CLE-TV: Advanced Securities 2019 Series


Course Date: May 1, 2019

Total: 6h 16min
Course Agenda ▼

May 1, 2019
Securities Case Law Update

  • key cases
  • analysis and trends
  • effects on practice

Fred R. Pletcher — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Leo Raffin — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

May 15, 2019
Listing with the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)

  • introduction to the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)
  • pre-listing issues
  • structuring the transaction
  • the listing process
  • post-listing obligations
  • US companies and the OTC

Jamie Litchen — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto
Daniel M. Miller — Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Vancouver
Anna Serin — Director, Listings Development – Vancouver, Canadian Securities Exchange, Vancouver

May 22, 2019
Takeover Bids

  • key elements of the takeover bid process
  • early warning system & bid integration rules
  • insider trading rules and toehold acquisitions
  • defensive tactics
  • case study on Nevsun Resources Ltd.

Steven McKoen, QC — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Sarfaz Visram — Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, BMO Capital Markets, Toronto

May 29, 2019
Shortselling Reports

  • short seller's strategy
  • responding to an attack
  • legal paths
  • case studies, including Asanko Gold Inc., Silvercorp Metals Inc., Aphrial Inc., Shopify Inc., and more

Alan Bayless, ICD.D — Longview Communications Inc., Vancouver
Teresa Tomchak — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

June 12, 2019
Regulatory Update

  • CSA updates, including cannabis, cryptocurrency, promotional activity, and coming national systems changes
  • TSX/TSXV market update, cannabis sector, and crytocurrency sector updates
  • TSX/TSXV personal information forms and promotional expenditures

David Babstock — Senior Manager, Listed Issuer Services, Toronto Stock Exchange, Vancouver
Charlotte P. Bell — Senior Policy Counsel, TMX Group, Vancouver
John Hinze — Director, Corporate Finance, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver

June 19, 2019
Political Risk Disclosure

Karen L.M. Carteri — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Amandeep Sandhu — Zargar Lawyers + Business Strategists, Vancouver