Christopher (Chris) Norton is a partner in the Taxation Group at Cassels. Chris’ work focuses primarily on public financings and general corporate taxation including mergers and acquisitions/divestitures and reorganizations, with a particular focus on the mining industry.
Cassels
Canadian Corporate Law Firm
Christopher B. Norton
Partner |
Toronto
Achievements
- Martindale Hubbell, Distinguished™ Rating
Representative Work
- Horizonte Completes US$197 Million Equity Fundraise
- Quisitive Completes $40 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Canterra Minerals Acquires Strategic Land Position in Central Newfoundland
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Bonterra’s $11.66 Million Financing
- Kirkland Lake Gold and Agnico Eagle Announce Merger of Equals to Create Senior Gold Producer with Implied Market Capitalization of US$24 Billion
- Talisker Acquires New Carolin Gold
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Uranium Royalty’s US$40 Million At-the-Market Equity Program
- Cassels Represents Yamana Gold in Issuance of US$500 Million Unsecured Notes
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in EverGen’s $20 Million Initial Public Offering
- White Gold Completes $4.1 Million Brokered Private Placement
- Cassels Represents Paradigm Capital in Spectral Medical’s $10 Million Public Offering
- Cassels Represents Canaccord Genuity in Black Iron’s $11.5 Million Offering
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Lucara Diamond’s $41.4 Million Financing
- Nighthawk Completes $27 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Harborside Acquires Sublime for US$43.8 Million
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Gold Mountain’s $12 Million Private Placement
- S2 Minerals Completes Rights Offering and Lists on the CSE After Spin-Out from G2 Goldfields
- Churchill Resources Completes Qualifying Transaction and Lists on TSXV
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in KORE Mining’s $8 Million Bought Deal Public Offering
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Just Kitchen’s $17.5 Million Public Offering
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Vizsla’s $69 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Cassels Represents Canaccord in GoldSpot’s $11.5 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Goldshore Resources Acquires Moss Lake Project from Wesdome Gold for $57 Million
- Anaconda Mining Completes $8.5 Million Flow-Through Private Placement
- Collective Mining Completes Qualifying Transaction and Lists on the TSXV
- Quisitive Technology Solutions Acquires BankCard USA Merchant Services
- Cassels Represents Stifel GMP in Pasofino Gold’s $9 Million Public Offering
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Novo Resources’ $26.4 Million Private Placement of Special Warrants
- Josemaria Resources Completes $52 Million Financing
- Talisker Completes $19.1 Million Private Placement and Strategic Investment with New Gold
- Nighthawk Completes $10.95 Million Private Placement
- Quisitive Completes $62.6 Million of Financing Transactions
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Bonterra’s $17.5 Million Private Placement
- Cassels Represents Canaccord in Vizsla’s $15 Million ATM Program Launch
- Canopy Growth Completes Acquisition of Ace Valley
- NorthWest Completes $13 Million Private Placement
- GTEC Closes $23 Million Bought Deal Public Offering of Units
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Empress Royalty’s $15.75 Million Public Offering
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Giyani’s $11.5 Million Public Offering
- Talon Metals Completes $34.5 Million Bought Deal Public Offering
- Canopy Growth Enters US$750 Million Credit Facility
- United Lithium Announces Closing of $9.2 Million Private Placement Offering of Special Warrants
- Gold Terra Completes $2.88 Million Private Placement
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Monarch Mining’s $5.1 Million Bought Deal Private Placement
- Snowline Gold Acquires Yukon Properties and Begins Trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange
- Cassels Represents Eight Capital in Red Light Holland’s $11.6 Million Bought Deal Offering
- Cassels Represents Canaccord Genuity in Evergold’s $8 Million Bought Deal Private Placement
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Star Royalties’ Initial Public Offering
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Doré Copper Mining’s $11 Million Flow-Through Private Placement
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Moneta Porcupine Mines’ $19.6 Million Bought Deal Private Placement
- Corvus Gold Establishes US$12.6 Million At-The-Market Program
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Alexco Resource’s $11.7 Million Flow-Through Equity Financing
- Cassels Represents Eight Capital in Red Light Holland’s $9.77 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Yamana Gold Completes $200 Million Plan of Arrangement with Monarch Gold
- Havn Life Sciences Completes $11.5 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Sherpa II Holdings Completes Qualifying Transaction
- Talon Metals Completes $11.5 Million Public Offering
- Sun Metals and Serengeti Announce Merger and Concurrent $9 Million Financing
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Khiron Life Sciences’ $14.49 Million Financing
- Cassels Acts for Iconic Brewing Company in its Sale to Ace Hill Brewing Company
- Juno Corp. Completes $6.72 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in VitalHub’s $17 Million Public Offering
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Vext’s $6.9 Million Public Offering and $1.46 Million Private Placement
- Montage Gold Completes Initial Public Offering
- Standard Uranium Completes $3.4 Million Public Offering
- Lithium Americas Launches US$100 Million At-The-Market Program
- Auryn Acquires Eastmain Resources, Launches Fury Gold
- Cassels Represents the Agent in Orefinders Resources’ $5.5 Million Private Placement
- Cassels Represents the Agent in Mistango River Resources’ $3.1 Million Private Placement
- Contact Gold Completes $14.77 Million Public Offering and Retires Preferred Stock
