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LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca | 105 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS » » John Turner is the leader of Fasken Martineau's Global Mining Group. A Canadian leading daily newspaper described him as "one of the best dirt lawyers in Canada, if not the world." Involved in many of the leading M&A and corporate fi nance transactions in the resources sector in recent years, including First Quantum's successful C$5.1B unsolicited acquisition of Inmet, Coeur Mining's superior proposal to acquire Orko Silver, Oryx Petroleum's C$250M IPO, AuRico Gold's C$1.5B acquisition of Northgate, Addax Petroleum's C$9B sale to Sinopec, and IAMGOLD's C$600M acquisition of Trelawney. Clients have included issuers or the underwriters in capital markets/M&A transactions involving resources companies active throughout Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Successfully acted for the fi nancial arranger or sponsor of several global major resources projects. Consistently recognized in the world's leading legal publications as a leading lawyer for mining, energy and natural resources law. A recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1989. » Widely regarded and ranked by numerous rating agencies as one of Canada's leading M&A lawyers. Representative transactions include acting as lead counsel in defending Augusta Resources against the hostile C$600-million bid by HudBay Minerals, Minmetals Resources' C$1.33-billion bid for Anvil Mining and its C$6.3-billion unsolicited bid for Equinox Resources (then the largest unsolicited bid ever made by a Chinese enterprise), Newmont's C$2.3-billion acquisition of Fronteer Gold, Eike Batista's C$1.6-billion hostile bid for Ventana Gold, Toromont Industries' hostile bid for Enerfl ex Systems Income Fund, Fresnillo's unsolicited bid for MAG Silver, Detour Gold's merger with PDX Resources, numerous proxy contests in the Canadian mining space and numerous change of control transactions for Barrick Gold, including Barrick's C$10.3-billion acquisition of Placer Dome (at the time the largest hostile bid in Canadian history and still the largest acquisition ever completed in the world's gold mining industry). » Partner with extensive experience in project and corporate fi nance, securities off erings, corporate reorganizations and restructurings and various other fi nancial transactions. His practice has evolved to include a higher concentration of merger & acquisition work, as well as advising boards of directors and foreign business interests on strategic and other matters. As a participant in the federal government's Securities Market Law Study Group, which published Proposals for a Securities Market Law for Canada in 1979, he wrote about insider trading. Subsequent publications include his keynote address on business restructurings, published as part of the LSUC Special Lectures (2004) and an article about take-over bid defenses in the Banking & Finance Law Review (2013). Recognized in ! e Best Lawyers in Canada; Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business; ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; e Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers; and PLC Which Lawyer? » Practices corporate and securities law with an emphasis on corporate fi nance, as well as mergers & acquisitions. Practice concentrates principally on technology companies. Advises Canadian and foreign corporations, investors and underwriters on private and public company matters and on all aspects of Canadian securities regulation. Has been involved in over 100 venture capital fi nancings raising an aggregate of more than C$1.5 billion. Has also been involved in many Canadian and cross-border IPOs, acting for both issuers and underwriters. Acted for Mitel Networks on its cross-border IPO and recent acquisition of Aastra Technologies. Admitted to the Ontario Bar (1987). John S.M. Turner Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-4380 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto Kevin J. Thomson Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5590 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto Marvin Yontef Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (416) 777-7474 Fax: (416) 863-1716 Toronto J. Craig Wright Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (613) 787-1035 Fax: (613) 235-2867 Ottawa jturner@fasken.com kthomson@dwpv.com yontefm@bennettjones.com cwright@osler.com