On March 14, 2011, Franco-Nevada Corporation (“Franco-Nevada”) completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding common shares of Gold Wheaton Gold Corp. (“Gold Wheaton”) that it did not already own pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). Gold Wheaton has amalgamated with a wholly owned subsidiary of Franco-Nevada to form Franco-Nevada GLW Holdings Corp.
Franco-Nevada had previously acquired a 34.5 per cent interest in Gold Wheaton from Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. on January 5, 2011. The aggregate value of the consideration paid for Gold Wheaton by Franco-Nevada was approximately $1 billion.
Franco-Nevada was represented internally by Jacqueline Jones, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary and by Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP with a team led by Kathleen Ritchie and including Tina Woodside, Leslie Gord, Nicholas Dietrich, Brett Kagetsu, Stuart Breen, Bryce Kraeker, Michael Macaulay and Alexander Lalka (M&A, securities, corporate & mining); Gloria Geddes and Brent Kerr (tax); Bruce Graham and Ian Macdonald (competition); Michael Anderson and Christopher Alam (banking) and Martin Palleson (litigation). US counsel were Christopher Barry, Kimberley Anderson, John Chase and Jodie Kaufman Davis of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP acted for Gold Wheaton with a team that included Paul Stein, Cathy Mercer, Norm Findlay and Jeffrey Roy (M&A, securities and mining); Chris Hersh (competition) and Pollyanna Lord (securities). Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP acted as British Columbia counsel and provided tax advice to Gold Wheaton with a team that included Tracey Cohen (litigation); Iain Mant and Lata Casciano (M&A) and Frank Schober (tax). US counsel were Adam Givertz and Anil Kalia (tax) of Shearman & Sterling LLP.
Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. was represented by Andrew McLeod and Deborah Salzberger (competition) and Susan Tomaine (securities) of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Michael Colborne and Michael McLaren of Thorsteinssons LLP provided tax advice to Quadra.
Franco-Nevada had previously acquired a 34.5 per cent interest in Gold Wheaton from Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. on January 5, 2011. The aggregate value of the consideration paid for Gold Wheaton by Franco-Nevada was approximately $1 billion.
Franco-Nevada was represented internally by Jacqueline Jones, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary and by Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP with a team led by Kathleen Ritchie and including Tina Woodside, Leslie Gord, Nicholas Dietrich, Brett Kagetsu, Stuart Breen, Bryce Kraeker, Michael Macaulay and Alexander Lalka (M&A, securities, corporate & mining); Gloria Geddes and Brent Kerr (tax); Bruce Graham and Ian Macdonald (competition); Michael Anderson and Christopher Alam (banking) and Martin Palleson (litigation). US counsel were Christopher Barry, Kimberley Anderson, John Chase and Jodie Kaufman Davis of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP acted for Gold Wheaton with a team that included Paul Stein, Cathy Mercer, Norm Findlay and Jeffrey Roy (M&A, securities and mining); Chris Hersh (competition) and Pollyanna Lord (securities). Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP acted as British Columbia counsel and provided tax advice to Gold Wheaton with a team that included Tracey Cohen (litigation); Iain Mant and Lata Casciano (M&A) and Frank Schober (tax). US counsel were Adam Givertz and Anil Kalia (tax) of Shearman & Sterling LLP.
Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. was represented by Andrew McLeod and Deborah Salzberger (competition) and Susan Tomaine (securities) of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Michael Colborne and Michael McLaren of Thorsteinssons LLP provided tax advice to Quadra.
Lawyer(s)
Michael Macaulay
Christopher N. Alam
Cathy L. Mercer
Michael H. McLaren
Jeffrey P. Roy
Frank S. Schober
Christopher Hersh
Michael Anderson
Alexander W. Lalka
Paul M. Stein
Deborah Salzberger
Tracey M. Cohen
Bruce M. Graham
Tina M. Woodside-Shaw
Gloria J. Geddes
Michael W. Colborne
Leslie T. Gord
Nicholas E.J. Dietrich
Lata C. Casciano
Bryce A. Kraeker
Brett A. Kagetsu
Andrew McLeod
Kathleen M. Ritchie
Susan Tomaine
Kimberley R. Anderson
Ian R. MacDonald
Norman F. Findlay
Iain Mant
Martin L. Palleson
A. Brent Kerr
Stuart D. Breen
Pollyanna Lord
Firm(s)
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Thorsteinssons LLP
Gowling WLG