Bio

Cathy Mercer is a partner in the Securities Group at Cassels. Cathy practises in the area of corporate and commercial law with a strong emphasis on mining law, mergers and acquisitions and the servicing of public companies and general securities work. She has extensive knowledge in drafting and negotiating mining royalty agreements, streaming agreements, option agreements and joint venture agreements. Cathy has also been engaged in transactions involving the debt financing of companies whose mines are on the verge of commercial production. Cathy has been involved in numerous reverse takeover and “shell” transactions, as well as the listing of public companies. She practices in both official languages.