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Markin, Quentin Stikeman Elliott LLP
(604) 631-1317 qmarkin@stikeman.com
Mr. Markin is a partner and co-head of Stikeman Elliott's national mining
group. In 2016, he moved to the firm's Vancouver office after more than
four years in Sydney, Australia. His practice emphasizes corporate finance
and M&A transactions in mining. He represents issuers based in 15+
countries worldwide and underwriters in global capital raisings
and inter-listed company transactions.
Mariage, Frank Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
(514) 397-7540 fmariage@fasken.com
Mr. Mariage is a partner in Fasken Martineau's Corporate Law Group.
He practises mining, securities & corporate finance law. He provides counsel
to mining & development companies on operations and transactions
internationally. He has been involved in public and private offerings
and in the listing of various public companies on the stock exchange,
largely in the mining sector.
MacParland, Natasha Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP (416) 863-5567 nmacparland@dwpv.com
Ms. MacParland is a partner in the corporate/commercial and financial
restructuring & insolvency practices. She is a skilled corporate/commercial
lawyer with wide-ranging litigation experience and a focus on insolvency and
restructuring, complex debt restructuring, plans of arrangement, corporate
debtor/creditor rights, turnarounds, workouts and deal structuring.
MacKay-Dunn, QC, R. Hector Farris, Vaughan,
Wills & Murphy LLP (604) 661-9307 hmackay-dunn@farris.com
Senior partner Mr. MacKay-Dunn, QC, has over 25 years of practice
experience advising early stage and high-growth public and private
companies in various industry sectors, advising on corporate and general
matters, complex domestic and cross-border public and private securities
offerings, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers and international
partnering and licensing transactions.
MacFarlane, Alex L. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
(416) 367-6305 amacfarlane@blg.com
Mr. MacFarlane is a partner in BLG's Bankruptcy, Insolvency and
Restructuring practice group. He specializes in complex cross-border
restructuring and insolvencies, providing restructuring and insolvency
advice to a wide array of clients including corporate debtors, directors
and officers, financial institutions, monitors, liquidators and receivers,
and other stakeholders.
Lorito, John G. Stikeman Elliott LLP
(416) 869-5272 jlorito@stikeman.com
Mr. Lorito is a partner in the Toronto office. He is Head of the Tax Group and
a member of the Management Committee. His practice focuses on M&A,
corporate reorganizations, investment funds, REITs and international tax
planning. He advises on cross-border and domestic financial products and
non-resident investment in Canadian real estate. He is an adjunct professor
at the University of Toronto.
LEXPERT RANKED LAWYERS
LEXPERT: Blakes has had an office in Beijing for al-
most 20 years, since you set up shop there in 1988.
Eldorado Resources had been the biggest foreign
mining company in China when it decided to sell
these last remaining assets in the country. How
did Blake, Cassels & Graydon come to be involved
with Yintai? Was there a prior relationship from
your firm's years in Beijing?
Michael Laffin (Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, for
Yintai): We were retained through the recommen-
dation of the financial advisor to Yintai.
LEXPERT: Blakes was ranked the No. 1 Canadian
firm in China by deal count in 2016. Beyond those
credentials, were there other reasons you were rec-
ommended for the Yintai gig?
Zaichi Hu (Blakes, for Yintai): e Canadian finan-
cial advisor and Blakes had worked together on
Finally, on April 26, 2016, Eldorado an-
nounced the sale of its 82-per-cent interest in
its Jinfeng mine to China National Gold Group
for US$300 million cash. And then, less than
three weeks later, on May 16, Yintai, putting
up the equivalent of a US$30-million reverse
break fee, agreed to buy Eldorado's stakes
in White Mountain, Tanjianshan and Eastern
Dragon for US$600 million.
Late in the negotiations, Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP was brought in to help Yin-
tai seal the deal, which eventually closed on
November 22. Michael Laffin, who leads the
Asia region initiative at Blakes, and Zaichi Hu,
a Blakes partner in Vancouver with extensive
legal experience in China, tell the tale of the
firm's role in the acquisition.
