With broad legal acumen and deep experience in the mining sector, Mike provides insightful, commercially minded advice that progresses clients’ business objectives.
Mike has a comprehensive corporate and securities practice, regularly advising leading companies and global businesses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, as well as continuous disclosure, stock exchange matters and shareholder arrangements.
As the head of Torys’ Mining and Metals Practice, Mike has extensive experience in the areas of corporate finance and M&A in the mining sector. He recently led the largest Canadian IPO in the mining sector in the last 10 years and led the sale of Canada’s largest thermal coal business. Mike has particular experience designing and executing complex and novel streaming, royalty and other alternative finance solutions for projects around the globe.
—Chambers Global, 2024
2016-2025 | Chambers Canada—Leading lawyer in energy and natural resources: mining |
2017-2024 | Chambers Global—Leading lawyer in mining (international and cross-border) |
2022 | Best Lawyers in Canada—Mining law lawyer of the year (Toronto) |
2020-2025 | Best Lawyers in Canada—Leading lawyer in mining law |
2023 | Lexpert/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada—Leading lawyer in mining |
2015-2023 | The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Leading lawyer in mining, corporate finance & securities and corporate mid-market |
2019-2022 | Who’s Who Legal—Global and National leading lawyer in mining |
Michael is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, the World Association of Mining Lawyers and the Prospector’s and Developers Association of Canada.