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Mining (International & Cross-Border) - Canada

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What the Team is Known For

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg is a leading independent Canadian law firm with a strong transactional focus, providing specialist expertise from its Toronto and Montreal bases, as well as its New York office. Maintaining close relationships with elite law firms in global jurisdictions, the firm cooperates to provide a joint service and is a top choice for inbound referral work. It has a strong reputation in the market for its proficient handling of high-end deals for an impressive client base and also offers support across a range of commercial disputes.The firm has longstanding relationships with major players in the mining industry and is well versed in handling substantial cross-border transactions in the space, serving clients’ needs across M&A, divestitures, financing and capital markets. It also often collaborates with US counsel on inbound mandates, and it displays proficiency representing Canadian mining clients in their international growth and strategic projects in Latin America and other regions.

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The lawyers are not only able to guide us through difficult issues, but also identify potential issues well before they occur.

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Notable Practitioners

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Melanie Shishler
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Melanie Shishler
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Toronto-based Melanie Shishler is renowned for her representation of major mining companies in an impressive range of international and domestic transactions. She is sought out for her expertise on corporate transactions and agreements, with particular strength advising on matters involving the gold sector.

Melanie is one of the most thoughtful, creative and hard-working lawyers in Canada, certainly with regard to mining-related matters.

Melanie is sensational. She is the best M&A lawyer in the country: extremely smart and dedicated, and her work is consistently excellent in quality.

She is astute, commercial and strategic, with deep knowledge in a wide range of areas.

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Richard Fridman
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Richard Fridman
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Richard Fridman acts on a wide range of corporate mandates in the mining sector, involving M&A, securities and joint ventures on behalf of mining and investment companies. He operates out of the firm's Toronto office and has notable experience of handling cross-border issues.

He is incredibly bright and understands complex and intricate situations. He is very commercial.

Richard Fridman is commercial and solution-oriented, technical, thorough, gives practical advice and is experienced.

His responsiveness and ability to navigate complex legal matters with ease make him a trusted advisor in M&A transactions.

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Melanie Shishler
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Melanie Shishler
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Richard Fridman
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Richard Fridman
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