- Canopy Growth and Acreage Implement Amended Arrangement
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Americas Gold and Silver’s $39.4 Million Financing
- Battle North Gold Completes $61 Million Public Offering of Common Shares and Flow-Through Shares
- ReconAfrica Completes $23 Million Public Offering
- Nighthawk Completes $12 Million Private Placement
- Josemaria Resources Completes $31 Million Financing
- Talisker Completes $23 Million Private Placement
- Cassels Represents BMO Capital Markets in Revival Gold’s $15 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Anaconda Mining Completes $5.51 Million Private Placement
- Integra Resources Lists on NYSE American
- Filo Mining Completes $41.7 Million Financing
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Freeman Gold’s $10.35 Million Oversubscribed Public Offering
- Mako Mining Completes $28.4 Million Private Placement
- Aurelius Completes $4.4 Million Equity Financing
- Cassels Represents Stifel GMP in Osino Resources’ $17.71 Million Bought Deal Offering
- Gold Terra Resource Corp. Completes $7.13 Million Financing
- Quisitive Completes $16 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Standard Uranium Completes $4.5 Million Public Offering
- Cassels Represents Paradigm Capital in Galway Metals’ $17.35 Million Financing
- Canopy Growth and Acreage Holdings Agree to Modify Plan of Arrangement
- New Gold Completes US$400 Million Senior Note Offering
- Troilus Completes $25 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in O3 Mining’s $40.2 Million Private Placement
- Cassels Represents Canaccord in Vizsla’s $4.6 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Cassels Represents Paradigm Capital in Spectral Medical’s $5.1 Million Public Offering
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Clean Air Metals’ $6.7 Million Private Placement Of Flow-Through Shares
- Cassels Represents BMO in Lundin Gold’s $57.5 Million Bought Deal Financing
- White Gold Corp. Completes $6 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement
- IMC International Mining Corp. Completes Brokered Private Placement
- Cassels Represents Eight Capital in Aleafia Health’s $14.95 Million Bought Deal Offering
- Cassels Represents Eight Capital in Radient’s $5.75 Million Equity Offering
- Sandstorm Gold Launches At-The-Market Program
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Americas Gold and Silver’s $28.75 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Novamera Inc. Completes Seed Round Financing
- Wheaton Precious Metals Launches At-The-Market Program
- Orla Mining Completes $75 Million Bought Deal Financing
- On Deck Canada Enters into $75 Million Revolving Credit Facility with Bank of Montreal
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Vitalhub’s $15.3 Million Bought Deal Public Offering
- Zijin Mining Completes US$1.4 Billion Acquisition of Continental Gold
- Cassels Represents Bank of Montreal in Connection with a Sponsor-Backed Credit Facility
- Rubicon Minerals Completes $9 Million Private Placement
- New Gold Announces $300 Million Partnership with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan at the New Afton Mine
- Talisker Completes $13.1 Million Bought Deal Private Placement
- Kirkland Lake Gold Completes $4.9 Billion Acquisition of Detour Gold
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Teranga Gold Corporation’s $140 Million Bought Deal Offering
- Talisker Completes Acquisition of Bralorne Gold Project and Private Placement
- Integra Resources Completes $32 Million Concurrent Bought Deal Prospectus Financing and Strategic Placement
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Osisko Mining’s $61 Million Private Placement
- Zijin Mining to Acquire Continental Gold in a Friendly $1.4 Billion All-Cash Offer
- Josemaria Resources Completes Spin-Out of Properties to NGEx Minerals
- Vireo Health Names Bruce Linton as Executive Chairman
- RAMM Pharma Corp. Completes Business Combination, and Will Commence Trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange
- Sun Metals Completes $6.15 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Corvus Gold Completes $23 Million Financing
- Troilus Gold Completes $6.223 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement
- Cassels Represents Echelon Wealth Partners in Harte Gold’s $6.9 Million Prospectus Offering
- Bruce Linton Announces Involvement in Future of Cannabis Industry
- Theralase Completes $17.25 Million Prospectus Offering
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Osisko Mining’s $44.5 Million Private Placement
- Anaconda Mining Completes $4.69 Million Private Placement
- TerraX Completes $3.1 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Nighthawk Closes $12.6 Million Private Placement
- Pasha Brands Completes Reverse Takeover and Listing on Canadian Securities Exchange
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Khiron’s $28.75 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Cassels Represents PI Financial in Western Copper and Gold Corporation’s $3.3 Million Private Placement
- Troilus Completes $7 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Sun Metals Completes Acquisition of Lorraine
- Victoria Gold Completes $34.4 Million Bought Deal and Concurrent Private Placement
- Jervois Mining Announces Acquisitions of eCobalt and M2 Cobalt
- Cassels Represents Sprott Capital in Pure Gold’s $5.2 Million Private Placement
- Standard Lithium Ltd. Completes $11.4 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Lundin Gold’s $46.6 Million Bought Deal Financing
- Cassels Represents the Underwriters in Khiron’s $28.84 Million Financing
- Acquisition of Tahoe Resources by Pan American Silver Completed for US$1.067 Billion
- Canopy Rivers Announces Bought Deal Financing and Investment From Canopy Growth for Total Gross Proceeds of $85 Million
- Cassels Represents the Agents in Connection with SLANG Worldwide’s Qualifying Prospectus and CSE Listing Read More
Education/Bar Admissions
- LL.B., Queen’s University, 1981
- B.Comm., University of Toronto, 1978
- Ontario, 1983
Associations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- Ontario Bar Association
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