Media Alert - Cassels Brock continues Vancouver expansion

John T.C. Christian joins the firm's securities and corporate finance practice

VANCOUVER, July 8, 2013 /CNW/ - John T.C. Christian, a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience acting for issuers and underwriters in British Columbia, has joined the Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Vancouver office as a partner in the firm's top-ranked securities and corporate finance group.

Highly regarded for his legal skills and transaction management capabilities in connection with sophisticated public and private offerings, corporate restructurings and reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions and investment funds formation, John works extensively with companies in the natural resources sector, an area in which Cassels Brock is internationally acclaimed.

"John will be a tremendous asset to our Vancouver team, and we're delighted that he has agreed to continue his practice with us," notes Mark Young, the firm's Managing Partner. "His expertise will further enhance the level of service we can offer to our clients across the country and around the world."

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.

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Mark Young, Managing Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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