Randy Morphy

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Tax counsel to Anfield Gold Corp. on its business combination with TrekMining Inc.
  NewCastle Gold Ltd., December 2017.
  Tax counsel to Gold St
  ard Ventures Corp. in the acquisition of BattleMountain Gold Inc. for $30 million, April 2017.
  Tax counsel to Entree Gold Inc. in the creation
  spin-out of MasonResources Corp., February 2017.
  Tax counsel to Lumina Gold Corp. (formerly Odin Mining
  Exploration Ltd.) in the acquisition of Ecuador Gold
  Copper Corp. for $60 million, November 2016.
  Tax counsel to Pan American Silver Corp. in the creation of
  spin-out of Maverix Metals Inc., July 2016.
  Tax counsel to Anfield Gold in the acquisition of Magellan Minerals Ltd., May 2016.
  Tax counsel to Panoro Minerals Ltd. in its US$140 million Precious Metals Streaming Agreement with Silver Wheaton, March 2016.
  Tax counsel to the Vancouver Airport Authority in the sale of its 50% interest in Vantage Airport Group to Gateway Airports B.V. for $60 million, November 2015.
  Tax counsel to Almaden Minerals Ltd. in the creation
  spin-out of Almadex Minerals Ltd., August 2015.
  Tax counsel to Holloway Lodging Corporation in the acquisition of Royal Host for $157 million, July 2014.
  Tax counsel to Lumina Copper Corp. in its sale to First Quantum Minerals Ltd. for C$470 million, June 2014.
  Tax counsel to China Oil
  Gas Group Limited in the acquisition of Baccalieu Energy Inc. for C$289 million, June 2014.
  Tax counsel to Anfield Nickel in the sale of its Guatemalan subsidiary, Mayaniquel S.A., to Cunico Resources N.V. for US$105 million, June 2014.
  Tax counsel to Reliable Parts Ltd. in its acquisition by Dot Foods
  Svoboda Capital Partners for C$115 million, May 2014.
  Tax counsel to Tolko Industries Ltd. in its sale of its Ashcroft wood treatment division to Koppers Inc. for C$31.5 million, January 2014.
  Canadian tax counsel to the purchasers of NOK 1.81 billion senior secured floating rate notes
  225 million senior secured notes issued in respect of the acquisition of the EWOS group of companies by Altor Equity Partners
  Bain Capital for NOK 6.5 billion, November 2013.
  Tax counsel to Bonnett's Energy Corp. in its acquisition by Mill City Capital, L.P. for C$115 million, November 2013.
  Tax counsel to Entree Gold Inc. in a financing arrangement with S
  storm Gold Ltd. which included a synthetic metal stream agreement
  a grant of a net smelter return royalty for US$55 million, February 2013.
  Tax counsel to Eldorado Gold Corporation in its acquisition of European Goldfields Limited for C$2.5 billion, February 2012.
  Tax counsel to Lumina Royalty Corp. in its acquisition by Franco Nevada Corporation for C$66 million, December 2011.
  Tax counsel to Africa Oil Corp. in its acquisition of Lion Energy Corp. for C$25 million, June 2011.
  Tax counsel to Lumina Copper Corp. in its distribution of royalty assets by Plan of Arrangement, June 2011.
  Tax counsel to Africa Oil Corp. in its acquisition of Centric Energy Corp. for C$60 million, February 2011.
  Tax counsel to Africa Oil Corp. in its acquisition of Turkana Energy Inc. for C$11 million, July 2009.
  Tax counsel to Teck Cominco Limited in its acquisition of assets of Fording Canadian Coal Trust for US$13.9 billion, October 2008.