Like several Canadian law firms, Stikeman Elliott LLP holds a variety of seminars on mining law during the PDAC convention.
The current state of mining industry is perhaps best summed up with the choice of topic that kicked off Stikemans set of rapid-fire presentations on Monday morning: insolvency and restructuring.
This obviously isnt the happiest of topics. Its sort of like going to a seminar on retirement planning and having the first speaker discuss funeral costs.
But the Stikeman presentation came with an interesting twist. Elizabeth Pillon, head of the insolvency and restructuring group in the firms Toronto office, said Canadian mining companies are part of a trend that could change the way you think about corporate reorganizat…
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