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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 & acqui-
sitions. 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; Callinan Royalties in connection with its acquisition by
Altius, the issuer in connection with fi nancings by MAG Silver and Pretium and the
underwriters in connection with off erings by Silver Wheaton, West Fraser, Primero and
Silver Standard. Has extensive experience advising on mergers & acquisitions, includ-
ing 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 the special committee of
Canplats Resources, Brett Resources, Cumberland Resources and Viceroy Exploration.
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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. Member
of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Recognized in ! e Lexpert®/American
Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2014 and 2015, ! e Best Lawyers in
Canada 2015, IFLR1000: ! e Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms – 2014
and 2015, Chambers Latin America 2015, Who's Who Legal: Canada 2014, the 2014
Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada,
! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2014, ! e 2014 Lexpert®/ROB Special Edition
on Canada's Leading Corporate Lawyers, Chambers Global 2014 ‒ Leaders in their Field.
Admitted to BC Bar in 1985.
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Ross Bentley focuses on corporate fi nance and merger and acquisition transactions. He
has extensive experience in a wide variety of domestic and cross-border equity and fi xed-
income off erings, including off erings of investment grade and high-yield debt. He also
assists issuers in establishing shelf fi nancing programs both domestically and under the
multi-jurisdictional off ering system. Bentley has acted for issuers, underwriters and selling
shareholders on off erings by issuers in the airline, pipeline and energy infrastructure,
agribusiness, oil and gas services, oil and gas exploration, railroad, and chartered bank
sectors. As counsel to both acquirers and targets, he has acted on numerous domestic and
cross-border corporate acquisitions by way of take-over bids and plans of arrangement,
and has been involved in a number of high-profi le cross-border proxy contests. He also
regularly advises issuers in connection with corporate governance requirements, continu-
ous disclosure obligations, stock exchange matters and general corporate matters.
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Pat Finnerty practices in the areas of domestic and cross-border M&A and public and
private off erings. Recent transactions include Agrium's defense of JANA Partners proxy
contest; sale of Nexen to CNOOC for $17 billion; sale of Forzani Group to Canadian
Tire for $771 million; MEG Energy's $700-million IPO; UTS Energy's successful
defense of Total's unsolicited take-over bid and subsequent friendly sale to Total; Forzani
Group's successful defense of Crescendo's proxy contest; Agrium's acquisition of UAP for
C$2.6 billion and related cross-border C$1.375-billion equity off ering; Nexen's acquisi-
tion of EnCana's North Sea assets for $2.1 billion. Recognized in Guide to the World's
Leading Capital Markets Lawyers and M&A Lawyers, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer
Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, PLC's Cross-border Mergers and Acquisi-
tions Handbook, Global Counsel 3000, Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers
for Business, and Lexpert®'s "Canada's Top 30 Dealmakers."
Bob J.
Wooder
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3330
Vancouver
Peter J.
O'Callaghan
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3345
Vancouver
Ross Bentley
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
Tel: (403) 260-9720
Calgary
Pat C.
Finnerty
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
Tel: (403) 260-9608
Calgary
bob.wooder@blakes.com
peter.ocallaghan@blakes.com
ross.bentley@blakes.com
pcf@blakes.com
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