Melissa Smith is a lawyer practicing corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities, capital markets and public companies and 3 other areas of law. Melissa received a degree from University of British Columbia in 2000, and has been licensed for 21 years. Melissa practices at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Calgary, AB.
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Firm InformationPositionPartnerFirm NameBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesRepresentative Work: Co-Author, Will the Coffey Class Action Have a Ripple Effect, BLG Cryptocurrency
Blockchain Bulletin, August 2018.
Counsel to the agents in connection with $84 million short form prospectus financing of Blackbird Energy Inc.
Canadian counsel to SDX Energy Inc., an international oil
gas company with assets in Egypt
Morocco which is dual listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
AIM, assisting with general corporate matters, compliance with Canadian corporate
securities laws, including continuous disclosure obligations,
Canadian stock exchange matters
Counsel a private multinational software company in connection its significant acquisition of a private company in the software sector
Counsel to both sellers
buyers in connection with the sale of various professional practices, including oral surgeons, dentists, optometrists
architects
Counsel to Arsenal Energy in connection with cross-border plan of arrangement
merger transaction with Lone Pine Resources Canada Ltd.
its affiliates, to form Prairie Provident Resources Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed issuer
Counsel to XPEL Technologies Corp. in connection with the acquisition of a Canadian private company
a private placement
Counsel to Mainstreet Equity Corp., a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company, in connection with its substantial issuer bid whereby it repurchased its common shares for cancellation in an aggregate amount of $25 million
Counsel to PetroNova Inc. in connection with a plan of arrangement with Petroamerica Corp.
Counsel to Questerre Energy Corp., an oil
gas company dual listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
the Oslo Stock Exchange, in respect of securities compliance matters, continuous disclosure obligations
multiple private placement
prospectus offerings
Counsel to multiple buyers
sellers of private companies, by way of share or asset sales, amalgamations, take-over bids
plans of arrangements
Represented shareholders, including minority shareholders, in respect of various corporate matters, including shareholder disputes
Counsel to both agents
issuers in connection with capital pool companies, both in respect of the initial public offering
the subsequent qualifying transaction
Counsel to a TSX Venture Exchange listed corporation in connection with the acquisition of mining interests in Mali
Counsel to Western Energy Services Corp. with respect to its private offering of senior notes for gross proceeds of approximately $91.5 million
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions2005, Alberta
MembershipsProfessional Involvement
•Member, Canadian Bar Association
•Member, Law Society of Alberta
•Member, Calgary Bar Association -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Calgary
Class of 2004
LL.B.
Other EducationUniversity of British Columbia
Class of 2000
B.Sc.
Melissa Smith
Centennial Place, East Tower1900, 520 - 3rd Avenue S.W.Calgary, AB M5H 3Y4Canada