John T.C. Christian

Partner

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John Christian* is a partner in Business Law Group at Cassels. John’s practice focuses on corporate finance and securities law, mergers and acquisitions and related corporate and commercial law matters. John has extensive experience in domestic and cross border offerings, public and private. John also advises in connection with friendly and hostile take-over bid transactions, proxy solicitations, complex corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and special committee engagements. John has significant industry experience in the mining and natural resource sector, acting for senior and junior issuers on governance matters, financings, acquisitions and dispositions of properties and operating mines, and joint venture, supply chain and royalty agreements. John also acts for locally, nationally and internationally-based investment dealers, investment counsel and private equity funds in connection with a range of matters. He is recognized as a leader in his field by Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

*denotes Law Corporation

  • Best Lawyers in Canada (Securities)
  • Best Lawyers in Canada, Lawyer of the Year Securities Law – Vancouver) (2022)
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Commercial, Corporate Finance & Securities)
  • Lexpert Special Edition, Finance and M&A
  • LL.B., Queen’s University, 1991
  • B.Comm., University of British Columbia, 1988
  • British Columbia, 1992