By Barbara HendricksonThe current traditional partnership structures for law firms have been in place for hundreds of years and are enshrined in legislation. Currently the legal profession and our regulators are examining alternative business structures including ones where non-lawyers can be owners of law firms….
On March 20, 2014, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan, Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick, the Manitoba Securities Commission and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission (“Participating Jurisdictions”) published for a 90-day comment period:the “integrated prospectus…
On February 27, 2014, the Canadian Securities Administrators published for comment proposed amendments relating to the accredited investor prospectus exemption and the minimum amount investment prospectus exemption in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions.The proposed amendments include, among other things:Individual accredited investors unless they have…
On March 13, 2014 the Canadian Securities Administrators announced that the securities commissions in all of the Canadian jurisdictions except Ontario and Newfoundland are introducing a prospectus exemption that, subject to certain conditions, allows issuers listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), Toronto Stock Exchange…
Barbara will present to the ABA Business Leaders Conference on the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Futures Committee’s initiative on May 16, 2014 in Chicago. The ABA Business Leader’s Conference brings together American and International bar business law leaders to meet, share ideas, and learn how…
On December 6, 2013 the Saskatchewan Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA) became the first province in Canada to offer small businesses and start-upsincluding companies and limited partnership (“Issuers”) a method to raise funds in a cost effective way through the introduction of General Order…
Chair: Barbara Hendrickson, CEO, Securities Partner (BAX Securities Law) and PDAC Board MemberMarch 4, 2014 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Indigenous/Aboriginal equity participation in mineral explorationIn addition to employment, business development and revenues, indigenous people around the world are increasingly interested in taking equity stakes…
Proposed Multilateral Instrument 45-107 Listing Representation and Statutory Rights of Action Disclosure Exemptions (“Proposed MI 45-107”)On November 28, 2013 all of the members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”), other than the securities commissions in Ontario and British Columbia (“participating jurisdictions”), published proposed Multilateral Instrument 45-107 Listing…
MI 45-312 Prospectus Exemption for Distributions to Existing Security Holders (“Proposed MI 45-312”)The securities commissions in all of the Canadian provinces except Ontario and Newfoundland published Proposed MI 45-312 for comment on November 21, 2013 which would, subject to certain conditions, allow issuers listed on the…
On September 19, 2013, the Ministers of Finance of British Columbia, Ontario and Canada agreed to establish a cooperative capital markets regulatory system and invite all provinces and territories to participate in the proposed system.The cooperative securities regulator will feature a single regulator administering a…