Michael practices investment management and securities law. He focuses in the areas of:
- registrant regulation
- securities compliance
- derivatives compliance, business conduct, registration and documentation matters
- hedge/pooled/private equity funds
Michael advises securities registrants throughout their securities registration and compliance lifecycles, including foreign and Canadian advisers, dealers and fund managers on registration and ongoing securities compliance matters.
He also advises both offshore and domestic hedge and private equity funds on the sale of their product in Canada and the regulatory aspects of private placements.
Additionally, Michael acts for advisers, dealers, investment funds and other end users that use derivatives, including:
- negotiating ISDAs, futures agreements and other standard documentation
- advising on derivatives regulatory compliance, registration and business conduct matters
Experience
- Counsel to Guardian Capital Group Limited in its $1.67 billion go-private transaction with Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
- Franklin Templeton (NYSE:BEN), a global investment management organization, in its acquisition of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM)
- Acted for several of Canada's largest financial institutions on novel exemptive relief to allow for cross-border dealing and advising activities
- Advised on novel agent compensation representative structure for an adviser subsidiary of one of Canada's leading financial institutions
- Counsel to Guardian Capital Group Limited in its $1.67 billion go-private transaction with Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc.
- Franklin Templeton (NYSE:BEN), a global investment management organization, in its acquisition of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM)
- Acted for several of Canada's largest financial institutions on novel exemptive relief to allow for cross-border dealing and advising activities
- Advised on novel agent compensation representative structure for an adviser subsidiary of one of Canada's leading financial institutions
