Employers Take Note: Key Changes to the Competition Act
By Andrea Raso and Tadhg Bradford In June 2022, the government of Canada introduced changes to the Competition Act (the “Act”). These changes came into ... Continued
Probate Fee Avoidance: The Potential Benefits and Challenges of Using Multiple Wills
By Tadhg Bradford and Zachary Murphy-Rogers You may be familiar with the term “probate”. Probate is the process through which the BC Supreme Court issues ... Continued
Amendments to BC Securities Act to Clamp Down on Promotional Activities for Securities Issuers
Recently BC’s Securities Amendment Act, 2019 received Royal Assent. The Act amendments are significant and extensive and provide the BC Securities Commission with significant new ... Continued
Bernard Pinsky, Q.C. in the Latest Issue of BC Business Magazine
Our Capital Markets, Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Co-Chair, Bernard Pinsky was quoted in the April 2019 BC Business Magazine article “The Promised Land: B.C. is ... Continued
Canada to Regulate Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms
On March 14, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published the consultation paper Joint Canadian Securities Administrators/Investment ... Continued
Canadian Securities Regulators Consider Most ICOs and Tokens as Securities, Subject to Prospectus
CSA staff (“CSA”) on June 11, 2018 issued CSA Staff Notice 46-308, Securities Law Implications for Offerings of Tokens (’46-308”). 46-308 was intended to respond ... Continued
BCSC Eases Rules for Securities Issued to Non-Residents
On October 31, 2017, the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) revoked and replaced BC Instrument 72-503 Distribution of Securities outside British Columbia (BCI 72-503). BCI ... Continued
Raising capital and creating access to North American markets for Israeli startups
Israel has emerged as a leading market of high-tech, bio-tech and cyber security startups looking to go public, which comes with a wealth of potential. ... Continued
Best Lawyers in Canada 2018
Congratulations to our lawyers peer-selected for the 12th edition of Best Lawyers in Canada 2018: Diane Bell, QC, Darren Donnelly, Brock Johnston, Peter Kenward, Neil Melliship, Amy Mortimore, Roy Nieuwenburg, QC, Alex Petrenko, Bernard Pinsky, QC, Chris ... Continued
OSC Orders Cancellation of Private Placement Shares Issued to Bolster Management Support
In a decision rendered June 16, 2017, the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) ordered that private placement shares issued in March 2017 had to be cancelled, ... Continued
Proposed Canadian Prospectus Exemption Allows Restricted Foreign Securities to be Resold on Foreign Exchanges
On June 29, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities (NI 45-102) that would introduce a ... Continued
Industry rifts revealed over CSA reforms
Contention has risen over the Canadian Securities Administrator’s 33-404 consultation paper. The paper is meant to inform the next steps of the CSA’s work in ... Continued