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Michael H. Taylor*

Vancouver

604.691.7410

[email protected]

Expertise Business Law Capital Markets & Securities Mergers & Acquisitions Mining Technology

*MHT Law Corporation

Michael Taylor has a thriving capital markets practice and is focused on representing Canadian public companies that are listed in both Canada and the United States. Michael is qualified in both British Columbia and Nevada and has extensive experience helping Canadian public companies navigate United States securities laws as they expand their public listings and financings into the United States. Michael has over 25 year of experience advising clients on all stages of the “going public” process, from corporate organization through to listing and public trading. In addition to assisting clients with stock exchange listings in both Canada and the United States, he is experienced in the completion of complex cross-border mergers, acquisitions and joint venture transactions. He also counsels clients on the completion of cross-border public offerings qualified by Canadian prospectus and US Securities and Exchange Commission registration statements. He assists issuers with ongoing continuous disclosure obligations and corporate governance requirements in both Canada and the United States.

Expertise

Industries

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Representative Matters

Capital Markets Transactions

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX: NYSE) in connection with its listing on the New York Stock Exchange in February 2021 and follow-on $1 billion substantial issuer bid
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NYSE American) in connection with over US$100 million in cross-border financings through to 2021
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (TSX) in connection with its follow-on $50 million private and public financings
Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: NYSE) in connection with its US$23 million cross-border offering completed in 2020
Fury Gold (formerly Auryn Resources) in connection with its 2017 listing on the NYSE American stock exchange and follow-on registered and private placement financings
Great Panther Mining Limited (TSX: NYSE American) in connection with US$85 million in cross-border financings from 2016 to 2020
Canadian counsel to Agriforce Growing Systems Inc. (Nasdaq) in connection with its 2021 IPO on Nasdaq
Merus Labs International Inc. (TSX: Nasdaq) in connection with over $300 million of debt and equity offerings from 2014 to 2016
Counsel to the underwriters in connection with over US$140 million in cross-border offerings completed by Denison Mines Corp. (TSX:NYSE American) in 2020 and 2021

Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Venture Transactions

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX:NYSE) in connection with the $4 billion acquisition of Norbord Inc. in February 2021
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX:NYSE) in connection with its $300 million acquisition of Angelina Forest Products in October 2021
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX:NYSE) in connection with the US$430 million acquisition of the Gilman forest products group completed in 2017
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (TSX) in connection with the acquisition of the renewable natural gas division of Pressure Technologies in 2019
Great Panther Mining Limited (TSX: NYSE American) in connection with the acquisition of Beadell Resources Limited in 2019
Great Panther Mining Limited (TSX: NYSE American) in connection with the acquisition of the Coricancha gold mine in 2017
Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (TSX-V: OTCQB) in connection with its option agreement for the South Mountain property with BeMetals Corp. (TSX-V) in 2019
Asanko Gold Inc. (TSX: NYSE American) (now Galiano Gold) in connection with the $300 million sale of a 50% interest in the Asanko gold mine to Gold Fields Limited and related joint venture agreement in 2018
Jiangxi Copper in connection with the acquisition of a minority interest in First Quantum (TSX) valued at $2 billion in 2019
Uranerz Energy Corporation in connection with its US$115 million merger with Energy Fuels Ltd. in 2015
Century Global Commodities Corporation (TSX) in connection with its joint venture agreements with WISCO International Resources (now Baowu Steel) from 2011 to 2020

News

Media Mentions

“Dead Solaris deal has cash-strapped Canadian miners considering the door,” by Alisha Hiyate, The Northern Miner (June 27, 2024)
“Canadian lawyers allowed to become U.S. PALs” by Drew Hasselback, National Post, June 24, 2014

Rankings & Recognition

Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2025) as a leading lawyer in the area of Securities Law
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2024) as a leading lawyer in the area of Securities Law
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2023) as a leading lawyer in the area of Securities Law
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2022) as a leading lawyer in the area of Securities Law
Recognized by the Best Lawyers in Canada (2021) as a leading lawyer in the area of Securities Law
Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada 2011 – 2020 as a leading lawyer in Securities Law
Listed in The Legal Media Group – Guide to Leading Practitioners: China – Mergers & Acquisitions 2011

Education & Admissions

2000

Called to the Nevada bar

1991

Called to the British Columbia bar

1990

LLB University of Victoria

1987

B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering) University of Alberta

Insights (3 Posts)View More

Canadian Miners Asking: Will Canada Remain a Competitive Jurisdiction for Mining Companies with Global Assets?

Mining companies are increasingly looking to move out of Canada to avoid application of the Government of Canada's restrictions on Chinese investment.

