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Peter J. O'Callaghan Retired Partner | Vancouver

About Peter

Peter's practice encompasses all types of M&A and corporate finance transactions, including public and private equity financings, take-over and issuer bids, independent counsel to investment dealers and boards of directors, and all regulatory and stock exchange compliance work. He also has extensive experience in share and asset acquisitions and divestitures, shareholders' and joint venture agreements.

Peter's clients are primarily in the mining sector. He has acted for issuers and underwriters in respect of many mining transactions in Canada, the United States, South America, Africa, China and Australia.

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Advisory and Governance

  • Various public companies on securities compliance and strategic matters, including mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions, and corporate governance issues

Awards & Recognition

Peter is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer, including in the most recent editions of the following publications:

  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory – 2016–2023 (Corporate Finance & Securities, Mining, Mergers & Acquisitions)

  • Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2020–2023 (Mining (International & Cross-Border))

  • The Legal 500 Canada – 2018–2023 (Energy and Natural Resources: Mining)

  • Chambers Canada: Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2017, 2019–2023 (Energy & Natural Resources: Mining)

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada – 2017–2023 (Corporate Governance Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Securities Law); also named the Best Lawyers' 2017 Vancouver Securities Law "Lawyer of the Year"

  • Who's Who Legal: Canada – 2016, 2020–2022 (Mining)

  • IFLR1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms – 2017–2018, 2020–2022 (M&A)

  • The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2022 (Corporate Finance & Securities)

  • Who’s Who Legal: Global 2022 (Mining)

  • The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada – 2018–2021 (Corporate Finance & Securities, Mining)

  • Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business – 2017–2019 (Energy & Natural Resources: Mining)

  • Who's Who Legal: Mining – 2017 and 2019

  • Chambers Canada 2018 (Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions)

  • Who's Who Legal: Canada 2017 (Mergers & Acquisitions)

  • Who's Who Legal: M&A and Governance 2017

  • The 2017 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Finance & Securities)

  • The Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada – 2016–2017 Editions (Corporate Finance & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining)

  • Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2016 (Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: Canada, Projects: Mining: Leading Canadian Firms: Latin America-wide)

  • The Legal 500 Canada 2016 (Recommended – Energy: Mining)

  • Lexpert Special Edition on Leading Lawyers in Energy in Report on Business Magazine, November 2016

  • Lexpert Special Edition on Leading Corporate Lawyers in Report on Business Magazine, June 2016

  • Chambers Latin America 2015 (Projects: Mining: Leading Canadian Firms – Latin America-wide)

Professional Activities

Peter is a member of the Canadian Bar Association's Securities Law and Business Law Subsections, as well as the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.

Education

Admitted to the British Columbia Bar – 1985
LLB, University of British Columbia – 1984
BComm, University of British Columbia – 1983

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