66 Wellington St W, Suite 5300, TD Bank Twr, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2002
Eva Bellissimo co-leads McCarthy Tétrault LLP’s Global Metals & Mining group, and her practice is focused on M&A and corporate finance. Having led hundreds of transactions, Eva is deeply connected to the mining industry and has a strong reputation for getting the deal done. Eva develops deal strategy for acquirers, target companies, and special committees, assisting clients in developing and executing a variety of transactions including arrangements, reverse takeovers, going-private transactions, takeover bids, and other business combinations. In her corporate finance practice, she advises strategic investors as well as issuers and investment banks on strategic investments, public equity offerings, convertible debt transactions, and initial public offerings. Eva has also navigated issuers through proxy contests and advised with respect to activist shareholder actions. Eva is a lecturer on Financing Mining Projects at the Osgoode Certificate in Mining Law Program and is the Chair of the DAN Management Program at the University of Western Ontario.