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Liteplo, Jonathan Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(604) 631-4994 jliteplo@fasken.com
Mr. Liteplo advises participants in the electricity, oil and gas, pipeline,
water and wastewater industries in obtaining facilities, environmental, land
use planning, import/export, utility rates & tariff-related approvals from
regulatory authorities. He is recognized for his energy law expertise in leading
legal publications, and was called to the Alberta Bar in 1993 and in BC
in 2011.
Lewis, Gregory D. Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
(604) 641-4923 greg.lewis@nortonrosefulbright.com
Mr. Lewis's practice focuses on commercial transactions in infrastructure,
energy and other industry sectors, particularly joint ventures, acquisitions
and financings. He has assisted clients on a range of major projects including
public-private partnerships, port developments, hydro projects,
purchases and sales of assets and businesses in a variety of sectors
and related financings.
Levy, Eric M. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(514) 904-8177 elevy@osler.com
Mr. Levy focuses on corporate and securities law. He has strong experience
in M&A, public offerings, private placements, recapitalizations and stock
exchange listings. His work encompasses IPOs as well as other public
and private placement offerings.
Levin, Jon Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(416) 865-4401 jlevin@fasken.com
Mr. Levin is repeatedly identified as one of Canada's top 30 dealmakers
and receives extensive professional recognition, including being named
one of Canada's most creative lawyers. His practice includes mergers
& acquisitions, corporate finance, securities regulation and business law.
He is a regular panellist & lecturer for CLE programs, and is frequently
quoted in international publications.
Leopold, John W. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(514) 397-3111 jleopold@stikeman.com
Mr. Leopold is a senior corporate partner and past chair of the M&A
Group. His practice focuses primarily on public and private mergers and
acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance, with a particular emphasis
on cross-border transactions. He has been involved in numerous high-profile
transactions. He has built a reputation as one of Canada's top corporate,
M&A and securities lawyers.
Lee, Desmond Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-5945 dlee@osler.com
Mr. Lee has co-led Osler's corporate finance and securities practice since
2005, and is responsible for the origination and execution of equity and debt
financing transactions. He has led numerous initial public offerings,
new issues and secondary offerings for issuers in a variety of industries,
and also has extensive experience advising investment dealers on trading
and regulatory matters.
LEXPERT RANKED LAWYERS
Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold Corp., a
global low-cost gold producer, currently has
mines in Greece, Turkey, Romania, Serbia,
Brazil — and until recently China. With more
than 7,000 employees around the world, it
first entered China in 2005. Just a decade
later, however, Eldorado wanted out.
In 2014, the company revealed it was look-
ing for ways to increase the market value of
the three Chinese mines it had acquired in
China over the years. In 2009, the company
bought Australia's Sino Gold Mining's assets
in China for US$1.84 billion. The deal includ-
ed the Jinfeng gold mine in Guizhou province,
the White Mountain mine in Jilin province,
and the Eastern Dragon development project
in Heilongjiang province.
Then, just five years later, in November
2014, Eldorado President and CEO Paul
Wright announced Eldorado wanted to mon-
etize those Chinese assets so it had more
financial flexibility and could put the pro-
ceeds towards its internal project pipelines
in other countries.
Eldorado explored selling assets as well
as listing its Chinese assets in Hong Kong in
an initial public offering — a so-called "dual-
track" process designed to propel potential
buyers to act before the stock offering puts
the assets in public hands. It said it was
seeking about US$1.5 billion for its Chinese
mines. And then it waited.
PHOTO:
SHUTTERSTOCK
Eldorado Gold first
entered China in 2005.
Just a decade later,
the company wanted out
Interview by Anthony Davis
THE PULLOUT
PUZZLE
ON THE DEAL
Michael Laffin
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon
LLP (for Yintai
Resources)
Zaichi Hu
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
(For Yintai
Resources)
