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Mining (International & Cross-Border)

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Mining (International & Cross-Border) - Canada

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What the Team is Known For

Blake, Cassels & Graydon is a market-leading independent Canadian law firm with strong full-service capabilities and teams highly adept in advising clients on cross-border matters. Benefiting from its Canadian law offering in New York and its London office, the firm is well placed to service foreign clients on inbound Canada work as well as advising Canadian clients on their US and global operations.

The law firm provides deep resources and specialist expertise across transactional, contentious and industry sectors, making it a strong choice for inbound work and a proficient coordinator of international mandates for major Canadian clients. The firm provides nationwide reach for inbound matters across provinces, and has leading practitioners in mining capital markets, financing and M&A. It offers strong mining sector knowledge and is a regular choice for US firms and clients conducting business in the Canadian mining sector. The law firm often assists clients with the transactional aspects of projects in Latin America and Africa, as well as mergers, acquisitions and financings undertaken by Canadian and global mining corporations.

Strengths

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There is an exceptional depth of legal expertise within Blakes.

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The team takes time to understand the broader context within which we are operating, and this helps to inform the advice that they provide.

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The department that supports us understands the business well, including our culture, which is invaluable when providing us with advice.

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Blakes always demonstrates the highest duty of care to clients in complex and sophisticated transactions.

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The team's business acumen is strong and so clearly aligned with our needs that they feel more like internal counsel rather than external counsel.

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Notable Practitioners

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Bob J. Wooder
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Bob J. Wooder
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Band 1
Bob Wooder is recognised for his skilled command of transactional mandates and is based out of the firm's Vancouver office. He frequently represents gold producers, mineral exploration companies and financial institutions in private equity financing and M&A.

Bob is very knowledgeable about our business, always responsive and gives great advice.

Bob Wooder's commercial and strategic expertise in advising our business is exceptional.

Bob leads an incredibly strong practice at Blakes. He is reliable, commercially efficient and almost unparalleled in experience.

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Kathleen Keilty
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Kathleen Keilty
4
Band 4
Kathleen Keilty is a Vancouver-based lawyer recognised for her experience representing clients with mining M&A transactions. She is equally adept at guiding underwriters through public offerings.

Kathleen is a very strong negotiator with a solid understanding of the legal implications for a business.

Kathleen has an outstanding ability to understand regulators' needs, communicate them to the client and build a strategy around that knowledge.

She is super responsive, delivers very good advice and is always accessible.

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John Wilkin
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John Wilkin
5
Band 5

John Wilkin is noted for his expertise in relation to both domestic and cross-border acquisitions and refinancings. He has additional significant experience in royalty and streaming financing transactions.

John is an excellent lawyer and provides exceptional client service.

He is a very well-rounded and experienced adviser to the company.

John is very experienced, commercial and outcome-driven. He is a real pleasure to work with, too.

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Trisha Robertson
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Trisha Robertson
5
Band 5
Trisha Robertson is a Vancouver-based lawyer with noteworthy experience assisting clients with public company M&A transactions and financings. She regularly advises on acquisitions involving companies with assets in North and South America.

Trisha is an absolute rockstar.

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Bob J. Wooder
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Bob J. Wooder
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Kathleen Keilty
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Kathleen Keilty
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John Wilkin
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John Wilkin
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Trisha Robertson
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Trisha Robertson
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