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Trevor Simpson

Associate
About

Trevor advises clients on a broad range of cross-border and domestic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, stock exchange listing transactions, and other corporate finance transactions, representing both issuers and financial institutions. He also supports clients by advising on ongoing securities law and stock exchange compliance and corporate governance matters.

Trevor has extensive experience in the mining and natural resources sector, where he regularly structures and negotiates complex transactions. He has acted for project developers, operators, option holders, strategic investors, underwriters and agents on the exploration, development, operation, and financing of mining projects around the world.

Trevor's prior experience includes serving as general counsel for a venture capital company, where he was responsible for all legal aspects of the company's transactions, operations, compliance, corporate governance, M&A, investments, joint ventures, financings, and other projects. Trevor's in-house experience provides him with unique insight into client’s perspectives and equips him to bring a practical and business-oriented approach to legal services.

Bar AdmissionsBritish Columbia, 2016

EXPERIENCE

Mining

  • Central Nevada Gold Corp. on its acquisition of the Mule Canyon Gold Mine from Newmont Corporation and its related acquisition financing (a total transaction value of US$85M), including a US$25M investment by Orion Resource Partners by way of an equity investment and gold and silver stream
  • Valhalla Metals Inc. on its acquisition of the Smucker copper-gold-silver-zinc project in the Ambler Mining District of Alaska from Teck Resources and its related acquisition financing, a total transaction value of US$30M
  • Aurion Resources in its acquisition by Agnico Eagle for aggregate consideration of approximately C$481M
  • Varvara Development Group Ltd. On its non-brokered private placement of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of C$15M
  • WhiteRock Lithium Corp. on its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange, valuing the company at A$280M
  • A mid-market US private equity firm in its sale of a copper property in Peru to a publicly-traded Canadian mining issuer, along with its concurrent investment in said issuer
  • A TSX/NYSE-listed Canadian gold miner in its acquisition of certain mineral properties in Mali from an international mining company

Technology/Industrials

  • Dream Photonics, a Top 10 finisher in the New Ventures BC competition, on its pre-seed financing round
  • A Brazilian-based fintech company in its merger with another fintech company to create a company with a loan portfolio of approximately BRL$1.5B
  • A hydrogen technology infrastructure company in the investment in the company of approximately C$200M by a NASDAQ-listed industrials issuer and a US private equity fund
  • A leading Canadian insurance adjustment firm with respect to its acquisition by a UK-headquartered global legal services company
  • A Vancouver-based consumer packaged goods company with respect to its "Series A" investment by an investment group based in San Francisco
Languages
  • English

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 as “Ones to Watch” in Securities Law.
Education
  • J.D., University of British Columbia, 2015
  • BA (Economics, with Distinction), Vancouver Island University, 2012

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Law Society of British Columbia