Chris is a partner in the Tax & Trusts Group focusing on taxation matters. His work focuses primarily on public financings and general corporate taxation including mergers and acquisitions/divestitures, reorganizations, and estate planning. He is a contributor to Canadian Partnership Law published by Canada Law Book and a former contributing editor to Tax Administration Reports published by Carswell. He was a member of the CBA/CICA Joint Committee for submissions to the Department of Finance on draft GST Legislation and has been a tax instructor for the Bar Admissions Course of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Achievements · Martindale-Hubbell, BV Distinguished™ rating Associations · Canadian Bar Association · Canadian Tax Foundation · Ontario Bar Association Transactions Cassels Brock Represents Front Street Capital as It Raises $30 Million from the Offering of Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units, 01/05/2012 Cassels Brock Acts for the Agent as Brigus Gold Corp. Completes an $8.17 Million Flow-Through Share Financing, 12/05/2011 Cassels Brock Acts for Grayd Resource Corporation in the Sale of All Its Outstanding Shares to Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, 12/02/2011 Cassels Brock Represents Stone 2011 Flow-Through Limited Partnership in Its $9.3 Million Initial Public Offering, 11/30/2011 Cassels Brock Acts for Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. in its $50 Million Public Offering, 11/29/2011 Cassels Brock Represents Colossus Minerals Inc. in Its $86,250,000 Bought Deal Financing and Over-Allotment Option Exercise, 11/09/2011 Cassels Brock Acts for the Agents as Armistice Resources Corp. Completes Its $14M Equity Offering, 11/01/2011 Cassels Brock Represents the Underwriters as Algonquin Power Completes an $85M Public Offering, 10/31/2011 Luna Gold Raises $39.35 Million in Prospectus Offering and South American Private Placement, 09/30/2011 Cassels Brock Acts for the Agent as Queenston Mining Inc. Raises $25 Million Through the Sale of Flow-Through Common Shares, 09/29/2011 Cassels Brock Acts For Front Street Capital As It Raises $24 Million From The Offering Of Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units, 09/28/2011 Cassels Brock Represents Avion Gold in $57 Million Financing, 09/01/2011 Cassels Brock Acts For EcoSynthetix Inc. As It Closes Its $100 Million Initial Public Offering, 08/16/2011 Cassels Brock Act For The Underwriters As BTB Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Closing Of $23 Million Issue Of Convertible Debentures, 07/18/2011 Cassels Brock Acts For the Agents As Huldra Silver Inc. Closes Special Warrant Offering, 07/14/2011 Cassels Brock Acts For the Underwriters As Ram Power Completes Offering, 06/18/2011 Cassels Brock Acts For The Underwriters In Pacific & Western Credit Corp.'s $16.8 Million Offering, 06/18/2011 Cassels Brock Represents Northquest Ltd. In The Completion Of Its $2.7 Million Private Placement, 05/31/2011 Cassels Brock Represents IronOne Inc. In Its $3.7 million Private Placement, 05/31/2011 Cassels Brock Represents Kria Resources Ltd. In The Completion Of Its Business Combination Agreement With Trevali Mining Corporation, 04/08/2011 Crocodile Gold Corp. Announces Closing of C$85 Million Bought Deal Financing, 04/06/2011 Stonegate Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option in Connection With Secondary Offering, 04/06/2011 Belo Sun Announces Closing of $51.8 Million Equity Offering Including Exercise in Full of Over-Allotment, 04/01/2011 Duluth Metals Limited Acquires Franconia Minerals Corporation for $77 Million, 03/28/2011 Amica Mature Lifestyles Completes $23.6 Million Financing, 03/24/2011 Treasury Metals Inc. Closes $5 Million Private Placement, 03/23/2011 Denison Mines Closes $65 Million "Bought Deal" Financing, 03/15/2011 Front Street Capital Raises $129 Million from Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units Offering, 03/15/2011 North American Palladium Completes $22 Million Flow-Through Financing, 03/11/2011 Stonegate Closes $43.75 Million Secondary Offering by Sprott Resource Corp., 03/10/2011 Confederation Minerals Closes $10.7 Million Private Placement Financing, 03/04/2011 VMS Ventures Inc. Closes $5 Million Private Placement, 03/01/2011 Uranium North Completes $8 Million Brokered Private Placement, 02/22/2011 Stornoway Closes $35 Million Equity Financing, 01/27/2011 Anaconda Mining Inc. and New Island Resources Inc. Complete Business Combination, 01/20/2011 BTB Real Estate Investment Trust Closes Public Offering of $23 Million Convertible Debentures, 01/17/2011 EMED Mining Closes $35 Million Initial Public Offering in Canada and Concurrent Private Placement in the UK, 12/21/2010 Denison Mines Corp. Closes $65 Million Financing, 12/14/2010 Excelsior Closes Business Combination With AzTech, 10/15/2010 Salares and Talison Close $40 Million Growth Financing, 09/13/2010 Uranium One Completes $260 Million Bought Deal Financing of Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures, 07/07/2010 TAG Oil Closes $20 Million Equity Financing, 06/18/2010 Stone 2010 Flow-Through Limited Partnership Closes $12 Million Initial Public Offering, 06/17/2010 QUADRA and FNX Merge to Create New Leading Intermediate Copper Producer, 06/14/2010 Bennett Environmental Inc. Completes $25 Million Bought Deal Offering, 06/11/2010 Stonegate Agricom Completes $45 Million Initial Public Offering, 04/28/2010 Westaim Completes JEVCO Acquisition, 04/05/2010 Front Street Capital Raises Over $90 Million in Flow-Through Limited Partnership Units Offering, 03/22/2010 Alexis Minerals Completes Offer for Garson Gold Corp., 03/08/2010 Mirabela Nickel Ltd Completes $12,650,000 Private Placement, 01/21/2010 Greenwich and Xinergy Complete Business Combination, 01/15/2010 MBAC Fertilizer Corp. Completes Acquisition of MBAC Opportunities and Financing Inc., 01/14/2010 Ontex Resources Limited and Roxmark Mines Limited Merge to Form Goldstone Resources Inc., 01/12/2010 Mirabela Nickel Completes $45 Million Equity Offering, 08/14/2009 Stone 2008 Flow-Through Limited Partnership Closes $19 Million IPO, 06/10/2008 Stone Agribusiness Fund Completes $43 Million IPO, 04/14/2008 MedX Health Completes Public Offering, 01/31/2008 |