Crae Garrett
With many years experience as a lawyer and investment banker, and practising in the areas of international and domestic corporate commercial law and resource law, Crae has a transaction-focused practice, with particular experience in emerging markets in Africa and CIS, and involving all aspects of international resource transactions. These include negotiation issues, legal due diligence, local and multi-jurisdictional structuring advice, central bank, competition, mining, securities and other statutory compliance issues, drafting of necessary contract and structure documentation, court filings and other statutory returns.
- National Committee on Accreditation, Certificate of Equivalency, 2004
- University of Cape Town, LL.B., 1989
- University of Cape Town, B.Bus.Sc. (Honours), 1987
- Alberta, 2005
- Zimbabwe, 1994
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Associate member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
- International Bar Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
- Co-lecturer, International Petroleum Transactions course, University of Calgary
- Author and Speaker, The Legal Framework of Business in Canada, University of Calgary NASSAM (MBA) program
- Moderator, Opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe, technical session, CME IDD Conference, Calgary
- Contributor, London Business School Survey on Corporate Governance among Listed Companies in Africa
- Author and Speaker, A Response to Changing Conditions for Mining Investment in the Developing World International Mining Professionals Society, Toronto Chapter
- Contributor, The Guide to World Equity Markets (Euromoney Books)
- Co-counsel to UrAsia Energy Ltd. in its merger with sxr Uranium One Inc.
- The offshore acquisition by UrAsia Energy Ltd. of significant uranium properties in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
- The structured offshore acquisition for a confidential client of various gold mining properties in Kazakhstan.
- The acquisition of offshore oil and gas assets in Indonesia for a major Indonesian oil and gas corporation.
- The disinvestment by a confidential client of mining assets in Africa and Brazil.
- A government to government revolving fuel financing facility arrangement for the procurement of national strategic oil and petroleum imports between the Governments of Libya and Zimbabwe.
- The merger of a three listed African financial institutions to form a Botswana-based regional banking group listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange.
- The acquisition by the Pension Fund of a major UK banking group of significant tourism assets located at Victoria Falls, Africa.
- The acquisition of mobile telephone networks and associated rights for a confidential client in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- The acquisition of various SADC region cement assets by the largest cement producer in Africa.
- The structured acquisition by Anglo American Corporation of significant Southern African chromium properties.
- A revolving credit facility arrangement for the exploitation of pre-identified mineral resource development projects in Southern Africa.
- A structured alliance between Innscor Foods limited and ExxonMobil Corporation, for the pre-funded placement throughout the African continent of branded fast food offerings at fuel outlets owned or operated by ExxonMobil.
- The rehabilitation by scheme of arrangement, of a significant producing diamond property in Southern Africa.
- University of Cape Town, Dean’s Merit List, Faculty of Law, 1988
- University of Cape Town, Dean’s Merit List, Faculty of Commerce, 1987
- University of Cape Town, Twamley Scholarship, best undergraduate law student, 1987
