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Andrew N. Disipio

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Andrew Disipio, Head of Mining, practices corporate and securities law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, private equity and corporate finance.

Andrew is Chambers-ranked and repeatedly recommended by Lexpert for Mining.

Andrew has significant expertise in both public and private M&A, having acted on plans of arrangement, take-over bids, share and asset acquisitions, joint ventures and complex corporate reorganizations. Andrew also acts for issuers and underwriters on equity and debt financings, including shelf and short form prospectus offerings and private placements, as well as reverse takeovers and stock exchange listings.

While Andrew acts for clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, gaming, consumer products, media & telecom, financial services, real estate and retail, he focuses on the mining and metals sector as Head of the Firm's Mining Group.

Andrew assists mining clients through every phase of their business, from inception through to exploration, extraction, development and production. His commitment to providing comprehensive legal solutions, combined with his deep understanding of the mining industry, has made him a trusted and long-standing advisor to his clients.

What Clients Say, Chambers Canada 2024

"Andrew's client service and general level of service, level of sophistication and commercial awareness and vision are very strong. Andrew is a highly skilled details man with high energy, fight and efficiency."

In addition to transactional work, Andrew provides ongoing counsel to public companies on their disclosure, corporate governance and other corporate and securities law obligations. Andrew takes a practical, client-focused approach to legal advice with a view of building long-term relationships with key clients.

What Clients Say, Chambers Canada 2024

"Andrew is the consummate professional whom I trust to deliver a successful outcome for us and our clients. He is practical, commercial and has good awareness on which issues to press on and which to move on from."

Andrew has served on a number of Bennett Jones' national committees, including the Firm's Partnership Admission Committee and Governance Committee, as well as the Toronto Student Committee.

 

Education

Queen's University, BComm (Hons., Finance), 2007 University of Pittsburgh, JD, 2011, cum laude Osgoode Hall Law School, LLM, 2012 

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New York, 2012 Ontario, 2013 

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O3 Mining in its $204 million-acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited by way of a negotiated take-over bid 
Osisko Metals in its C$107.4-million "bought deal" brokered private placement of flow-through and hard units
Haywood Securities, as lead underwriter, in its underwritten bought deal private placement offering of units of First Nordic Metals for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$11.5-million
Osisko Development in its US$57.5-million brokered private placement of units
Western Exploration in its C$1.7-million non-brokered private placement of units
O3 Mining in its C$21-million "bought deal" public offering of units
Osisko Mining in its approximately C$2-billion sale to Gold Fields
Enablence Technologies Inc. in its debt financing package with Pinnacle Island LP, which included a $4.3-million secured non-revolving term loan and an $11-million amendment
 
