fred r. pletcher

FRED R. PLETCHER
Associé
T 604.640.4245
F 604.622.5802
Vancouver
[email protected]
http://www.linkedin.com/in/fred
pletcher
Droit minier
Financement des entreprises et valeurs mobilières
Comités de gouvernance et comités spéciaux
Valeurs mobilières, marchés financiers et sociétés ouvertes
Droit des affaires et droit des sociétés
Fusions et acquisitions
Saskatchewan
Corée
Chine
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLM, Columbia University, 1993
Fred Pletcher is Chair of our National Mining Group and a partner in our Securities and
Capital Markets Group. Based in Vancouver, Fred focuses his practice on mining,
corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, securities and
general corporate commercial work. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in these
areas by the foremost legal rankings publications.
LLB, University of Toronto, 1991
AB (magna cum laude), Harvard
University, 1988 British Columbia, 1993
Activités professionnelles
Director, K+S Legacy GP Inc., which
is currently constructing the Legacy
potash mine and production facility in
Saskatchewan, 2011-present
Trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation, 2009-11; International
Co-Cha​ir, 54th Annual Rocky
Mountain Mineral Law Institute,
Snowmass, Colorado, 2008; Mining
Co-Chair, 50th Annual Rocky
Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Vail,
Colorado, 2004
In the mining field, Fred acts for Canadian and international mining companies in
connection with: acquisitions and dispositions of mines, development projects and
exploration properties; options agreements; joint venture agreements; project finance;
royalty, streaming, off-take and ore sales agreements; confidentiality agreements;
tenure issues; permitting; and NI 43-101 reporting obligations. In the area of corporate
finance, he acts for both issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of public debt and
equity offerings and private placements, including: IPOs; cross-border and MJDS
offerings; and income fund, REIT, structured and flow-through product offerings. In
M&A transactions, Fred acts for acquirers, targets and special committees in
connection with: friendly and unsolicited take-over bids; plans of arrangement and
amalgamations; proxy fights; asset purchases and sales; and spin-offs. He also advises
Canadian public companies, boards of directors and special committees on corporate
governance matters and day-to-day securities compliance issues.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Adjunct Professor, University of
British Columbia Faculty of Law,
1999-2002

Counsel to Alterra Power Corp. on a C$110 million loan facility with affiliates of
AMP Capital Investors Limited in connection with the 62 MW Jimmie Creek
hydro project and the 204 MW Shannon wind project.
Member, Toronto Stock Exchange
Listings Advisory Committee, 2014Present

​Counsel to Lumina Copper Corp. on its $470-million acquisition by First
Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Member, Vancouver Stock Exchange
Advisory Committee, 1998-99

Counsel to Anfield Nickel Corp. in connection with the $61-million sale of its
Mayaniquel nickel laterite deposit in Guatemala to Cunico Resources NV.
Member, Prospectors and Developers

Underwriters’ Counsel on a $1-billion in public offerings of debentures by
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Association of Canada and the
Canadian Institute of Mining,
Metallurgy and Petroleum
Cameco Corporation.

Counsel to Pan American Silver Corp. on its $1.5-billion acquisition of
Minefinders Corporation Ltd.

Counsel to Eldorado Gold Corporation in connection with its $2.5-billion
acquisition of European Goldfields Limited.

Counsel to Miedzi Copper Corp. in connection with a $100-million private
equity financing.

Counsel to Northern Property Real Estate Investment Trust and NorSerCo Inc.
on a $66-million bought deal offering of stapled units.

Counsel to Lumina Royalty Corp. in connection with its spin-off from Lumina
Copper Corp. and its subsequent US $66-million acquisition by Franco-Nevada
Corporation.

Counsel to the Special Committee of Far West Mining Ltd. on its $725-million
acquisition by Capstone Mining Corp. and Korea Resources Corporation.

Counsel to K+ S Aktiengesellschaft on its $434-million friendly take-over bid for
Potash One Inc.

Canadian counsel to Avoca Resources Limited on its $2-billion merger with
Anatolia Minerals Development Limited.

Counsel to Goldcorp Inc. on the establishment of a gold stream on the Agua
Rica project in connection with the restructuring of its Minera Alumbrera joint
venture with Xstrata Copper and Yamana Gold Inc.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Editorial Board, Securities Law and Practice, 3rd Edition, Thomson Carswell,
2004-present

Co-Chair, “Securities Law - Advanced Issues,” The Continuing Legal Education
Society of British Columbia, 2004-present.

Instructor, Canadian Securities Regulation Course (Vancouver and Calgary),
Insight Information, 2000-2013.

Author, “Force Majeure (and other useful French profanities)”, 59 Rocky Mt.
Min. L. Inst. 17-1, 2013 (with Anthony Zoobkoff).

Author, “ROFR Madness! Rights of First Refusal in Mining and Oil & Gas
Transactions,”56 Rocky Mt. Min L. Inst. 4-1, 2010 (with Anthony Zoobkoff).

Author/Speaker, “Mining Joint Ventures – Structures and Agreements – North
America,” International Bar Association Section Biennial Conference on
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources & Infrastructure, in Copenhagen,
2008.

Author, “Gotcha! Turning Confidentiality and Standstill Agreements into Gold
Mines,” 53 Rocky Mt. Min L. Inst. 28-1, 2007 (with Anthony Zoobkoff).

Author, “What is a Canadian Junior, Eh? Doing Business with Canadian
Exploration and Mining Companies,” 51 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 16-1,2005 (with
Graham H. Scott).
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Author, “Canadian Valuation Cases of Note and Developments in the Law
Regarding Expert Evidence,” Journal of Business Valuation 105, 1991 (with
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RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS
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Recognized in the 2017 (and since 2014) editions of Chambers Latin
America — Latin America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Projects: Mining Leading Canadian Firms (Latin America-wide)).
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​Recognized in the 2016 (and since 2013) editions of the Lexpert® Guide to the
Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada (Corporate
Finance & Securities; Mergers & Acquisitions; Mining​).​

Recognized as a leading corporate lawyer in the 2016 Lexpert®/Report on
Business Corporate Special Edition.

Recognized in the 2016 edition (and since 2012) of Chambers Global — The
World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
(Canada), Projects: Mining: Leading Canadian Firms (Latin America-wide)).
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Recognized in the 2017 and 2015 editions of Chambers Canada – Canada's
Leading Lawyers for Business (Corporate/Commercial : British Columbia,
Energy and Natural resources: Mining).
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Recommended in the 2017 and 2016 editions of Legal 500 Canada (Corporate
and M&A).
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Recognized in the 2017 edition of The Legal 500 Canada as a leading lawyer
(Capital Markets, Energy: Mining).
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Recognized in the 2016 (and since 2012) editions of The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Finance &
Securities, Corporate Mid-Market, Mining). Also recognized in the 2015, 2014
and 2013 editions of the Lexpert® Special Edition on the Leading Corporate Lawyers.
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Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition (and since 2008) of The
Best Lawyers in Canada® for Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Natural Resources Law, and Securities Law, and in 2017 for Mining Law.

Recognized in the 2016 (and since 2013) editions of The Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory (Mining, Corporate Finance & Securities, Mergers &
Acquisitions, Corporate Mid-Market, Corporate Commercial Law).

Recognized in the 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 editions of Who's Who Legal:
Canada (Mining).
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Recognized as a most highly regarded individual by the 2015 and 2014 Who's
Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers.

Recognized as a leading Canadian lawyer in the 2016/2015 Lexpert® Special Edition on Global Mining.
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