Overview

BAX Securities Law™ has direct experience dealing with Canadian securities and financial services regulatory bodies including the Ontario Securities Commission, the British Columbia Securities Commission and other Canadian regulatory authorities.

BAX Securities Law™ is one of Toronto’s leading capital markets boutique law firms. Our experience includes innovative products and structures in the proptech, fintech, debt and crypto spaces, with a focus on completing private and public capital raised quickly and assisting cross border and international clients to successfully access the Canadian capital markets.

Our clients include Canadian and non-Canadian private and public companies, financial services, firms, accounting firms, and their officers, directors, employees.

Our clients are issuers, promoters, and dealers who retain us on a broad range of other public capital market matters, long form, short form, and shelf prospectuses and private placements.

We assist our clients in a broad range of ongoing disclosure, compliance and regulatory matters for our listed clients and private companies raising capital in Canada.

We also provide advice to exempt market dealer, portfolio managers and investment fund managers, investment dealers and individual registrants in connection with their initial registrations and ongoing compliance.

We also advise market participant in OSC corporate finance reviews, compliance audits in enforcement proceeding in response to allegations of insider trading, misleading disclosure, securities fraud, accounting issues, market manipulation and other instances of market misconduct.

We assist with, and respond to, proceedings brought by other provincial securities commissions, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) as well as stock exchanges including the TSX, the TSX Venture Exchange and the CSE.

Our founder Barbara Hendrickson is a former senior legal counsel at the OSC and has participated in a number of OSC securities advisory committees. Barbara brings decades of experience and knowledge of OSC decision making, personnel and enforcement practises to assess your matter and provide a detailed strategy to resolve your matter.

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Awards and Recognition

• Best Lawyers Best Canadian Law Firm: BAX Securities Law™ received this award in 2025 and 2026
• Canadian Lawyer Top Corporate Law Boutiques: BAX Securities Law™ received this award in 2016, 2027, 2018, 2019, 2020
• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Barbara Hendrickson recognized in Corporate Finance & Securities Law