Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, and the team representing Barrick Gold Corp., is prominently featured in the article "Art of the Deal, Turning a Fight Into a Friendly Takeover" featured in the September 2006 edition of Lexpert Magazine, the only Canadian national magazine that focuses on the business of law.

The article provides a comprehensive look into Barrick Gold Corporation's successful US$10.4 billion acquisition of Placer Dome Inc. to form the world's largest gold mining company.  Davies acted for Barrick Gold Corporation in the transaction and also acted for Barrick with respect to the $1.6 billion disposition of Placer Dome's Canadian mining assets and an interest in a foreign development project to Goldcorp Inc.

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