John J. Koenigsknecht

In addition to the general corporate and securities counseling and compliance advice he provides on a day-to-day basis to companies of various types and sizes, John has been involved in many significantly larger transactions, including the following representative transactions:

• Stock merger of Goldcorp Inc. with Newmont Mining Corporation valued at $10 billion, resulting in the world’s largest gold mining company.
• Stock and cash merger of Tahoe Resources Inc. with Pan American Silver Corporation valued at $1.3 billion, plus issuance of contingent value rights (CVRs) for up to an additional $220 million, to create the world’s preeminent silver mining company.
• Agreement to acquire Nomad Royalty Company Ltd. by Sandstorm Gold Ltd. under a plan of arrangement in a transaction valued at approximately $590 million.
• Hycroft Mining Corporation acquisition by Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded SPAC, and renamed as Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: HYMC), in a transaction valued in excess of $537 million.
• Orla Mining acquisition of Gold Standard in a transaction valued at $242 million.
• Underwritten public equity offering valued at $86 million consisting of units of shares of common stock and warrants for Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: HYMC).
• NYSE MKT dual listing of Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (NYSE: SAND) as U.S. securities counsel.
• NASDAQ dual listing of Coastal Contacts Inc. (NASDAQ: COA, TSX: COA) as U.S. securities counsel.
• Merger of Glamis Gold Ltd. with Goldcorp Inc. valued at $8.6 billion, resulting in one of the largest gold mining companies in the world.
• Cross-border, hostile tender offer and proxy fight valued at $3.7 billion by Glamis Gold Ltd. in a bid for Goldcorp Inc.
• Acquisition of Andean Resources Limited by Goldcorp Inc. valued at $3.5 billion.
• Rights offering conducted by General Growth Properties, Inc. in connection with the $12.6 billion acquisition of The Rouse Company.
• Underwritten bought deal public secondary securities offering of shares of Tahoe Resources Inc. (TSX: THO, NYSE: TAHO, BVL: THO) by Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE MKT: GG, TSX: G) valued at Cdn$1 billion.
• Registered debt offering for Goldcorp, Inc. valued at $1 billion.
• Acquisition of The Climate Control Group by publicly traded Swedish industrial company NIBE Industrier AB (NIBE-B.SK) valued at $364 million.
• Acquisition of WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, Inc. (TSX: WFI) by NIBE Industrier AB (NIBE-B.SK) valued at $378 million. Transaction was a finalist for M&A Advisor’s 2014 Cross-Border M&A Deal of the Year.
• Acquisition by NIBE Industrier AB (NIBE-B.SK) of the element manufacturing business of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) located in the United States, China, and Mexico.
• Unsolicited takeover bid of public company (representing bidder).
• Merger and restructuring of the U.S. operations of a Danish publicly traded software company.
• Multiple acquisitions (private targets) for multinational publicly traded industrial product manufacturing company and subsequent legal counsel for operating entities in the United States.
• Acquisition by Backer EHP Inc. and NIBE Industrier AB (NIBE-B.SK) of Springfield Wire, Inc.
• Cross-border private placement pursuant to 144A and Regulation D valued at $200 million.
• Sale of Coastal Contacts Inc. to Essilor International S.A. valued at Cdn$435 million.
• Hostile takeover bid by Goldcorp, Inc. for Osisko Mining Corp. valued at $3.6 billion.
• Acquisition by Goldcorp Inc. of Gold Eagle Mines, Ltd. valued at $1.5 billion.
• Acquisition by Glamis Gold Ltd. of Western Silver Corporation valued at $1.3 billion.
• Numerous public offerings of securities for Covanta Holding Corporation, including complex rights offerings.
• Shelf Registration Statement and related offerings as U.S. securities counsel valued at $350 million.
• Shelf Registration Statement and related offerings as U.S. securities counsel valued at $200 million.
• At the market equity program (ATM) for NYSE publicly traded foreign private issuer and related registration statement and prospectus.
• Bought deal financings for Canadian publicly traded companies (multiple).
• Acquisition of Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. (TSXV: SND) by Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (NYSE MKT: SAND, TSX: SSL) valued at Cdn$48.6 million.
• Acquisition by Placer Dome, Inc. of Getchell Gold Corporation valued at $1.1 billion.
• Bought deal Rule 144A high-yield debt offering for Allied Nevada Gold Corporation valued at $400 million.
• Acquisition by Goldcorp Inc. of Kaminak Gold Corporation valued at $400 million.
• Initial public offering of shares in Canada by Tahoe Resources Inc. valued at CDN$382 million.
• Acquisition by Goldcorp Inc. of Canplats Resources Corporation valued at $300 million following a bidding contest with Minera Penmont, S. de R.L. de C.V., a company jointly owned by Fresnillo PLC and Newmont USA Limited, a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation.
• Senior counsel to Grayd Resource Corporation (TSXV: GYD & OTCQX: GYDRF) in sale to Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE & TSX: AEM) valued at $275 million.
• Underwritten bought deal public offering for Allied Nevada Gold Corporation valued at $150 million.
• Senior securities counsel for Sandstorm Gold Ltd. in offering valued at CDN$150 million.
• Registered “at-the-market” equity offering program for Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation generating aggregate gross proceeds before commissions and offering expenses of approximately $139 million. 
• Senior securities counsel for a TSXV-listed company in offering and simultaneous private placement valued at CDN$100 million.
• Acquisition of a privately held environmental services company valued at $100 million by a private equity fund.
• Secondary public offering of common stock valued at $82 million of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation.
• Acted as lead underwriter’s U.S. counsel for a TSX-listed company in offering and simultaneous Rule 144A private placement valued at CDN$57 million.
• Private placement of $50 million of equity securities, consisting of units of shares of common stock and warrants, from Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation to American Multi-Cinema, Inc. and 2176423 Ontario Limited, an entity affiliated with Eric Sprott. 
• Acted as U.S. securities counsel for Coastal Contacts in underwritten public offering valued at $20 million.
• Secondary offerings of common shares valued at $224 million and $44 million of Primero Mining Corp. by Goldcorp, Inc.
• Acquisition of Gold Royalties Corp. (TSXV: GRO) by Sandstorm Gold Ltd. valued at $5.7 million.
• Represented Glamis Gold Ltd. in its acquisition of Francisco Gold Corp.
• Acquisition by East Africa Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: EAM) of all outstanding common shares of Tigray Resources Inc. and corresponding exchange of shares.
• Acquisition of the outstanding common shares of Premier Royalty Inc. (TSX: NSR) by Sandstorm Gold Ltd. valued at CDN$28.3 million.
• Acted as U.S. securities counsel for various TSX and TSXV-listed companies in numerous bought offerings and simultaneous private placements.

• Band 1, Chambers USA: Nationwide - Mining & Metals, 2022–2023
• Band 1, Chambers Global: Mining & Metals, 2017–2024
• Crain’s Chicago Business, “Notable Gen-X Leaders in Accounting, Counseling and Law, 2022
• Crain's Chicago Business: Notable Nonprofit Board Leaders, 2021
• The Legal 500 United States: recommended in “M&A/Corporate & Commercial: M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500 million)”, 2014–2023