David Glennie is the Office Managing Partner of the European office. His practice focuses on international mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance, with particular expertise in natural resource transactions. David has practised both in Toronto and London and has been involved in numerous domestic and international public and private financings and acquisitions. He has been recognized as one of the leading natural resources lawyers in Law Business Research's The International Who's Who of Mining Lawyers 2010 and The International Who's Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers 2010.

Recent transactions for which he has been responsible have included:

• Randgold Resources Limited on its US$578-million bid for Moto Goldmines Limited
• Schneider Electric Industries SA on its C$500-million acquisition of Xantrex Technology Inc.
• Premier Oil plc on the Canadian aspects of its US$505-million acquisition of Oilexco North Sea Ltd
• Lonmin Plc in its US$263-million take-over of the Canada-listed Southern Platinum Corp. and C$475-million take-over of AfriOre Limited
• The special committee of Katanga Mining Limited on its response to a hostile potential take-over; TSX-V
• AIM-listed African Aura Mining Inc. (formerly Mano River Resources Inc.) on the strategic investment by Severstal Resources to develop African Aura's Putu Range iron ore project in Liberia, Mano's business combination with African Aura Resources Inc. in 2009 and its C$17.5-million equity raising in 2010
• Vodafone plc on its US$4.5-billion acquisition of the international business of Telesystems International Wireless Inc.
• AIM-listed PetroLatina Energy plc on its £15-million equity offering and various Latin American oil and gas transactions, including the US$32-million acquisition of Petroleos del Norte of Columbia and related bridge loan
• Euro Zinc Mining on its €128-million acquisition of the Neves Corvo copper mine in Portugal and related syndicated loan, off-take and support agreements
• The Australian public company Equinox Resources on its re-domicile to Canada to become Equinox Minerals, listing on the TSX and Canadian initial public offering and subsequent equity financings exceeding C$800-million and US$45-million Contingent Funding Credit Facility
• Australian companies Western Areas NL, Moly Mines Ltd. and Bannerman Resources Ltd. on the secondary listings on the TSX and Canadian and international equity and debt financings
• Central African Gold plc on its US$40-million acquisition of the Bibiani Gold Mine in Ghana from AngloGold Ashanti, related financing and readmission to the AIM market
• Advice to Lonmin, Uramin Inc., Western Areas and African Aura Inc. on various joint venture transactions; banking syndicates on the Canadian aspects of loans to mining companies such as Harmony Gold, Rio Narcea and Semafo Inc.
• Natural resource companies or underwriters on private placements into Canada by companies, including Allied Gold, Magma Metals, Polar Star Mining Corporation, Chalice Gold Mines Limited and Valiant Petroleum Ltd.
• CIBC on its US$12-billion Euro medium term note program

David is the past president of the Financial Services Commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats. He has spoken and written on numerous financial, tax and acquisition-related topics.