Richard Fridman

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Richard is a leading corporate and M&A lawyer who advises clients across industries, with particular expertise in the natural resources and energy sectors. In addition to advising clients on complex, multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and transactions, Richard is regularly consulted by public companies on the ever-changing corporate governance and regulatory landscape. His clients include leading mining and energy companies with assets that span the globe, and he has worked on transactions in North and South America, Africa, Australia, Asia and Europe. Richard has vast experience assisting resource clients with joint ventures, complex shareholders’ agreements, earn-in arrangements, permitting, stability agreements with host governments, financing (including metals streaming transactions), royalties and off-take arrangements. Richard is trained in both common and civil law, is proficient in both English and French and is called to the bars of Ontario, Québec and New York. Before joining Davies, he served as a clerk to Mr. Justice Charles D. Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada. Richard is a member of Davies’ Management Committee. Select Recognition: Legal 500 Canada, Lexpert Special Editions: Mining, Finance, M&A; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexology Index: Mining.