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Nadim Wakeam

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Practice Areas

Call To The Bar

  • Called to the Bar of Ontario, 1985

Education

  • LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1983
  • B.A., University of Toronto, 1976

Assistant

Amanda Poirier
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 Overview

Nadim Wakeam has a broad and deep range of corporate, commercial and securities law experience. Clients draw on his expertise in corporate and governance matters, corporate finance, M&A, divestitures, shareholder disputes, regulatory and stock exchange compliance and a wide variety of commercial arrangements. Nadim advises boards, executive teams, entrepreneurs and investment dealers and acts for domestic and foreign clients in various industries, including mining and technology.  Nadim believes in proactive involvement in his client’s affairs and his approach is to plan and structure his client’s affairs to avoid legal disputes and regulatory enforcement problems later.  He is the Chair of the firm's Mining Group.

 Education
  • LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1983
  • B.A., University of Toronto, 1976
 Practice Areas
 Called to the Bar
  • Called to the Bar of Ontario, 1985
 Assistant
Amanda Poirier
 Experience

  • Acting on the initial public offering of the Capital Pool Company and completion of its qualifying transaction in the mining sector

  • Acting for a broker/dealer in a $13,000,000 bought deal private placement for an Ontario gold mining company

  • Acting for a broker/dealer in a $16,000,000 financing of a Canadian gold producer for the purchase of mining assets in Peru

  • Acting for an Ontario gold exploration company on its initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange

  • Acting for a Canadian base metals producer with operations in Thailand in a $14,000,000 private placement and on its initial public offering

  • Acting for a base metals mining company in a $25,000,000 private placement

  • Acting on the merger/reverse takeover of a TSX Venture listed mining company and associated private placement financing and  listing application.

  • Acting for a listed  public mining company on its merger with another public mining company and associated financing and listing application.

  • Acting for a portfolio manager in the creation of two investment trusts in the areas of structured finance and royalty streaming

  • Acting for a broker/dealer in a $8,000,000 private placement for an Ontario gold mining company

  • Acting on the merger/reverse takeover of a Capital Pool Company for a software technology  company and associated $4,000,000 private placement financing.

 Recognition

Recognition

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers® in Canada 2025 in the area of Mining Law
 Publications

Publications

 News

News

 Memberships

Memberships

  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Ontario Bar Association

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