Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Securities and Capital Markets

Partner

Fred Pletcher is a partner in the BLG Vancouver office and the national leader of BLG’s Mining Group. He advises public companies and investment dealers in connection with mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, continuous disclosure, and general commercial matters. In the mining field, Fred acts for Canadian and international mining companies in acquisitions and dispositions of mines, development projects and exploration properties, joint venture and option agreements, royalty and streaming transactions, expropriations, and NI 43-101 reporting obligations. Fred frequently advises boards of directors and special committees of public companies. He also has considerable experience in the field of shareholder activism. Fred frequently speaks and publishes papers on corporate, securities, and mining issues. He is recognized as a leading Canadian practitioner in these areas in numerous Canadian and international ranking publications.

English

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, PDAC, and CIM.

LLM, Columbia University. LLB, University of Toronto. AB, magna cum laude, Harvard University.

Director, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.