Securities Law and Corporate Finance

Securities law is an essential element of our business law practice. We assist our clients at every step in their evolution, from starting up as a private company to accessing capital markets by going public, and beyond.

For more than 15 years we have been organizing financings for our corporate clients, often by way of prospectus offerings to the national public markets, and often by way of private placements tailored to individual investor preferences. In doing so we have developed a number of contacts with substantial financial resources, which may from time to time be available to our clients in their search for capital. We regularly represent our clients with securities commissions, exchanges, financial institutions and brokerage houses with respect to transactions and other matters within their jurisdiction and competence, such as equity distributions, underwritings, disclosure obligations, related party transactions, evaluations and fairness opinions, amalgamations and changes of control.

We have solid experience in preparing all the documents which our clients must provide to their shareholders for their transactions and activities under regulatory control, including prospectuses, offering memoranda, management circulars and proxies, take over bids, stock exchange listings, underwriting agreements and press releases. We are experts in providing, simultaneously in French and in English, drafting, translation, layout and production of the voluminous and exacting documentation required by these transactions.

We also make sure that our clients stay up to date and in compliance with their regulatory obligations.

Our securities law team is composed of the following:

• David Crevier
• Monique Dionne
• Valérie A. Miglia
• Campbell J. Stuart
• Michel G. Hudon
• RoseMarie Labbé