Norman F. Findlay

Norman F. Findlay

Partner at Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-6077
(416) 863-1716
100 King St W, Suite 3400, 1 First Canadian Pl, PO Box 130, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1988 (ON)
Norman Findlay is primarily engaged in securities law with an emphasis on public offerings of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and takeovers. His practice also involves private placements of debt and equity securities, mining law and general corporate transactions. Norman has been recognized by Lexpert as a leading practitioner in Mining and Corporate Finance & Securities, by The Best Lawyers in Canada in the practice areas of Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law and Securities Law and by Who's Who Legal: Canada and Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers for Mining Law. In addition, Norman has been recognized by Canadian Who's Who as a prominent Canadian. He has also spoken at a number of conferences in Canada, the United States, South Africa and South America on topics relating to securities and mining law. Norman has acted as lead counsel for issuers and investment dealers in a number of significant financings and M&A transactions.
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On December 6, 2016, Orla Mining Ltd. (“Orla”) completed an amalgamation by way of a plan of arrangement with Pershimco Resources Inc. (“Pershimco”) under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
On January 15, 2016, Sprott Asset Management completed its successful hostile takeover bid to acquire all of the outstanding units of Central GoldTrust in exchange for units of Sprott Physical Gold Trust on a net asset value to net asset value basis. The transaction was valued at over $1 billion.
On July 7, 2015, TMAC Resources Inc. completed an initial public offering of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $135 million. Under the offering, TMAC issued 22,500,000 common shares at a price of $6.00 per common share. The distribution of the common shares under the IPO was qualified by way of prospectus dated June 26, 2015, filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, other than Québec.