Acted for the incumbent directors of Rapier Gold Inc. (“Rapier”) in connection with a proxy battle initiated by a controlling shareholder acting jointly with a group (“Group”) that collectively held over 40% of the outstanding Rapier shares.
Assisted the board in securing sufficient retail votes to nearly overcome this disadvantage while allowing Rapier to avoid a potentially disastrous transaction that had been proposed by the Group.
The Fasken team included Chuck Higgins, Daniel Batista, Samantha Chang, Brook Greenberg and Andrea Kruyne.