Ryan Hayes Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Associate lawyer in Osler’s Financial Services Group. I practised commercial law and focus on banking and credit. My practice involved advising both borrowers and lenders on financing and corporate matters, including on acquisition financing, asset-based credit facilities and syndicated loan transactions.I acted for lenders and borrowers in various industry sectors including technology, energy, commercial real estate, construction and real estate services, food and beverage, consumer lending and telecommunications.

Associate lawyer in the firm's Business Law Group. Practice focused on mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, financial services, securities and a broad range of other business law matters. Acted on behalf of buyers and sellers in many different industries including energy, technology, marketing and advertising, financial services, metals, education, manufacturing, automotive, public accounting and real estate. Acted for lenders and borrowers in various industry sectors including consumer lending, renewable energy, commercial real estate, construction and real estate services, food and beverage and telecommunications. ○Draft and negotiate security documents, opinions and closing documents and assist with credit agreement drafting. ○Lead update calls and organize and manage closings. Acted for various issuers raising capital under various prospectus exemptions. Acted for a company planning an initial public offering, which was put on hold. Acted for various start-up companies advising on formalizing business structures, shareholders agreements, intellectual property protection, privacy, equity compensation and financing. Arrange private placement transactions, both debt and equity, under various offering memoranda and accredited investor exemptions. Passionate in the adoption of legal technology and lead the review of some of the firm’s legal technology needs. Established and lead the firm’s relationship with a start-up incubator including organizing the sponsorship of pitch competitions, speaking engagements and ongoing legal support and advice for resident businesses.

Law student in rotational program including: corporate, securities, commercial real estate, civil litigation and administrative law departments. Assisted on many deal closings including the reverse takeover of a mining company and the acquisition of a software company. Assisted in 4-week trial including assisting with the preparation of factums and research into oral agreements and spoliation or destruction of evidence.

Law student in Securities Law department. Drafted several public filings including sections in prospectuses for Initial Public Offerings, Capital Pool Companies, management information circulars, exemption applications, and filings related to Reverse Takeovers. Assisted on deal closings including the reverse takeover of a mining company. Assisted in research including a defence to a shareholders rights plan (poison pill) defence heard at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), and an appeal to the Investment Industry Regulation Organization of Canada (IIROC) hearing panel.

Barrie, Ontario

Law student for three 4 month summer terms. Conducted various research assignments in several areas of law. Led development of a new corporate minute book database; taught support staff how to use the database software to gain efficiency in minute book upkeep. Gained experience in various aspects of law by working in the below departments:● Intellectual Property Law: prepared trademark applications for clients● Business Law: participated in planning and facilitating major share transfer and corporate restructuring ● Real Estate Law: conducted several real estate transactions● Family Law Litigation: Prepared court filings and client correspondence in divorce proceedings● Wills and Estate Law – Prepared wills, administered estate files

Waterloo, Ontario

Member of Strategic Alliances department, focusing in media. Arranged licensing agreements with major artists for use in BlackBerry’s global digital media properties. Developed BlackBerry’s content guidelines for BlackBerry’s first proprietary media distribution service. Worked with several media industry-facing teams to ensure strategic alignment. ● Oversaw, sourced and licensed the majority of the top tier content for BlackBerry Podcasts application, working with major media companies in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, India and several other countries.● Deal prime for the several of the first multimedia applications developed by third parties such as Amazon MP3 store. Negotiated all contract terms including source code ownership, testing processes, and quality guidelines.● Provided Corporate Development (Mergers and Acquisitions) team with strategic advice on acquisition targets; conducted industry and product analysis for potential acquisition needs.

Toronto, Canada Area

Owner of a media production company, responsible for managing the legal, financial and strategic aspects of the firm. Develop strategies with partners then execute on engaging digital content to achieve goals. Selected projects include: ● MyMenu online video series, U.S. consumer packaged goods firm owned M&M Meat Shops Inc. ● Co-produced sponsored videos with Corey Vidal, (#2 most subscribed YouTube guru in Canada)● TedX Waterloo 2010, video production including live simulcast (TED Conferences LLC).

Waterloo, Ontario

Oversaw global software distribution program for BlackBerry customization. Rolled out third-party multimedia applications to meet carrier specialization requirements. Oversaw global approvals for carrier service changes. Conducted first analytical review of the distribution program, made recommendations based on results.● Introduced training program for a new legal team to teach program knowledge related to the legal requirements. Created standards that improved turnaround time, status reporting and communication between teams.

St. Catharines, Ontario

Founding executive of student television network; created policies and organizational model and drove full-phase startup; directed business operations and legal elements. Developed contracts spanning purchase/sale agreements, memberships, music/script licensing, and actor agreements; trained staff in contract administration. Built partnership with university’s student union; positioned organization as division to gain work space, funding, and insurance prior to branching off as separate entity. ● Lead organization from inception to a student funded quarter million dollar budget organization that is listed as one of the top ten reasons to go to Brock University (MacLean’s Magazine).

Greater Toronto Area

Compiled and reviewed financial statements and prepared tax returns for corporations and partnerships during compilation, review, and audit stages. Handled tax returns for personal and trust clients. Focused in clients in the real estate industry. ● Implemented changes to facilitate compliance with new corporate dividends tax law (GRIP); trained managers and revised internal policies to benefit clients.

Barrie, Ontario

Led development of a new corporate minute book database; taught support staff how to use the database software to gain efficiency in minute book upkeep. Gained experience in various aspects of law by working in the below departments:● Intellectual Property Law: prepared trademark applications for clients● Business Law: participated in planning and facilitating major share transfer and corporate restructurings ● Family Law Litigation: Prepared court filings and client correspondence in divorce proceedings

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Handled client reservations and created contracts; administered accounts to ensure new and return business.Handled client reservations and created contracts; administered accounts to ensure new and return business.• Facilitated an increase in fleet size of 30% as a direct result of excellent customer service, complemented by increasing customer base and repeat purchases• Engaged to observe operations of top-ranking regional branch to gain insight and adopt work culture for improvements to Niagara Falls location.

St. Catharines, Ontario

Directed 130-person student organization, holding key leadership role in decision-making and strategic planning. Planned international Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) programs in China and Grenada. Advised student entrepreneurs and facilitated development with initiatives such as a student mall and a student discount card. Presenter for “Ventures” team, “Microbusiness” team and SIFE team at ACE’s National Competitions in 2004 and 2005, placed in each competition as a result of my presentation skills, script writing abilities and leadership.

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), Business Law

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), Law

Activities and Societies: Glasgow University Dialectic Society

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Activities and Societies: MBA Student's Association (MBASA), Atrium Magazine

Honours Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Accounting

Activities and Societies: ACE Brock, Brock TV, Brock Business Ambassadors, Brock University Pre-Law Society