Media Alert - Cassels Brock adds three mining law partners to its Vancouver office

Gordon R. Chambers, H. Jane Murdoch and M. Joanna Cameron join the firm

VANCOUVER, May 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Prominent British Columbia mining lawyers Gordon R. Chambers, H. Jane Murdoch and M. Joanna Cameron have joined the Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Vancouver office as partners in the firm's top-ranked Mining Group.

Well known for their expertise in advising dual-listed issuers, particularly Australian mining companies listed on both the ASX and TSX, the three new partners will contribute significantly to the firm's expansion of its global natural resources practice and are strategic additions to the firm's new Vancouver location, which opened last month.

"International expansion was a key factor in our decision to open an office in Vancouver, and Gordon, Jane and Joanna serve an impressive client base of mining companies in Western Australia, which is one of our target areas for growth," noted Mark Young, the firm's Managing Partner.  "In return, Cassels Brock has more than 35 dedicated mining lawyers and the full range of resources in Toronto and Vancouver that a mining company could need, which will be of great benefit to our new partners' TSX-listed clients.  So the synergy really couldn't be better."

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a leading Canadian law firm focused on serving the transaction, advocacy and advisory needs of Canada's most dynamic business sectors.  The firm is regularly named at or near the top of Canadian and international corporate finance and M&A league tables, including Bloomberg, Thomson and MergerMarket, particularly in the mining sector, having acted on more than 500 significant resource deals over the past five years, including many of the country's largest and most complex.

Mark Young, Managing Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP 
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Kelli Wight, Director, Business Development, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP 
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