Phone:
604-6619306 (Phone), 604-6619349 (Fax)
Specialties:
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance & Securities, Mining Law, Corporate & Commercial, Technology, Life Sciences, Emerging Companies & Start-ups, Private Equity, Cannabis
Memberships:
<p><strong>Affiliations</strong></p><p>•Member of the Law Society of British Columbia <br/>•Past chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch) <br/>•Past member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee (SLAC), providing advice to the British Columbia Securities Commission on legal and policy issues relating to securities regulation <br/>•An instructor for various securities law seminars, including those sponsored by Simon Fraser University (Faculty of Business Administration), Federated Press and the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia</p>
Law School:
University of British Columbia, LL.B., 1993
Reported:
Representative Work: Counsel to NexGen Energy Ltd., a uranium exploration company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE American, in connection with a $122.5 million cross-border bought deal pursuant to a Canadian prospectus and US registration statement.; Counsel to Lift Auto Group, a Kelowna-based private consolidator of Canadian collision repair centres, in connection with a strategic investment made by PFM Capital Inc. and the Canadian Business Growth Fund to support Lift's expansion and acquisition strategy.; Counsel to American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP, a limited partnership listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in connection with a US$50 million strategic investment in preferred shares and warrants by BentallGreenOak Real Estate Advisors LP and Highgate Capital Investments LP on a private placement basis.; Counsel to the independent committee of directors of Novoheart Holdings Inc., a biotechnology company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, in connection with an all-cash going private transaction pursuant to a plan of arrangement with a private company controlled by Novoheart's chief executive officer.; Counsel to the independent committee of directors of Pure Multi-Family REIT LP, a limited partnership listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in connection with an all-cash going private transaction with an affiliate of Cortland Partners, LLC valued at approximately US$1.2 billion including net debt.; Counsel to Redbrick Technologies Inc., a Victoria-based private technology company, in connection with its acquisition of Leadpages, a Minneapolis, Minnesota based technology company.; Canadian counsel to Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, a Canadian-incorporated biopharmaceutical company, with respect to a US$116 million strategic investment in participating convertible preferred shares by Roivant Sciences Ltd. on a private placement basis.; Counsel to Talemetry Inc., a Vancouver-based technology company, in connection with an acquisition by K1 Investment Management, along with three other companies in the recruitment industry, in a transaction valued at US$200 million.