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Abbas Ali Khan practises in the areas of securities and corporate commercial law, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisition transactions, and structured financial products, with a focus on the mining and technology industries.

Abbas acts for Canadian and international mining companies involved in public equity and debt offerings, private placements, reverse takeover transactions, mergers and acquisitions and stock exchange listings with properties in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, Africa and Australia. Abbas also advises exploration, development, producing and royalty companies on Canadian securities law matters (including compliance with National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators in respect of mineral project disclosure), joint ventures, property acquisitions, royalty acquisitions and earn-in agreements. Abbas also acts for investment dealers in equity and debt offerings and mergers and acquisition transactions and advises board of directors and special committees on securities law compliance matters, corporate governance and related party transactions.

Abbas acts for issuers and underwriters in domestic and international public equity and debt offerings and private placements; mergers and acquisitions and other business combinations. He also advises public companies on Canadian securities laws (including continuous disclosure and regulatory compliance).

Abbas's experience includes over a year working on transactions in the structured products group of a leading Canadian investment bank.

Abbas is a member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the Canadian Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, and Ontario Securities Commission Disclosure Advisory Committee. In the community, he is a board member of Horizons for Youth, a non-profit, emergency shelter dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk youth.

,,He answers questions succinctly, he's organized, he's smart and he's experienced. He prioritizes the issues and handles them appropriately.,,

What Clients Say

Client Work

Organigram Global in its acquisition of Collective Project, a cannabis and hemp-derived beverage company
Magna Mining in its C$33.5-million “best efforts” brokered private placement of convertible debentures and common shares
i-80 Gold in its US$184-million bought deal public offering and related private placement of units
Excellon Resources in its C$8-million brokered private placement of units
Dore Copper Mining in its sale to Cygnus Metals by way of plan of arrangement
Gold Flora, LLC in its business combination with TPCO Holding Corp. (The Parent Company), to create a leading vertically-integrated California cannabis company.

Recognitions & Awards

Chambers Canada

Band 4, Energy & Natural Resources: Mining

Chambers Global

Band 4, Mining (International & Cross Border)

The Legal 500 Canada

Leading Lawyer, Energy and Natural Resources — Mining

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Consistently Recommended, Corporate Finance & Securities; Environmental, Social & Governance ESG; Mining
Repeatedly Recommended, Corporate Commercial Law; Mergers & Acquisitions

Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada

Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of Corporate Finance & Securities
Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of Mining

Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada

Ranked, Mining

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • York University, BA (Hons.), 1995
  • Schulich School of Business, York University, MBA, 1999
  • Osgoode Hall, York University, JD, 1999

Bar Admissions

  • Ontario, 2001

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