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CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES
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Kathleen Keilty is a partner who practices in the areas of corporate and securities
law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions
and corporate fi nance. Has extensive experience acting for public and private issuers
and investment dealers in a broad range of industries, including mining and mineral
exploration, forestry, retail, fi nancial services, technology and manufacturing. Advises
issuers and underwriters on public off erings and private placements of equity and debt
securities. Also advises public and private companies and their boards of directors and
special committees in connection with mergers and acquisitions, including take-over
bids, plans of arrangement, going-private and spin-out transactions, and joint venture
and shareholder agreements. Frequently engaged as counsel in connection with proxy
battles and contested shareholder meetings. Recognized as a leading lawyer by ! e Best
Lawyers in Canada 2014 (mergers & acquisitions law, mining law and securities law).
Admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2001.
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Peter Kalbfl eisch is a partner who practices in the areas of corporate & securities
law at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Focuses on corporate fi nance and merger &
acquisition transactions. Has acted on a wide variety of commercial and securities
transactions, including domestic and cross-border off erings, private placements,
private equity investments, take-over bids and merger transactions. Also advises on
general corporate and corporate governance matters. Managing partner of the fi rm's
European offi ce in London, England, from 1989 to 1992 and managing partner of
the Vancouver offi ce from 1997 to 2003. Kalbfl eisch is recognized as a leading lawyer
in ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada,
Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada,
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook and ! e Best
Lawyers in Canada (corporate governance, corporate law, mergers & acquisitions law,
natural resources law and securities law). Admitted to the Ontario Bar (1978) and
British Columbia Bar (1995).
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Senior partner. Hector MacKay-Dunn has over 25 years of experience advising
early-stage and high-growth public and private companies in a broad range of
industries on corporate matters, complex domestic and cross-border private and public
securities off erings, mergers & acquisitions, tender off ers and international partnering
transactions. Advises clients in a variety of commercial industries, including technology,
clean energy, resources, personal health and fi tness, web-based and life sciences. Director
and Corporate Secretary for a number of public and private companies. Former Director
of Genome BC, member of the UBC Industry Liaison Advisory Council, UBC Dean of
Science Advisory Council and immediate past chair of BC Innovation Council. Named
in ! e 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
and in the 2013 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate
Lawyers in Canada. Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV (preeminent 5.0 out of 5). Listed
in ! e Best Lawyers in Canada. Admitted to the BC Bar (1978). Appointed Queen's
Counsel (2003).
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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.
Kathleen
P. Keilty
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3318
Fax: (604) 631-3309
Vancouver
Peter C.
Kalbfl eisch
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3377
Fax: (604) 631-3309
Vancouver
R. Hector
MacKay-
Dunn, QC
Farris,
Vaughan, Wills
& Murphy LLP
Tel: (604) 661-9307
Fax: (604) 661-9349
Vancouver
Peter J.
O'Callaghan
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3345
Fax: (604) 631-3309
Vancouver
kathleen.keilty@blakes.com
peter.kalbfl eisch@blakes.com
hmackay-dunn@farris.com
peter.ocallaghan@blakes.com
