John M. Sabetti

John Sabetti practises primarily in Fasken Martineau's Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions Group, with a particular focus on the Mining and Investment Funds practice areas. He has substantial transactional experience, including in relation to structuring and leading initial public offerings, private placements, take-over bids, arrangements, debt offerings and redomiciling transactions.

In terms of Mining experience, John has represented a wide variety of issuers including Golden Star Resources Ltd., Addax Petroleum Corporation and De Beers Canada Inc., and also has represented investment dealers such as BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and GMP Securities L.P.

With respect to the Investment Funds practice area, John has acted in respect of the initial public offerings of more than 15 structured product issuers that have raised in excess of $3 billion in gross proceeds.

John's extensive portfolio of transactional experience also has allowed him to act on a wide variety of capital markets and public and private M&A transactions outside of the resources and structured products sectors.

John joined Fasken Martineau as an articling student in 1998, became an associate in 2000 and a partner in 2005.

Selected Experience

• Timbercreek Senior Mortgage Investment Corporation completes $115 million initial public offering
• A. M. Castle completes $165 million purchase of Tube Supply

News

• Lexpert Magazine mentions a team of Fasken Martineau lawyers who represented Golden Minerals in a $600 million merger
• A team of Fasken Martineau lawyers led by Brian Kelsall is mentioned in Lexpert magazine for its work in the closing of the St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Project

Publications

• New TSX Rules Regarding Securityholder Approval for Investment Fund Acquisitions
• Pension Disclosure under Scrutiny

Presentations

• Mining the Right Seam: The Relative Merits of the Exchanges Where a Mining Company Can List

Membership/Affiliations

• Member, Ontario Bar Association