199 Bay St, Suite 5300, Commerce Court West, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2011 (ON)
Steven Bennett is a partner and co-head of the mining group. He is also a member of the corporate, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity groups and the firm's emissions trading and climate change practice. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities, private equity transactions, and general corporate and commercial law. Bennett has significant experience representing domestic and international clients in interjurisdictional transactions in the mining and resources sector. Bennett has represented companies, boards of directors, special committees, management teams, private equity sponsors, hedge funds, financial advisors, and other transaction participants in a wide range of M&A transactions (including plans of arrangement, take-over bids, amalgamations, and share and asset purchase transactions), joint venture and option agreements, streaming transactions, royalties, and project acquisitions. Bennett also regularly advises issuers and investment dealers in connection with equity and debt offerings, and counsel’s clients on corporate governance and securities law and stock exchange compliance matters.