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Morrison, John D. McMillan LLP
(604) 691-7411 john.morrison@mcmillan.ca
Mr. Morrison acts for mining companies on debt and project financing
in his finance and banking law practice. He also represents lenders and
borrowers on all types of corporate and commercial credit facility matters.
Murphy, Robert S. Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP (416) 863-5537 rmurphy@dwpv.com
Mr. Murphy practises securities law with a focus on capital markets trans-
actions, private and public M&A and disclosure issues, and has extensive
experience in the mining sector and on cross-border matters.
Nadon, Odette BCF LLP
(514) 397-4635 odette.nadon@bcf.ca
Ms. Nadon heads the environmental law team at BCF. She provides advice
on the development of environmental risk management strategies, plan-
ning and execution of compliance issues and environmental litigation. Her
legal and scientific background and her extensive experience in the field
make Ms. Nadon a valuable expert in environmental law. She has published
books and articles all across Canada.
Nawata, Denise Farris, Vaughan,
Wills & Murphy LLP (604) 661-1746 dnawata@farris.com
Ms. Nawata is a partner in Farris LLP's Securities and Corporate Finance,
M&A and Mining & Energy practice groups. She has experience on trans-
actions including debt and equity financings, and mergers. She also fo-
cuses on advising issuers with respect to securities reporting, compliance
and disclosure obligations, and advising clients on mining title matters
and project permitting issues.
Northey, Rodney V. Gowling WLG
(416) 369-6666 rodney.northey@gowlingwlg.com
Mr. Northey is in his 28th year of practice focused on environmental as-
sessments and approvals. Author of Guide to the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Act (LexisNexis 2017). On Minister's federal environmental
assessment reform panel. Active in federal, territorial and Ontario en-
vironmental assessments, including First Nation proponents in northern
Ontario, Nunavut and the Ring of Fire.
O'Neill, Brendan Goodmans LLP
(416) 849-6017 boneill@goodmans.ca
Mr. O'Neill's practice focuses on domestic and cross-border insolvencies
and restructurings, bankruptcy-based acquisitions and near-insolvency
investing scenarios. He represents debtors, creditors, bondholders, pur-
chasers and other stakeholders. Counsel on resource restructurings that
include Aurcana, Compton, Connacher, Frontera Copper, Lone Pine, Pacific
Exploration and Banro.
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near an old mine," Abraham says. "at's especially
true in eastern Canada."
e majors, of course, also have an ongoing
concern about replacing reserves. "Majors who
don't have robust projects in their own pipeline
are concerned about access to new projects by way
of moving the needle on production in the next
generation," says Mark Bennett in Cassels Brock &
Blackwell LLP's Toronto office.
In that vein, Eldorado Gold Corp. recently an-
nounced its purchase of Integra Gold Corp., essen-
tially a single-asset company holding the Lamaque
project near Val D'Or, Québec. e transaction,
like Goldcorp's continuing focus on Chile, can be
seen as a continuation of a trend to diversification
to low-risk jurisdictions.
"It's a classic case of a senior company taking
over a one-asset, late-stage enterprise in what will
be a key project for Eldorado going forward,"
Bennett says. "e key is finding the right-sized
