I acted as legal counsel for a province-wide provider of specialized health services with over 18,000 employees. Experience highlights include:• Advising on commercial law matters, including partnerships, leasing, employment, and intellectual property• Advising on contract issues, drafting and negotiating contracts, and creating contract templates for recurring contractual relationships• Advising on privacy compliance and information ownership• Collaborating with risk management departments• Responding to general legal inquiries and providing legal support to PHSA’s various programs, agencies, and services

I served as in-house counsel and assistant corporate secretary for a group of TSX Venture Exchange-listed junior mining exploration companies. Experience highlights include:• Incorporations and corporate maintenance for Canadian public company parents and private subsidiaries in various jurisdictions within Canada and in Europe, the Caribbean, and South America• Corporate governance, including preparation of corporate policies and advising on director and officer obligations• Organization and management of annual and special shareholder meetings, including preparation of meeting materials and related regulatory filings• Management of regulatory compliance with stock exchanges and securities regulators in Canada and the U.S., including continuous disclosure obligations• Transactional work including asset acquisitions and dispositions, securities issuances and brokered and non-brokered financings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructurings, including plans of arrangement and tax-driven transactions • Management of private placement financings, including flow-through shares and subscription receipts

I practiced with the capital markets group. Representative experience includes:• Going public and stock exchange listings in Canada, including qualifying transactions for capital pool companies• Private and public equity financings in Canada and the U.S., including flow-through share offerings• Share and asset purchase and sale transactions• Corporate restructurings including spin-outs, mergers, and reverse takeovers• Canadian and U.S. continuous disclosure securities filings