The depth of Stikeman Elliott's business and legal expertise, combined with our wide-ranging experience in mining projects in every corner of the world, has allowed us to become one of the leading legal advisors to the mining industry. Specifically, we offer advice on:

• Financings, both public and private, debt and equity;
  
  
• General securities law, including compliance and governance;
  
  
• Mergers and acquisitions, both public and private;
  
  
• Project finance;
  
  
• Structuring and negotiating joint ventures and earn-in arrangements and;
  
  
• Property acquisitions and dispositions.

Our expertise covers the entire spectrum of mining ventures, from precious and base metals and precious and semiprecious stones, to industrial minerals and coal.

Our Group members mentioned above and additional members including, Neville McClure, Ray MacDougall, Quentin Markin and Maurice Swan have wide mining expertise and extensive experience in these areas.  They are strong advisers with excellent strategic judgment and outstanding skill to effectively counsel our clients who include Canadian and international mining companies, investment banks and lending institutions.

Stikeman Elliott's Global Mining Group regularly assists our clients in raising equity for exploration, resulting in the discovery of new deposits. We're there to help clients, large and small, bring exciting projects to the capital markets for the first time. We also assist in project financing these deposits and help our clients acquire other companies to enhance their portfolios.

Chambers & Partners, a UK-based international legal publisher, has identified Stikeman Elliott as "a Canadian entity who has earned its spurs in the mining work across Africa." It cites the London office practitioners as having "developed an excellent grasp of the continent's markets" and further notes that rivals concede that the group's "first-class financial experience" gives it a serious edge in the privatisation work it handles so well.

Global Rankings & Achievements

Stikeman Elliott's Global Mining Group is recognized as one of the best in Canada. Recently the Group ranked in Legal Week, as the only Canadian law firm, among the top 10 European legal advisers for mining and utilities M&A (by volume), 2007-2009, as selected by Mergermarket.

The following are some of our recent collective and individual achievements:

Best Lawyers in Canada 2010

• Jay Kellerman (Toronto) is recognized in the natural resources (mining) area, as well as Michael Allen (Vancouver) in the banking, corporate and project finance areas.

Chambers Global 2010

• Recognized as a leading firm in projects and energy: mining and minerals sectors globally and noted for its expertise on mining.  And, recognized as a tier 1 law firm in Canada in the energy and natural resources: mining sector and described as having a "solid mining practice" and "[t]he group has wide mining expertise" and "involved in significant M&A and corporate finance matters."
  
• Jay Kellerman is mentioned as being "a very well-respected mining lawyer and a good adviser to mining companies and investment banks" and recognized as a tier 1 lawyer in Canada in the energy and natural resources: mining sector.
  
• Michael Allen is listed as "a seasoned attorney with excellent knowledge of the banking market." Sources call him a "deal facilitator who simply gets things done."

Chambers UK 2010

• Derek Linfield (London) is recognized as a #1 lawyer in the projects and energy: mining (mainly international) sector and widely admired for his "impeccable judgement, especially when it comes to capital markets and corporate elements." Stikeman Elliott is also recognized as a leading law firm in this sector in the U.K.

Legal Experts 2010

• Derek Linfield is recognized as a legal expert in the energy and natural resources sector.

IFLR1000's The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms 2010

• Michael Allen recognized as a leading lawyer in banking and project finance.

The International Who's Who of Lawyers 2010

• Jay Kellerman, Michael Allen, Derek Linfield and Quentin Markin (Toronto) are recognized as leading mining lawyers; Michael Allen is also recognized as a leading banking and project finance lawyer.

Lexpert/American Lawyer's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2010

• Michael Allen is listed as a leading lawyer for project finance, banking and financial institutions and Jay Kellerman is listed as a leading lawyer for mining and corporate finance and mining.

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Recent Group Activities

 
Kinross-Red Back Mining Transaction
Stikeman Elliott is acting for BMO Capital Markets, the financial advisor to Kinross Gold Corp., in Kinross's US$7.1 billion acquisition of Red Back Mining Inc.

Mining lawyer quoted in Global Mining Finance
Jay Kellerman is quoted in The Resource Calculator, the Global Mining Finance's triannual newsletter in the article "North America Round Up".

Top 10 European Legal Adviser in Mining
Stikeman Elliott is the only Canadian law firm ranked among the Top 10 European legal advisers for mining and utilities M&A (by volume), 2007-2010, as selected by Mergermarket.

ARMZ-Uranium One deal
The Global Mining Group represents JSC Atomredmetzoloto, the Russian state-owned uranium mining company (ARMZ), in its proposed acquisition of 51% of Uranium One Inc., a Canadian mining company. 

Mining Group lauded
Our Global Mining Group has been named as a premier practice by Who's Who Legal. Jay Kellerman is noted as the world's #2 mining lawyer, with Michael Allen and Derek Linfield receiving special mention. 

Metallica Resources, Peak Gold, New Gold merger
The firm acted for Metallica Resources Inc. in its US$1.6 billion merger with Peak Gold Ltd. and New Gold Inc.

Leaders in Mining
Chambers & Partners recognizes the firm's prominent role in the mining sector, ranking it among the UK's Top 10 and only Canadian firm in the list for its "solid, knowledgeable and dynamic approach" and cites London principal Derek Linfield as a leading lawyer in the sector.

Listing on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
An article prepared by members of the Global Mining Group provides details on how companies become listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM: "Listing on AIM". For further information, contact Derek Linfield.

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