Jun 26, 2024

SEC Approves NYSE and NASDAQ Clawback Listing Standards – Assessing the Implications for Canadian Foreign Private Issuers

On June 9, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the clawback listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

Aug 2, 2023

CSA Reinforces Position that Securities Laws Apply to Cryptocurrency Offerings, Confirms Regulatory Scrutiny for Industry Participants

Jun 11, 2018, CSA published Staff Notice 46-308 – Securities Law Implications for Offerings of Tokens providing regulatory guidance on token and coin offerings.

Jul 19, 2018

Deals & Cases (21 Posts)

McMillan Advises Taseko Mines in Filing its Cross-Border US$600 Million Base Shelf Prospectus and US$50 Million “At-The-Market” Offering

McMillan advised Taseko Mines Limited (“Taseko”) (TSX: TKO) in filing a US$600 Million base shelf prospectus in all provinces of Canada, except Québec, and a corresponding shelf registration on Form F-10 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

May 3, 2024

West Fraser Completes Sale of Quesnel River and Slave Lake Pulp Mills

On April 20, 2024, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX and NYSE: WFG) completed its previously announced agreement to sell its Quesnel River Pulp mill in British Columbia and its Slave Lake Pulp mill in Alberta to Atlas Holdings.

Apr 20, 2024

West Fraser to Sell Two Pulp Mills in Western Canada to Atlas Holdings

On September 22, 2023, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX and NYSE: WFG) (“West Fraser”) announced its agreement to sell it’s Quesnel River Pulp mill in Quesnel, British Columbia and its Slave Lake Pulp mill in Slave Lake, Alberta to Atlas Holdings (“Atlas”) for US$120 Million.

Sep 22, 2023

Jiangxi Copper (Hong Kong) Investment Company Ltd. acquires common shares in SolGold plc

On November 23, 2022, Jiangxi Copper (Hong Kong) Investment Company Limited (“Jiangxi Copper”) acquired 155,000,000 common shares in SolGold plc (LSE & TSX: SOLG) (“SolGold”) at a price of US$0.20 per share for a total investment of US$31 million. On closing of the acquisition, Jiangxi Copper owned 6.3% ‎of the issued ordinary share capital of SolGold.

Nov 23, 2022

McMillan LLP Advises West Fraser on C$1.0 Billion Substantial Issuer Bid

On August 20, 2021, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (“West Fraser”) announced the completion of its substantial issuer bid (“SIB”) pursuant to which West Fraser purchased from shareholders for cancellation a total of 10,309,278 common shares at a price of C$97.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of C$1.0 billion.

Jul 27, 2021

Taseko Mines Limited Completes US$23 Million Bought Deal Offering

On November 17, 2020, Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO; NYSE American: TGB; LSE: TKO) completed a US$23 million bought deal public offering pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated November 11, 2020 among the company and Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation, as lead underwriter and sole bookrunner, and a syndicate of underwriters including Velocity Trade Capital Ltd., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc. and TD Securities Inc.

Feb 19, 2021

Michael H. Taylor*

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Insights (3 Posts)View More

Canadian Miners Asking: Will Canada Remain a Competitive Jurisdiction for Mining Companies with Global Assets?

SEC Approves NYSE and NASDAQ Clawback Listing Standards – Assessing the Implications for Canadian Foreign Private Issuers

CSA Reinforces Position that Securities Laws Apply to Cryptocurrency Offerings, Confirms Regulatory Scrutiny for Industry Participants

Deals & Cases (21 Posts)

McMillan Advises Taseko Mines in Filing its Cross-Border US$600 Million Base Shelf Prospectus and US$50 Million “At-The-Market” Offering

West Fraser Completes Sale of Quesnel River and Slave Lake Pulp Mills

West Fraser to Sell Two Pulp Mills in Western Canada to Atlas Holdings

Jiangxi Copper (Hong Kong) Investment Company Ltd. acquires common shares in SolGold plc

McMillan LLP Advises West Fraser on C$1.0 Billion Substantial Issuer Bid

Taseko Mines Limited Completes US$23 Million Bought Deal Offering

McMillan LLP Acts for West Fraser in $4 billion Acquisition of Norbord

Auryn Resources Inc. completes comprehensive reorganization transaction

Century Metals completes spin-out transaction

Greenlane Renewables completes $8.4 million offering

Great Panther completes acquisition of Beadell

West Fraser Completes the Acquisition of Gilman Building Products

Intrinsic4D closes private placement of convertible debentures

Great Panther Silver launches US$10 Million at-the-market offering

Merus Labs International closes subscription receipt offering

McMillan represents Underwriters on Petrus Bought Deal Financing and Going-Public Transaction

Goldcorp Inc. sells stake in Tahoe Resources Inc. for $998M

Merus Labs International Inc. completes $60M bought deal financing

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Completes US$300 Million Senior 10 Year Notes Offering

Primero Mining Corp. Announces a $1.2 Billion Merger Agreement With Northgate Minerals Corp.

Taseko Mines Limited Completes Public Offering of US$200 Million Senior Unsecured Notes