Executive summary
Bill advises clients on a full range of corporate and securities law matters, including prospectus offerings, stock exchange listings, mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies, reverse take-over transactions, take-over bids, going-private transactions, amalgamations and arrangements, and corporate governance and continuous disclosure obligations. His practice also includes rights offerings, equity and debt financings, and private placements.
Bill has extensive experience advising clients in the mining sector, including on the acquisition, optioning, and joint venturing of resource properties. He regularly advises on disclosure obligations under National Instrument 43-101 and on flow-through financing structures, bringing deep sector knowledge and practical insight to complex transactions.
Expertise
Representative work
- Acted for two separate public resource clients with substantial mining assets that merged with well-funded public companies by way of three-cornered amalgamations.
- Acted for a public company that effected a going private transaction.
Insights
Publications
- Crowdfunding Exemption – 26 November 2015
- Offering Memorandum Exemption – 19 November 2015
- Regulators Provide Existing Shareholders with the Means to Save the Junior Capital Markets Through the Use of the New Rights Offering and Existing Shareholder Exemptions – 10 October 2015
Memberships and recognition
Professional memberships
- Law Society of Ontario
- Ontario Bar Association
- The Institute of Corporate Directors