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LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca | 107 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » » Partner and Chair of BLG's National Mining Group. Advises on all aspects of corporate fi nance, mergers & acquisitions, commercial transactions, corporate governance and continuous disclosure, with a strong focus on the mining industry. Considerable experience with Canadian and international mining joint ventures, project development and construction, tenure issues, royalties and commodity sales. Clients include public and private companies, boards of directors, special committees, underwriters, investment funds and real estate investment trusts. Selected by peers for inclusion in Chambers Global 2014: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, ! e 2014 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014 and the International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers. Adjunct Professor, University of BC, Faculty of Law (1999–2001). Holds an LLM from Columbia University, an LLB from the University of Toronto and an AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard University. Called to BC Bar in 1993. » Peter O'Callaghan is a Partner who practices in the area of securities law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Practice focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions in the mining sector. Has extensive experience in share and asset acquisitions and divestitures, shareholders' and joint-venture agreements in respect of many mining transactions in Canada, the US, South America, Asia and Africa. Took a year off from private practice to act as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel of a Canadian public company. Member of CBA's securities law and business law subsections and Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Recognized in ! e Best Lawyers in Canada 2014, IFLR1000: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms – 2014, Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2013 and 2014, Law Business Research's International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers 2013, Law Business Research's Who's Who Legal: Canada 2013, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. Admitted to BC Bar in 1985. » Bill Sirett is a partner who practices in the areas of securities and corporate law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, with an emphasis on corporate fi nance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and corporate governance. His practice is transaction-oriented, acting as counsel for both public and private corporations and investment banking fi rms in domestic and cross-border fi nancing and merger and acquisition transactions across a broad range of industries with a particular emphasis on forestry, mining and energy. Named in ! e Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (2014), ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (2006–14), ! e Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (2012–13), ! e Best Lawyers in Canada (2006–14), Law Business Research's International Who's Who of Capital Market Lawyers (2008–13) and Law Business Research's Who's Who Legal: Canada 2013. Admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1976. » Bob Wooder is a partner who practices in the area of securities law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Practice focuses primarily on corporate fi nance and mergers & acquisitions. Recent transactions include advising Capstone Mining in connection with its purchase of the Pinto Valley Mine from BHP Copper; Fission in connection with its acquisition of Alpha Minerals; the underwriters in connection with equity off erings by Silver Wheaton, Pretium, Primero and Silver Standard. Has extensive experience advising on mergers & acquisitions, including advising Petaquilla Copper in connection with the hostile bid by Inmet, Hathor Exploration in connection with the hostile bid by Cameco Corporation and Aurizon in connection with the hostile bid by Alamos Gold and advising special committee of Canplats Resources, Brett Resources, Cumberland Resources and Viceroy Exploration. Fred R. Pletcher Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (604) 640-4245 Fax: (604) 622-5802 Vancouver Peter J. O'Callaghan Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-3345 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver William F. Sirett Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-3371 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver Bob J. Wooder Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-3330 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver fpletcher@blg.com peter.ocallaghan@blakes.com bill.sirett@blakes.com bob.wooder@blakes.com