The experienced team at Bennett Jones LLP draws on the deep bench strength of its locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and New York, to advise issuers, underwriters, agents and multinational mining companies involved in high-value, cross-border M&A, in addition to complex matters related to project finance, capital markets, construction, securities and the environment. Head of the mining group since March 2024, Andrew Disipio assists clients with complex public and private M&A, take-over bids, joint ventures, share and asset acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Mining industry sector expert Sander Grieve KC handles M&A and global mining exploration, development and extraction. Other key figures include Abbas Ali Khan, a specialist in securities and corporate commercial law, who works in the Vancouver and Toronto offices; Linda Misetich Dann, who negotiates and structures asset and share acquisitions and strategic alliances; and James Clare. Unless stated, all the lawyers mentioned work in Toronto.
Key clients
- Attorney General of Alberta (Supreme Court of Canada Decision)
- Conuma Resources Limited
- Nippon Steel Corporation
- SolGold
- i-80 Gold Corp.
- Osisko Metals Incorporated
- Sandbox Royalties Corp.
- First Majestic Silver Corp.
- Magna Mining
- Benga Mining
- Cabin Ridge Project Limited
- Keyera Corp.
- Superior Gold
- Battery Age Minerals
- Osisko Mining
- Royal Helium
- Canada Nickel Company
- O3 Mining
- Millennial Precious Metals Corp.
- Burley Minerals
- American West Metals Limited
- Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp.
- Premium Nickel Resources
- Kinterra Capital
- Piedmont Lithium
- Electric Elements Mining Corp.
- Critical Resources Limited
- 92 Energy
- Terra Uranium Limited
- Sierra Metals
- Western Exploration
- Silver Mountain Resources
- Lithium Universe Limited
- Summit Minerals
- Avani Resources
- Osisko Green Acquisition Limited
- Abermarle Corporation
- Victoria Gold Corp.
- Frontier Lithium
- Hot Chili Limited
- Bank of Montreal
- National Bank Financial
- Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation
- Haywood Securities
- Echelon Wealth Partners
- Clarus Securities
- Paradigm Securities
Work highlights
- Representing Nippon Steel in its proposed $1.15bn investment in Elk Valley Resources, a steelmaking coal business to be spun-out as an independent public company from Teck Resources.
- Advised SolGold in its $108m acquisition of Cornerstone Capital Resources by way of a statutory plan of arrangement.
- Assisted i-80 in its approx. $60m acquisition of Paycore Minerals by way of a share exchange transaction, for the purpose of consolidating the mining assets of these two companies in Eureka County, Nevada.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Disipio