Davies acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its $1.005-billion sale of a 50% interest in the Zaldívar copper mine in Chile to Chile-based Antofagasta Plc. With this agreement, Barrick formed a new joint venture partnership with Antofagasta, one of the world’s leading copper companies.
The Davies team on this transaction included Melanie Shishler, Joshua Kuretzky, Jennifer Grossklaus and Atanas Varbanov (Mergers & Acquisitions), Geoffrey Turner (Taxation), Sarah Powell (Environmental) and John Bodrug and Jim Dinning (Competition & Foreign Investment Review).
Canada Updates National Security Review Guidelines Amid Trade Tensions
Mar. 06, 2025 - Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Minister), François-Philippe Champagne, has announced an update to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) National Security Review Guidelines (Guidelines) to expressly include “the potential of the investment to undermine Canada’s economic...
Consultation on Proposed Guidelines on Environmental Claims and the Competition Act
Feb. 28, 2025 - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP (Davies) is pleased to provide this submission to the Competition Bureau (Bureau) in response to its December 2024 draft guidelines, Environmental Claims and the Competition Act. The Davies Competition group is recognized as a leader by clients, peers...
