Sébastien Vézina practises securities law with a focus on resource and mining companies. He advises on business combinations, contested takeover bids, corporate finance, partnerships, and revenue-based financing including metal streaming and royalty transactions, as well as on issues related to infrastructure, shipping, energy, telecommunications, and social acceptability. He is involved in all phases of the mining cycle, from exploration, project development and extraction, to mine closure. He advises boards of directors and special committees on securities law compliance matters, corporate governance, and related party transactions. In addition, he has a practice in sports law that focuses on sports franchise investment and acquisitions, endorsements, commercial transactions, team operations, protection of intellectual property and enforcement, staging and exploiting live sports and other events, media and public affairs, and other types of professional sports ventures.
In North America, over 90% of sports teams in the top five professional leagues have signed a naming rights agreement: a very popular “marriage of values” for commercial purposes. In this article, Lavery lawyers answer questions fundamental to understanding the stakes involved in this practice.
IAMGOLD Corporation completed the sale of its Niobec Mine (Niobec), one of the world’s three niobium producers, for total consideration of US$530 million.
