{"id":15803,"date":"2012-10-23T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/canadian-law-firm-fasken-martineau-in-south-african-deal\/"},"modified":"2012-10-23T08:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T06:00:55","slug":"canadian-law-firm-fasken-martineau-in-south-african-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/canadian-law-firm-fasken-martineau-in-south-african-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian law firm Fasken Martineau in South African deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TORONTO<\/span> Oct 22 (Reuters) – Canadian business law and
\nlitigation firm Fasken Martineau said on Monday it is combining
\nforces with South Africa’s Bell Dewar, beefing up its business
\nin Africa and its expertise in mining and other key areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Johannesburg-based Bell Dewar has 76 lawyers on staff, and
\nManaging Partner Blaize Vance will become regional managing
\npartner for Africa for the combined firm, Fasken Martineau said
\nin a release.<\/p>\n

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Fasken Martineau, with about 700 lawyers worldwide, has had
\nfive to 10 lawyers in Johannesburg since 2003.<\/p>\n

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“We went there because we thought it was important to the
\nmining business that we were doing,” said David Corbett, firm
\nmanaging partner.<\/p>\n

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The office started out representing Canadian miners
\noperating in Africa and then took on South African clients
\nraising capital internationally, he said.<\/p>\n

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The Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange are
\ntogether home to almost 60 percent of all publicly traded mining
\ncompanies.<\/p>\n

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“Most recently there’s a lot of Asian and Middle East money
\nthat’s coming into Africa, so it’s a question of servicing
\nthat,” said Corbett. “Clients, you know, were looking, and they
\nexpect to have people on the ground to do the work.”<\/p>\n

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Corbett said Bell Dewar’s strengths in mining,
\ninfrastructure, banking and finance, construction and life
\nscience line up with Fasken Martineau’s main practice areas.<\/p>\n

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Fasken Martineau, formed by the merger of three regional
\nCanadian firms in 2000, has offices across Canada and in London
\nand Paris. With about one in five of its lawyers outside Canada,
\nit already has a bigger international presence than any other
\nCanadian-based firm, Corbett said.<\/p>\n

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The two firms should be integrated by Feb. 1, Fasken
\nMartineau said.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Allison Martell; Editing by Leslie Adler)<\/p>\n

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