Best Lawyers in Canada for Securities Law

Brett Kagetsu is a partner in the firm's Vancouver office and is the former Vice-Chair of the firm's Corporate Finance, M&A and Private Equity Practice Group. Brett assists both issuers and underwriters with public offerings, private placements, reverse takeovers and Capital Pool Company qualifying transactions. Brett is often involved with plans of arrangement, amalgamations and spin-out transactions. Brett assists Canadian public companies with their regulatory compliance including with...

Heidi Reinhart’s practice covers all aspects of securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and providing corporate governance and securities regulatory advice. Ms. Reinhart is a member of our special situations team, which focuses on shareholder activist and defence mandates and complex M&A and reorganization transactions. Ms. Reinhart has represented both purchasers and vendors (public and private corporations) i...

Adam Kline is a partner in the Business Law Group at Miller Thomson in the Toronto office. His practice is focused primarily in the areas of securities, corporate finance, public and private mergers and acquisitions. Adam has considerable experience advising both bidders and targets in hostile and negotiated merger & acquisition transactions. He has advised underwriters and issuers on numerous financing transactions, including IPOs, bought deals, private placements and rights offerings, i...

Lyndsay Schooley is Counsel in Farris' Corporate Finance and Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions and Mining law practice groups. Lyndsay brings over ten years of experience advising both public and private clients in connection with corporate finance matters, securities regulation, mergers & acquisitions transactions, corporate governance and shareholder rights, with a strong emphasis on the natural resources sector. Lyndsay is the former Vice Chair of the Securities Law Section of the B...

Paul Raymond is experienced in corporate and securities law, financings and business acquisitions and sales. He has been involved in debt and equity financing of private and public corporations, governments and Crown corporations by way of private or public offerings in Canada and the United States, acting on behalf of issuers and underwriters. He has acted in various transactions for the purchase or sale of businesses as well as in mergers and reorganizations. Mr. Raymond has also been invol...

Businesses regularly engage in a myriad of complex corporate, commercial and securities transactions. Mauro leverages over two decades of practice to provide creative, strategic and practical solutions to assist issuers, investors and entrepreneurs navigate the complex legal and regulatory issues on matters of commercial, corporate finance and securities law. Junior issuers and venture investors often negotiate creative corporate, commercial and securities transactions; transactions which req...

Rod is Associate Counsel with Harper Grey and the Co-Chair of our Securities Group. Consistently ranked as a leader in his field by ranking publications including Lexpert, Best Lawyers, Chambers, and Benchmark, he has established a reputation for himself among clients and colleagues as dependable, hardworking, and knowledgeable. Rod is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society where Fellows are selected and invited into Fellowship after be...

Stuart M. Olley is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Mining Law and Securities Law. Stuart M., who practices law in Calgary, Alberta, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stuart M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Steve Saville has an active corporate/commercial transactional practice in Fasken’s Vancouver office. From advising public and private multinational corporations and middle market businesses, in a broad range of industry sectors, Steve’s clients seek him out for complicated domestic and international ventures as well as routine matters. A collaborative and persistent practitioner, Steve effectively counsels clients on public and private financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Cl...

Brigeeta represents clients in all aspects of enforcement and securities regulatory proceedings and related litigation, focusing on matters involving allegations of securities fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, Ponzi schemes, illegal distributions, and money laundering. Before joining Cozen O’Connor, Brigeeta was a partner at a leading international firm, a prosecutor in the Enforcement Department at the British Columbia Securities Commission, a criminal investigator, and spec...

The fulcrum of success is strategy. While an innovative product or breakthrough technology can position a company competitively, businesses need a solid strategy and structure from which to grow and succeed. Virgil understands this interdependency and develops creative, tailored and lucrative strategies for companies to thrive in the global market. C-suite clients trust Virgil as their business advisor and advocate. They count on him to accomplish transactions with speed and accuracy so that ...

Rory Godinho is the Managing Partner of Miller Thomson’s Vancouver office and a leader of the capital markets and securities group. He has an extensive client base which includes private and publicly traded companies in the natural resource, technology/biotechnology, telecommunications and industrial sectors and also acts for several independent investment dealers. Rory has extensive experience advising such clients on a broad range of matters such as initial public offerings, public an...

David Palumbo is a partner and Chair of the Corporate Transactions Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's Toronto office. David is a member of the Firm's North American Capital Markets Steering Committee and Global Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee. He serves as Chair of the Board of the You Can Play Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the inclusion of all in sports. David has been named as one of Canada's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. D...

Constantinos Ragas is a senior partner at Fasken and a national co-lead of the firm’s Emerging Technology Group, a premier legal practice serving Canada’s innovation economy. Based in Montréal, he is widely recognized as one of the top venture capital and technology M&A lawyers in the country, with a practice that blends legal precision, strategic thinking, and deep market insight. For nearly two decades, Constantinos has played a leading role in shaping Québec&r...

Lucy Schilling practices in the Capital Markets & Securities group with particular focus on securities, corporate finance and corporate/commercial law. She works closely with clients to close their transactions in a timely, organized and cost-effective manner. Her practical and solution-oriented approach to solving problems allows her to contribute collaboratively and creatively on any given project. Lucy advises on general corporate and commercial matters, securities and stock exchange r...

Troy is a partner practising corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, corporate finance and corporate governance mandates. Representing a number of public and private companies in a broad spectrum of industries, including manufacturing, automotive, food and consumer goods, technology and natural resources, Troy seeks to provide pragmatic advice to clients after developing a thorough understanding of their industry a...