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Our Practice
The corporate finance and securities practice group is the largest in our firm with over 90 practitioners in Toronto, Montréal and New York. We assist Canadian, U.S. and foreign issuers, underwriters, investors and other capital market participants with respect to domestic, cross-border and foreign debt and equity financings and other transactions. We have one of the largest capital markets practices in Canada and through our presence in Toronto, Montréal and New York we have a particular expertise in cross-border transactions. Our group is actively involved in public and private offerings of both debt and equity, including IPOs, secondary offerings, income trusts, REITs, high-yield debt, structured products, derivatives and rights offerings. We have significant expertise in international and cross-border transactions utilizing the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system (MJDS). In addition to our transactional work, we assist our public company clients with all of their securities compliance issues, including corporate governance and disclosure obligations, securities regulatory and enforcement matters and internal investigations. We advise Canadian and foreign investment dealers on their compliance and trading issues with product development and execution issues. We have significant experience working with public and para-public institutions, creating innovative financing structures and products to address the market and financing restrictions of these institutions. We are active on industry committees involving securities regulators in Ontario and Québec and frequently interact with securities regulators and stock exchanges which enables us to effectively advise clients of the shifting concerns of regulators and exchanges, thereby facilitating advance consultations and the obtaining of discretionary relief in appropriate circumstances. Our Clients Our expertise in corporate finance and securities attracts a wide variety of clients, including: • Public and private issuers • Investment bankers • Investment advisors • Underwriters • Venture capitalists • Hedge funds • Boards and committees of directors • Securities regulators Our Work
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