Osisko Mining Inc. on its earn-in and joint venture on certain mineral properties held by Bonterra Resources Inc. in Quebec's Eeyou Istchee James Bay region
O3 Mining Inc. and Osisko Development Corp., in the spin-out transaction resulting in the formation of a new venture, Electric Elements Mining Corp., and its subsequent seed round equity financing
O3 Mining Inc. in its $18.5-million non-brokered private placement of common and flow-through shares
Osisko Mining Inc. in its 50-50 joint venture with Gold Fields Limited for the joint ownership and development of Osisko’s Windfall gold project, located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Urban Township, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Québec
The syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Eight Capital and Sprott Capital Partners, in the $26-million initial public offering of 52,900,000 units of Silver Mountain Resources Inc.      
Osisko Metals Incorporated in its joint venture transaction with Appian Natural Resources Fund III LP,  in which Appian acquired a 60% interest in Pine Point Project for approximately $100-million
Nippon Steel Corporation in its $1.15-billion investment in Elk Valley Resources Ltd., a steelmaking coal business to be spun-out as an independent public company from Teck Resources Ltd.
Acquisition of IBI Group Inc. by Arcadis NV for $873 million via a plan of arrangement
Park Lawn Corporation, in connection with its bought deal prospectus offering of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $148.5-million
Noront Resources Ltd., in its approximately $9.7-million private placement of an aggregate of 34,403,748 common shares.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (Osisko Royalties) in connection with the "spin-out" of its mining assets and certain marketable securities to form "Osisko Development Corp." (Osisko Development), a newly-listed issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange, by way of a "reverse takeover" of Barolo Ventures Corp., and concurrent private placements of subscription receipts and flow-through shares for aggregate gross proceeds of over $250 million, and an implied market capitalization of approximately $1 billion.  
Paradigm Capital Inc., co-leading a syndicate of agents, in the $18-million public offering by Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust
IBI Group Inc., in connection with its bought deal prospectus offering and concurrent private placement of $46,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior unsecured debentures
Excellon Resources Inc., in its $32.3-million acquisition of Otis Gold Corp by way of a Statutory Plan of Arrangement under the BCBCA
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd, in its approximately $338-million acquisition of Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.
BSM Technologies Inc., in its approximately $117.3 million sale to Geotab Inc. by way of plan of arrangement
Crius Energy Trust, in its acquisitions by Vistra Energy
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its $300-million offering of senior unsecured debentures
Crius Energy Trust, in its acquisition of U.S. Gas & Electric, Inc. for US$172.5 million and its bought deal offering of C$116.5 million of trust units to fund a portion of the purchase price
Ascendant Resources Inc., in its $19.5-million brokered private placement of subscription receipts through Dundee Capital Partners qualified by prospectus
Crius Energy Trust, in completing the acquisition of remaining interest in Crius Energy, LLC
Seabridge Gold, Inc., in its proposed acquisition of SnipGold Corp. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $10.8 million in stock
Calico Resources Corp., in its business combination with Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets for a bought deal prospectus offering of approximately $173 million
Oban Mining Corporation, in its acquisition of NioGold Mining Corp. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $60 million and concurrent $12.6 million private placement of subscription receipts
Oban Mining Corporation, in its acquisition of Northern Gold Mining Inc. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement
C2C Industrial Properties Inc., in its $226-million acquisition by Dundee Industrial REIT
A syndicate of agents led by Dundee Securities Ltd., in a private placement financing of units of Dunav Resources Ltd. raising gross proceeds of $15 million
A syndicate of underwriters co-led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and National Bank Financial Inc., in a bought deal short form prospectus offering in Canada and private placement in the United States of 56,465,000 common shares by Yamana Gold Inc. for gross proceeds of $299,264,500
Crius Energy Trust, in its $100-million initial public offering of trust units
Crius Energy Trust, in its $46.1-million bought deal short form prospectus offering co-led by Cormark Securities Inc., Scotiabank and RBC Capital Markets, and including Desjardins Capital Markets and Mackie Research Capital Corporation for the primary purpose of increasing its ownership in Crius Energy, LLC from $26.8% to 43.1%
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited, in its $200-million high yield note offering in Canada and the U.S. as part of a $510-million refinancing
Glencore International, in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Viterra for approximately $6.1 billion by way of a plan of arrangement and the sale of certain assets of Viterra to each of Agrium and Richardson International for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion
Holloway Lodging Real Estate Investment Trust, in the implementation of its conversion from an income trust structure to a corporate structure by way of a plan of arrangement
Noront Resources Ltd., in its acquisition of chromite properties in the Ring of Fire mineral region in northern Ontario from certain subsidiaries of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. for a purchase price of US$27.5 million pursuant to an Approval and Vesting Order granted by the Québec Superior Court on April 28, 2015
Oban Mining Corporation, in a $13.1-million private placement of flow-through shares. 
Oban Mining Corporation, in a proposed five-way combination of Oban with Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation, Temex Resources Corp., Ryan Gold Corp. and Corona Gold Corporation and a concurrent strategic investment in Oban of up to $20 million by Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, co-led by Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and RBC Capital Markets for a bought deal private placement of approximately $200 million
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in its business combination to acquire Virginia Mines Inc. for approximately $461 million
Osisko Mining Corporation, in its response to Goldcorp Inc's unsolicited offer and subsequent agreement with Yamana Gold Inc. and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited to jointly acquire 100% of Osisko's issued and outstanding common shares for total consideration of $3.9 billion
Quantum International Income Corp., in its $20-million bought deal short form prospectus offering of subscription receipts led by Mackie Research Capital Corporation and including Canaccord Geunity Corp
Sendero Mining Corp., (formerly QRS Capital Corp.) in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Halo Resources Ltd. pursuant to a plan of arrangement
The Catalyst Capital Group Inc., in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Advantage-Rent-a-Car pursuant to a sale process under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code
Threshold Power Trust, in its proposed initial public offering of trust units
Wheels Group, Inc., in its corporate reorganization and subsequent acquisition by Radiant Logistics Inc. pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement for approximately $100 million

Recent Recognition

Chambers Canada
Ranked, Up and Coming, Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Repeatedly Recommended, Mining; Corporate Finance & Securities

 

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