CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Darrell Podowski, Brian Dominique, Joel Matson and Christa Alvernaz, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a Canadian law firm focused on serving the transaction, op - erational, advocacy and advisory needs of the country’s most dynamic business sectors. It of - fers the largest and most experienced dedicated mining group of any major Canadian law firm, representing a veritable “who’s who” of mining and natural resources clients. It is also the go- to firm for junior mining companies looking to grow into large entities or position themselves for acquisition. Each year, Cassels acts on more
than 100 of the most significant mining M&A and corporate finance transactions around the world from its offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. In addition to the authors of this Prac - tice Guide set out below, the firm would like to thank its members Davit Akman, Jeremy Bar - retto, Corinne Grigoriu, Tom Isaac, Arend Hoek - stra, Eric Buist, Neil Burnside, Devon Cambell and Harjan Padda for their contributions to this chapter.
Authors
Darrell Podowski is a partner in the mining group at Cassels. He advises mining companies on joint venture transactions, going-public transactions, corporate finance, M&A
Brian Dominique is a partner in the mining group at Cassels. He practises business law and has broad experience in real estate, focusing on the mining and electricity sectors, infrastructure
transactions and general corporate commercial matters in Canada and internationally. Having spent seven years as an exploration geophysicist with Amoco Canada Petroleum Company and four years’ as in-house corporate counsel to Teck Resources Limited, Darrell has a particularly strong understanding of the practical commercial needs of his clients. He is a member of the Association of Mineral Exploration BC and the Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law, and is the Co-Chair of the Mining Committee of the International Bar Association.
(including public/private partnerships) and related Indigenous law matters. Brian has negotiated a broad spectrum of complex commercial/operational contracts particular to the mining, electricity and infrastructure sectors, including contractual and corporate joint ventures, access/easement agreements, electricity development/transmission/supply, consulting, metals sales, offtake and ore processing/refining agreements, railway and port development and shipping agreements, project development/construction and EPC/ EPCM agreements, and agreements with/on behalf of Indigenous groups.
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