This blog monitors recent Canadian securities regulatory developments, and provides insight on the impact of these developments on your business. Our contributing bloggers include the following:
Learn more about Cristian O. Blidariu
Partner
Toronto
Cristian Blidariu has a general corporate and commercial practice that includes public and private M&A, corporate finance and securities, with particular emphasis on the regulation, development and merger of retail mutual funds. He has assisted with numerous securities compliance and enforcement matters including novel exemptive relief applications and cases before the Ontario Securities Commission. He has co-presented on shareholder activism topics for the Federated Press conference 12th General Counsel’s Role in Maximizing Corporate…
Learn more about Andrew Parker
Partner, Co-head, National Capital Markets Practice
Toronto
Andrew Parker’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law in general, including corporate finance (both domestic and cross-border), M&A, collective investment vehicles, and registration and licensing matters. He is involved in both public and private offerings for issuers, investors and underwriters, with extensive experience in debt capital markets transactions. His experience also includes advising on numerous cross-border private placements and public and private M&A transactions.
Learn more about Sean D. Sadler
Partner
Toronto
Sean Sadler has been primarily engaged in a securities trading and adviser regulation practice, with particular emphasis on advising Canadian and non-resident dealers and advisers on the offering of their services in Canada, including structuring and regulation of collective investment vehicles and the public and private offering of investment products and securities, retail mutual funds, institutional pooled funds, hedge funds, closed-end funds, separately managed accounts, wrap accounts, wealth management services, family offices and…
Learn more about René Sorell
Counsel
Toronto
René Sorell has had responsibility for projects in all aspects of securities law, including securities offerings, contested takeover bids, proxy battles and shareholder disputes, public company mergers and reorganizations, the formation of equity and fixed income marketplaces and the representation of clients in regulatory proceedings before securities regulators. He has acted as counsel to special committees of public company boards of directors. He regularly advises investment dealers and other securities businesses on trading rules, trading…
Learn more about Sonia J. Struthers
Partner
Montréal
Sonia Struthers’ practice focuses on capital markets, M&A, and securities regulation and investment products. Sonia counsels public companies and financial institutions in the areas of corporate finance, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, governance and compliance. She also advises securities dealers and advisors and investment fund managers as well as clearing houses and other regulated entities in the areas of securities regulation and investment products with an emphasis on financial products such as collective investment vehicles,…