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