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John Craig is a partner practicing in the area of securities law with a focus on equity
fi nancings for both underwriters and issuers, with an emphasis on resource compa-
nies, Toronto Stock Exchange listings, dealings with TSX and the Ontario Securities
Commission for listed public companies, take-over bids and issuer bids and going-private
transactions. His mergers and acquisitions experience involves mergers of public compa-
nies, both listed and unlisted, and acquisitions of listed companies by unlisted and private
concerns. Craig is also involved with international resources in negotiation and dra ing
of mining, oil and gas concession agreements, joint-venture agreements, operating agree-
ments and farm-in agreements in a variety of countries. He is also recognized as a leading
lawyer by ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal
and Best Lawyers. Craig was called to the Ontario Bar in 1973.
John H. Craig
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
Tel: (416) 869-5756
Fax: (416) 350-6951
Toronto
jcraig@casselsbrock.com
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Transactional corporate securities practice involving Canadian and cross-border public
and private off erings, take-over bids, and mergers and acquisitions. Practice also includes
advising independent and special committees of public entities, or their fi nancial advisors,
in the context of change of control or related-party transactions. Clients include bank-
owned and independent investment banks, as well as Canadian public issuers (large,
mid-cap, as well as emerging), activist shareholders, and domestic and foreign acquirers
of Canadian public entities. Industry experience includes REITs, mining, technology
and fi nancial institutions. Past member of the Ontario Securities Commission's Securi-
ties Advisory Committee. Also serves as a trustee of Slate Offi ce Real Estate Investment
Trust, a Canadian publicly traded REIT. Consistently Recommended in Lexpert®.
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Norman Findlay is primarily engaged in securities law with an emphasis on mergers &
acquisitions and fi nancings, focusing on the mining and natural resources, also mining
law, corporate governance and disclosure issues. Findlay has acted for issuers and invest-
ment dealers in a number of signifi cant fi nancings and M&A transactions. He has
extensive experience in dealing with stock exchanges and securities regulatory authori-
ties and structuring and M&A transactions. He has delivered papers on securities law
and mining law in Canada, the United States, South Africa and South America. He is a
member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the Prospectors and Develop-
ers Association of Canada and the American Bar Association (International Securities
and Capital Markets Committee, Canada Committee, Corporate Governance Commit-
tee, Legal Opinions Committee). Consistently listed in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory as a leading mining practitioner and by ! e Best Lawyers in Canada as one of
Canada's leading lawyers in natural resources law. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1988.
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Jay Goldman is a partner with a practice focused primarily on securities and corporate
fi nance law. His experience includes structuring and negotiating mergers & acquisi-
tions and securities, joint ventures, commercial and fi nancing-related transactions. He
regularly acts for issuers, investment dealers and investment advisors in a broad range
of areas with a focus on mining and natural resources. Goldman also has extensive
experience in dealing with stock exchanges and securities regulatory authorities. He is
a member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Goldman is also recognized as a leading
lawyer by ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, the Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide
to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who Legal, Chambers Global and Best
Lawyers. He holds an MBA from the University of Western Ontario and was called to
the Ontario Bar in 1990.
Georges
Dubé
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-7446
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
Norman F.
Findlay
Bennett
Jones LLP
Tel: (416) 777-6077
Fax: (416) 863-1716
Toronto
Jay Goldman
Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP
Tel: (416) 860-6474
Fax: (416) 644-9337
Toronto
dubeg@bennettjones.com
fi ndlayn@bennettjones.com
jgoldman@casselsbrock.com
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