The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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112 | LEXPERT • June 2014 | www.lexpert.ca « MINING » Partner – Securities. Practice emphasis on corporate fi nance and M&A in the mining, income trusts, technology and diversifi ed industries sectors. Has acted as lead counsel on several M&A transactions and for a number of public clients and investment dealers involved in complex and innovative securities matters. Signifi cant experience in advising emerging and mid-market companies navigating their way through the public markets for the fi rst time. Particular experience in connection with cross-border initial public off erings by US emerging and mid-market issuers seeking listings on Canadian stock exchanges. Deputy Managing Partner of Cassels Brock. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1995. » 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. » Michel Blouin specializes in securities law for the mining industry and, more specifi cally, handles incorporations, mergers and acquisitions and reorganizations of mining companies. Blouin acts as an advisor and legal counsel to mining companies and works with them on a broad range of matters in which they are involved, from mobilization of capital and issuance of securities to international agreements with governments and corporations. He is also listed in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2013 in the fi eld of Mining. e 2014 edition of ! e Best Lawyers in Canada directory recognizes Blouin as one of the best lawyers in Natural Resources Law. In addition, he has been named Lawyer of the Year for 2013 by Best Lawyers in the fi eld of Natural Resources Law in Montréal. He is being recognized as a leading corporate law practitioner in Canada by the 2012 Lexpert®/Report on Business Special Edition – Corporate. » René Branchaud practices in the areas of securities law, mergers & acquisitions and corporate law. He assists companies in connection with their incorporation, corporate structure, shareholders' agreements, private placements, public off erings, stock exchange listings as well as dispositions and take-overs. Branchaud serves on the board of directors and is corporate secretary of several public companies. He also serves on several committees of the board of directors, including corporate governance and ad hoc committees created for specifi c transactions (mergers, take-overs). In addition, he advises directors who sit on ad hoc committees. He is also listed in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2013 in the fi eld of Mining and the 2012 Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada. e 2014 edition of ! e Best Lawyers in Canada recognizes Branchaud as one of the best lawyers in natural resources law. He is recognized as a leading corporate law practitioner in Canada by the 2012 Lexpert® Special Edition: Canada's Leading Corporate Lawyers. John P. Vettese Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Tel: (416) 869-5336 Fax: (416) 350-6930 Toronto John S.M. Turner Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Tel: (416) 865-4380 Fax: (416) 364-7813 Toronto Michel Blouin Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. Tel: (514) 877-3041 Fax: (514) 871-8977 Montréal René Branchaud Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. Tel: (514) 877-3040 Fax: (514) 871-8977 Montréal jvettese@casselsbrock.com jturner@fasken.com mblouin@lavery.ca rbranchaud@lavery.ca