James Lyle

James Lyle is a partner in the Capital Markets Group at Cassels. James represents issuers and investment banks in connection with corporate finance and M&A transactions, and other general corporate and securities laws matters. James’ practice focuses on the mining sector, including exploration, development, and production-stage companies. James has extensive experience advising on Canadian public offerings and private placements, cross-border financings, as well as pre-public and going-public transactions. In addition to his transactional work, James advises on Canadian stock exchange and continuous disclosure matters.

James’ representative work includes acting as counsel for:

• A syndicate of Underwriters in connection with a $678 million equity private placement of Hemlo Mining Corp., relating to the acquisition of the Hemlo Gold Mine
• A syndicate of Underwriters in connection with a US$402 million cross-border equity public offering of Hudbay Minerals Inc.
• Montage Gold Corp. in connection with its $30 million initial public offering and various equity private placements, including strategic investments by the Lundin Family Trusts
• NextSource Materials Inc. in connection with a US$29.5 million strategic investment by Vision Blue Resources Ltd., and various equity public offerings and private placements
• B2Gold Corp. in connection with a US$460 million convertible note offering
• Various issuers and syndicates of Underwriters in connection with “flow-through” equity offerings for Canadian mining companies

James received his J.D. from Western University. Prior to law school, James graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Economics) from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA, where he played hockey at the NCAA Division-1 level, serving as a team captain in his final season.