by Barbara Hendrickson | Jan 12, 2016
Barbara Hendrickson quoted in:Canadian Lawyer Magazine: Securities reform heats upRead more…
by Barbara Hendrickson | Dec 3, 2015
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has published a notice to businesses which are seeking to enter the peer-to-peer lending space in Canada. According to the OSC, depending on the structure, underlying facts and circumstances, a loan arrangement entered into on...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 30, 2015
Going forward in Canada there will be three forms of the offering memorandum prospectus exemption in place across Canada: the new “Ontario Model” (Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan) which will be in effect in Ontario on January 13,...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 30, 2015
Going forward in Canada there will be three forms of the offering memorandum prospectus exemption in place across Canada: the new “Ontario Model” (Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan), the “BC Model” (BC and Newfoundland) and the...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 13, 2015
The securities commissions in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (“Participating Jurisdictions”) are amending National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) in respect of the offering memorandum exemption in section...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Nov 13, 2015
The securities commissions in Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (“Participating Jurisdictions”) are publishing in final form Multilateral Instrument 45-108 Crowdfunding (“MI 45-108”), which includes a crowdfunding prospectus exemption and a...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Sep 2, 2015
The Business Law Section of the OBA has appointed Barbara as the Co-Chair of the Securities Committee. The Securities Committee covers all aspects of securities laws and is made up of securities law experts from private practice, in house and government....
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 10, 2015
On March 31, 2015, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published, for a 90 day comment period, proposed amendments to Multilateral Instrument 62-104 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids (“MI 62-104”) and changes to National Policy 62-203 Take-Over...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 10, 2015
Effective May 5, 2015 the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) introduced a friends and business associates prospectus exemption (“FFBA Exemption”) to allow issuers (other than investment funds) to raise capital from their networks of family, close personal friends...
by Barbara Hendrickson | Jun 3, 2015
The securities commissions in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (“participating jurisdictions”) have adopted a new registration and prospectus exemption (“start-up crowdfunding exemption”) that allows start-up and...
