Dorsey & Whitney is pleased to announce the firm was named a winner of the 2016 Turnaround Atlas Award for the Judicial Restructuring of the Year (Small Markets) for its work related to the Acquisition of Assets of Veris Gold by Whitebox Advisors.
The award was presented on May 17, 2016, in New York City at the Harvard Club.
Dorsey represented JCM Holdings III Limited, an affiliate of Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC, in the purchase out of bankruptcy of Elko County, Nevada gold mines from Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc. This is the fifth award the Veris Gold transaction has won. This award-winning deal has also been recognized at the 10th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards (Mining Deal of the Year and Cross-Border Restructuring Deal of the Year) and at the 14th Annual M&A Advisor Awards (Real Estate Deal of the Year), and the International Award for US-North America deal of the year.
Dorsey’s multi-office, multi-disciplinary team was led by Partners William Prince, Wells Parker and Annette Jarvis. The Dorsey team also included Partners Ken Sam, Thomas Kelly, Aaron Goldstein, John Hollinrake, Michael Voves, and Michael Thomson, Of Counsel Richard Manner, Associates Heath Waddington, Megan Baker, Spencer Kirton, and Senior Paralegal Kathryn Shelton.