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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
Nils F. Engelstad
ALAMOS GOLD INC. > TORONTO
Nils Engelstad is Vice President and Gen-
eral Counsel of Alamos Gold Inc. He has
had legal oversight and responsibility for
entering into a $150-million credit facil-
ity with a syndicate of banks, amending
Alamos's previous credit facility; acquir-
ing Carlisle Goldfields by way of a court-
approved plan of arrangement valued at
approximately $30 million; combining
with AuRico Gold in a merger valued at
approximately US$1.5 billion; managing
and settling a bet-the-project mining dis-
pute valued in the hundreds of millions of
dollars; completing a $60-million US and
Canadian concurrent rights offering for
McEwen Mining; and creating McEwen
Mining from the US$1.4-billion merger
of US Gold Corp. and Minera Andes. Nils
serves as a director of both the internation-
al aid group War Child Canada and the
Rumie Initiative, which provides afford-
able education around the world by distrib-
uting tablet computers.
Alexander K. Fane
BULL, HOUSSER & TUPPER LLP
> VANCOUVER
Alexander Fane is a partner in Bull Houss-
er's real estate group, focusing on large,
complex and publicly important develop-
ment projects. He has acted as lead counsel
to Century Group Lands Corp. on the re-
development of a shopping centre in Tsaw-
wassen, BC, into a mixed-use residential
and commercial community; to Aspac De-
velopments Ltd. for a multi-billion-dollar
residential-commercial development proj-
ect in Richmond, BC; and BC Pavilion
Corp. (PavCo) in the rezoning, develop-
ment and operation of a $450-million ca-
sino/hotel complex next to BC Place. e
rezoning approval process was highly con-
tentious, requiring agreements on land ex-
changes, parks, streets and other public in-
frastructure. Alexander is a co-organizer of
the annual Battle of the Bar Bands, raising
$500,000 for the BC Chapter of the CBA
Benevolent Society and a board member of
ree Links Care Society, supporting Van-
couver seniors' housing.
Brenda Gosselin
GOODMANS LLP > TORONTO
Brenda Gosselin is a corporate and securi-
ties lawyer, focusing on corporate finance,
restructuring, M&A and corporate gover-
nance. She advises companies on corporate
governance and continuous disclosure ob-
ligations and has acted for RioCan REIT
in its $250-million debenture offering,
$230-million equity offering and issuance
of $126 million in preferred trust units, a
first for a Canadian REIT; for Milestone
Apartments REIT in its $228.5-million
IPO; for backstop financiers in a US$50-
million liquidity backstop facility for
Mood Media via non-brokered private
placement; for Sherritt International on
its extension of the maturity dates on $720
million worth of outstanding notes; and
for Masonite International in the financial
restructuring of US$2.2 billion of debt
and its emergence from CCAA protection.
Brenda is a former chair of the United Way
committee who earned the firm its first
Spirit Award nomination.
Jennifer L. Grossklaus
DAVIES WARD PHILLIPS
& VINEBERG LLP > TORONTO
Jennifer Grossklaus is a partner in the
M&A, corporate/commercial, capital mar-
kets and mining practices. She has become
a key player in complex M&A transactions,
including Barrick Gold's US$1-billion sale
of a 50-per-cent interest in the ZaldÃvar
copper mine, an auction process requiring
her to assess several transaction structures;
Barrick's US$610-million sale to Kinross
of non-core assets in Nevada, including the
negotiation of a new 50/50 joint venture;
New Gold's sale of a 30-per-cent interest
in the El Morro project to Goldcorp, com-
plicated by a larger transaction in which
Goldcorp and Teck Resources combined
their El Morro and Relincho properties
into a 50/50 joint venture; McKesson's
$3-billion acquisition of Rexall and related
businesses; and Wind Mobile's acquisition
by Shaw for $1.6 billion. Jennifer is Board
Chair of e.p.i.c. School, a non-profit spe-
cializing in early education.
Amanda Heale
OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP
> TORONTO
Colleagues recognize Amanda Heale for
cutting-edge taxation work, tireless dedica-
tion to developing students and associates,
and her commitment to the profession. In
2004/05, she clerked with the Honourable
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