Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP acted as counsel to Barrick Gold Corporation in connection with its bought deal offering of approximately 109 million common shares for gross proceeds of approximately US$4 billion.  The common shares were offered in Canada by way of a short form prospectus and in the United States by way of a registration statement filed under the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system.

The Davies team included Kevin Thomson, Lisa Damiani, David Wilson and Mark O'Brien (Securities) and Geoff Turner (Tax).