John Turner is the leader of Fasken Martineau's Global Mining Group. One of Canada's national newspapers, the Financial Post, has described John as "one of the best dirt lawyers in Canada, if not the world." John has been involved in many of the leading corporate finance and M&A deals in the resources sector. His clients have included issuers or the underwriters in capital markets or M&A transactions involving resources companies active throughout Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. John has also successfully acted for the financial arranger or sponsor of several global major resources projects.John is listed in Chambers Global, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert/American Lawyer Media's Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and Expert Guides — Guide to the World's Leading Energy & Natural Resource Lawyers as an authority on mining, oil and gas and/or project law. John is also listed as a recognized lawyer in the area of debt and equity (Canada) by Practical Law Company in 2009.John's vast transactional experience has also allowed him to act on a wide variety of capital markets and public and private M&A transactions outside of the resources sector. John joined Fasken Martineau as an articling student in 1987, became an associate in 1989 and a partner in 1995. He was resident in the firm's London, England office from 1993 to 1997.