by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 5, 2022
Dear Friends and Colleagues, BAX Securities Law, a firm that I founded in 2013, has been included by the Canadian Lawyer on a shortlist of top Canadian boutique law firms that practise in the corporate law area. I am honoured that BAX Securities Law received the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 14, 2021
On December 6, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a notice regarding temporary exemptions from certain base shelf prospectus requirements for qualifying well-known seasoned issuers (WKSI). The exemptions allow an issuer that meets WKSI...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 14, 2021
BAX Securities Law has been named as a Top 10 Corporate Boutiques in Canada. BAX and its founder, Barbara Hendrickson, were recently featured in a Canadian Lawyer magazine article. The article discusses the “cost-effective, business oriented service” of leading...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 13, 2021
On November 24, 2021, the TSX Venture Exchange (the TSXV) announced changes to the TSXV’s Corporate Finance Manual regarding Security Based Compensation. The following amendments have been made: Policy 4.4 – Incentive Stock Options has been amended and renamed Policy...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 17, 2021
In recent years the use of REITs and Limited Partnerships have expanded in the last few years and investments in real estate through these types of structure have become a common way for investors to participate in real estate projects. The attached presentation...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 10, 2021
On November 4, 2021, the Ontario Securities Commission issued a press release referencing the Recommendations on Sustainability-Related Practices, Policies, Procedures and Disclosure in Asset Management (the Final Report) published by the Sustainable Finance Task...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 10, 2021
On October 12, 2021, the Ontario government, as part of its Capital Markets Modernization Review, published a draft Capital Markets Act (CMA) and a Capital Markets Act Consultation Commentary (CMA Consultation Commentary). According to the CMA Consultation Commentary,...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 10, 2021
On October 18, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published, for comment, a notice (Notice) regarding proposed National Instrument 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (Proposed Instrument). The Proposed Instrument would introduce disclosure...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Oct 5, 2021
On September 23, 2021 the Ontario Minister of Finance recently approved National Instrument 45-110 Start-Up Crowdfunding Registration and Prospectus Exemptions (NI 45-110) and consequential amendments to other instruments (the Consequential Amendments). NI 45-110...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Oct 5, 2021
On September 23, 2021 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) published a staff notice (Notice) concerning certain advertising activities and marketing strategies by platforms that trade crypto...
