Our recent experience includes acting for:

• Magotteaux S.A. in its €500 million sale to Sigdo Koppers S.A., one of the largest conglomerates of Chile.
• The underwriters in the $40 million initial public unit offering of Rio Novo Gold Inc. (2010). 
• Pluspetrol Resources Corporation in connection with its unsolicited all cash take-over bid for Petro Andina Resources Inc. which resulted in Pluspetrol successfully acquiring Petro Andina by way of a plan of arrangement valued at approximately $525 million (2009).
• The underwriters in the $100.2 million offering of common shares by Rusoro Mining Ltd (2009).
• Silver Eagle Mines Inc. in its acquisition by Excellon Resources Inc. (2009).
• Suroco Energy Inc. in its acquisition of oil and gas interests in properties located in Colombia (2009).
• Trafigura Beheer B.V. in its $115 million sale of Compania Minera Condestable (base metals) located in Peru (2009).
• Metallica Resources Inc. in a three-way merger with New Gold Inc. and Peak Gold Inc., creating a new globally diversified intermediate company with a market capitalization of approximately $1.6 billion (2008).
• Aurelian Resources Inc. in connection with the acquisition by Kinross Gold Corp., with approximately $1.2 billion total offer value (2008).
• Gran Tierra Energy Inc., a Calgary-based international oil and gas company listed on the TSX and NYSE, with interests and operations in Argentina, Colombia and Peru, in its listing on the TSX (2008).
• Minefinders Corporation Limited ("Minefinders") with its $40.02 million bought deal offering of units (2008).
• Suroco Energy Inc. in its acquisition of NCT Corporacion Petrolera Latinoamericana S.L., a Spanish company with oil and gas operations in Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico (2008).
• Clairvest Group Inc. which partnered with Inversiones Valmar Limitada
  in the development of Casino Marina del Sol in Concepcion, Chile (2007-2008).
• Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in its $1 billion purchases of Chilean utility companies Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios del Bio-Bio SA (ESSBIO) and Aguas Nuevo Sur Maule SA from Southern Cross Group, as well as its separate agreement to purchase Esval S.A., Chile's third largest water and wastewater company (2007).
• Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation in its US$1.1 billion merger agreement with Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation and Bolnisi Gold NL (2007).
• A consortium consisting of Brookfield Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, BC Investment Management Corporation and PSP Investments in the US$1.55 billion acquisition of HQI Transelec Chile S.A. (2006).
• Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), the largest metals and mining company in the Americas, in connection with its $19.9 billion acquisition of Inco Limited (2006).