As a partner in the Securities Group, Jennifer represents both issuers and investment dealers in connection with public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and other financing transactions. She has particular expertise and experience in the resource sector and has played an integral role in managing some of the largest and most complex corporate finance and M&A deals in the mining industry in Canada.
In addition to transactional work, Jennifer regularly advises public companies regarding general corporate and securities law matters, including continuous disclosure, corporate governance and Canadian stock exchange issues.
Jennifer was selected as one of Lexpert's Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 in 2011. She is also a member of the Cassels Brock Women's Practice Development Committee and co-chairs the Cassels Brock Women in Mining.
Her Corporate Finance experience includes representing:
· Standstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. in two equity financings aggregating $150 million
· Canaco Resources Inc. in its $120 million treasury bought deal equity financing with concurrent $43 million secondary bought deal equity financing by SinoTech (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited
· Canada Lithium Corp. in its $126.5 million bought deal equity financing
· Tigray Resources in its $5.25 million non-brokered private placement
· Stonegate Agricom Ltd. in its $50 million initial public offering
· Stonegate in Sprott Resource Corp.'s $50 million secondary offering of common shares of Stonegate
· Sandstorm Gold Ltd. in its $57.5 million bought deal equity financing
· Goldcorp Inc. in its US$1.6 billion secondary offering of Silver Wheaton shares
· Goldcorp in its US$862.5 million convertible debt offering
· Silver Wheaton Corp. in its $287.5 million bought deal equity financing
· Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. in its $235 million bought deal equity financing
· FNX Mining Company Inc. in its $144 million bought deal equity financing
· Gold Wheaton Gold Corp. in its $260 million private placement to fund its first streaming agreement with FNX Mining
· Sandstorm Gold in its $46.8 million prospectus offering to fund its first two streaming agreements with Luna Gold and SilverCrest and further prospectus offering of $36.8 million
· Goldcorp and Silver Wheaton in their early warrant exercise incentive transactions, raising US$450 million and $120 million, respectively
· BMO Capital Markets as underwriter for Reunion Gold Corporation in its $40 million private placement
· GMP Securities L.P. as agent for Tolima Gold Corp. in two financings aggregating $40 million
· TD Securities Inc. as underwriter for Cline Mining Corporation in two financings aggregating $144 million
· Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. as underwriter for Quadra Mining in three financings aggregating $432.5 million
· BMO Capital Markets as underwriter for Andina Minerals in three financings aggregating $70 million
· Paradigm Capital Inc. as agent for Marengo Mining Limited (Australian company) in its initial public offering in Canada and over five financings aggregating $135 million
Her Mergers and Acquisitions experience includes representing:
· Grayd Resource Corporation as the target of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited's $275 million take-over bid
· Goldcorp in its $3.6 billion acquisition of Andean Resources Limited
· The recipient of Lexpert's 2008 Canadian Deal Makers Mining Award, Goldcorp in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Gold Eagle Mines
· Goldcorp in its $250 million acquisition of Canplats Resources
· Goldcorp in its US$10 billion business combination with Glamis Gold
· Goldcorp in its US$1.6 billion acquisition of certain mining assets and interests of Placer Dome from Barrick Gold
· Goldcorp in its US$420 million acquisition of the Éléonore gold project and spin off of Virginia Gold Mines
· Silver Wheaton in its $190 million acquisition of Silverstone Resources
· New Gold Inc. in its $1.2 billion business combination with Western Goldfields
· Peak Gold Ltd. (now New Gold) in its US$1.6 billion three-way merger with New Gold and Metallica Resources
· Thompson Creek (formerly Blue Pearl Mining) in its US$575 million acquisition of the private company Thompson Creek Metals
· Sandstorm Gold in its spin-out of Sandstorm Metals & Energy
· Canaco Resources in its spin-out of Tigray Resources
Associations
· Canadian Bar Association
· Ontario Bar Association
· Vancouver Board of Trade
· Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Transactions
Cassels Brock Acts for the Agents as Tolima Gold Inc. Completes Its Reverse Take-Over Transaction, 01/06/2012
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 Acts for Tigray Resources Inc. as It Closes a $5.25 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement, 09/28/2011
Cassels Brock Acts for Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. in $49 Million Bought Deal Financing, 08/03/2011
Cline Mining Corporation Announces Closing of $86 Million Equity Offering, 06/07/2011
Reunion Gold Corporation Announces Closing of $40,250,000 Bought Deal Financing, 04/25/2011
Stonegate Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option in Connection With Secondary Offering, 04/06/2011
Canaco Completes $120 Million Treasury Bought Deal Financing and $43 Million Secondary Bought Deal Financing, 03/28/2011
Tolima Gold Corp. Closes $15 Million Private Placement, 03/23/2011
Goldcorp Completes Sale of Escobal Silver Deposit for US$505 Million, 08/10/2010
Stonegate Agricom Completes $45 Million Initial Public Offering, 04/28/2010
Sandstorm Resources Ltd. Completes $36.8 Million Equity Financing, 10/14/2009
New Gold Completes US$1.6 Billion Business Combination with Metallica Resources and Peak Gold, 06/30/2008
In The News
Jennifer Traub Featured in Lexpert Article Mining: Old Resources, New Frontiers