Jerrold W. Schramm*

Jerry has a broad corporate/commercial practice, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

He has particular experience in the energy and mining industries, and divides his time between our Calgary and Vancouver offices serving clients active in those sectors. Over the years, Jerry has also worked closely with clients in the financial services, technology and airline industries, among others.

In addition to assisting clients in special project transactions such as public offering and private placement financings, acquisitions, divestitures and takeover bids, Jerry provides ongoing advice on securities law, stock exchange compliance and corporate governance to companies and their boards of directors.

He has also advised investment dealers and special committees of boards of directors on a range of capital markets transactions.

Recognition and Ranking

• Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: BV Peer Review rated
• Best Lawyers in Canada: recognized for securities law and natural resources law

Professional Activities

• Canadian Energy Law Foundation, Member
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Member

Community Activities

• Calgary Boys and Girls Club Community Services, Past Vice-Chair

Bar Admissions

• British Columbia (1987)
• Alberta (2002)

Education

• University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1983)
• University of Toronto (LL.B., 1986)

Transactions in which Jerry has been involved include:

• Equity investments by two government-sponsored fund managers in an oil sands developer
• The $310 million sale of an oil sands project to a national oil company
• The acquisition of more than $720 million of oil sands and petroleum and natural gas assets by oil sands developers
• The spin-off by IPO of the Canadian oil and gas assets of a major international mining company
• The $450 million sale by a silver mining company of a gold project in northwest British Columbia to a new public company formed to acquire and develop it
• The $240 million acquisition of a gold exploration company and concurrent spin-off of non-core assets to a new public company formed to acquire and develop them
• The formation by reverse takeover of, and concurrent subscription receipt financing by, a public gold exploration company with operations in Colombia
• The acquisition by a Korean consortium of a significant interest in a Mexican copper/cobalt project
• $560 million in cross-border equity offerings and a $135 million cross-border convertible note offering by a silver company
• A $115 million secondary unit offering of a gold exploration company
• Public offerings of $405 million of equity and convertible debt by a forest products company
• Numerous other public and private debt and equity financings for mining and oil and gas exploration and production companies
• The $1.4 billion acquisition of a casino trust (representing the Special Committee)
• The sale by a fuel cell developer of its automotive business (representing the Special Committee)
• A $1.8 billion mining company merger forming a diversified entity with the world's largest zinc mine and coal, copper and gold mining operations (representing the Special Committee)
• The establishment of the worldwide management company for an international airline alliance