John Pringle Bio

John is a partner in the McKercher LLP Saskatoon office where he practices in the areas of securities law, natural resources law, and corporate commercial transactions. John has experience in the area of corporate commercial law with a focus on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and natural resources. He advises clients carrying on business in a broad range of industries, including mineral exploration, mining, oil & gas, transportation, waste disposal and agribusiness. John’s clients range from private businesses to publically traded companies. John’s securities law experience includes acting as counsel to the issuer (or selling shareholder) in more than ten initial public offerings. He has also provided legal services respecting rights offerings, acquisitions by way of plan of arrangement or takeover bid, reverse takeovers, stock exchange listings, supplemental listings, regulatory compliance matters (including continuous disclosure obligations and corporate governance matters) and private placement offerings.  He has acted for clients respecting the purchase and sale of mineral dispositions and oil & gas properties, option agreements, joint venture agreements, royalty agreements, mineral leases, oil & gas leases, title opinions and timber supply licenses. John has also provided advice and due diligence on several debt financing transactions where Saskatchewan mineral dispositions or oil & gas rights form part of the security. More generally, John is experienced handling the purchase and sale of businesses, commercial real estate transactions, debt financings and the formation and sale of agricultural condominiums. John earned his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan in 2000. He received a Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Regina in 1997. He became an associate at McKercher in 2001, and joined the partnership in 2008. John has prepared papers for the CPLED Saskatchewan Bar Admission Course and Saskatoon Bar Association. He is a member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Bar Association. John is currently a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.