Fred Pletcher is chair of the Mining Group and a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He works out of BLG’s Vancouver office. He has over 30 years’ experience advising on a broad range of mining transactions and issues, both domestically and internationally. He is recognized as a leading mining lawyer by all major ranking publications, including Chambers, Best Lawyers, IFLR 1000, The Legal 500, Lexpert and Reuters. He has degrees from Columbia University (LL.M), University of Toronto (LL.B.) and Harvard University (A.B.) and was called to the British Columbia bar in 1993. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, a trustee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; and a director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He is a frequent speaker and author on mining law issues.