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Jeffrey P. Roy

Jeffrey is a partner in our Securities Group. His practice focuses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He regularly advises clients on initial public offerings, private placements, takeover bids, arrangements and similar transactions. Increasingly, Jeffrey has been involved with cross-border and international mergers and acquisitions.

From 2002 to 2005 Jeffrey served as a member of the Securities Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission.

Notable recent transactions in which Jeffrey has been or is currently involved include:

• The acquisition of Moto Goldmines Limited by Red Back Mining Inc.
• The completion of a $250 million rights issue by Katanga Mining Limited
• The acquisition of Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd. by Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation
• The acquisition of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. by Goldcorp Inc.
• The acquisition of Skye Resources Inc. by HudBay Minerals Inc.
• The three-way merger of New Gold Inc., Metallica Resources Inc. and Peak Gold Ltd.
• The acquisition of Scandinavian Minerals Inc. by First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
• The acquisition of Nikanor Plc by Katanga Mining Limited

For four years, Jeffrey was also an Adjunct Professor on the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, where he lectured on topics in corporate and securities law. He has written and spoken on various topics in securities and banking law.

Education

LL.B., University of Ottawa, 1980

Achievements

• Martindale-Hubbell, BV Distinguished™ rating

Call to the bar

Ontario, 1986
Alberta, 1981
Bermuda, 1994
England, 1994

Associations

• Bars of Alberta, Ontario and England
• Canadian Bar Association

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