Geoff Clarke

Geoff Clarke has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, financial advisory, corporate finance and securities law. Geoff is the Leader of Miller Thomson LLP’s Mining Law practice area.

Geoff represents and advises public companies, institutional investors and investment banks in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, shareholder activism, exchange sponsorships, fairness opinions, continuous disclosure, stock exchange matters, securities litigation and securities regulatory compliance matters. He also advises special committees in decisions relating to public take-over transactions, reorganizations and searching for and prioritizing strategic alternatives. Geoff has particular industry expertise in the mining and financial services sectors.

Prior to working for Miller Thomson, Geoff practiced law in the corporate finance group for large national and international law firms. During a departure from the practice of law, Geoff was the president of a full-service institutional investment dealer with several Canadian offices, where he provided financial and strategic advice to mining industry companies and investors regarding off-take agreements, joint-ventures, strategic partnerships and raising capital. Geoff is also currently a director of a public company and he serves as the chair of its audit committee. Geoff also has experience serving on advisory committees for securities regulators in Canada such as IIROC and the Ontario Securities Commission. Geoff also taught Business Law at York University as an Adjunct Professor and he currently teaches Corporate Finance at the University of Windsor Law School, which is a course that he has taught every year since September 2007.