John E. Hall

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Work: Has extensive experience in advising on a wide range of compliance, fund governance, investment fund manager, adviser
  dealer registration
  registration exemption, sales practices,
  advertising issues.
  Deals extensively with issues relating to managed accounts.
  Frequently consulted with respect to creative bundling of services
  products to ensure their compliance with applicable legislation.
  Has been lead counsel in numerous acquisitions
  divestitures of fund companies, fund assets
  dealer companies
  in complex corporate reorganizations of complexes involving multiple corporate securities registrations.
  Engages extensively in issues relating to custody, brokerage arrangements,
  dealer-client documentation.
  Advises with respect to the use of derivatives in pooled vehicles.
  Has obtained novel exemptive relief from a wide variety of prospectus, dealer registration, conflict of interest
  other compliance requirements in the securities legislation of the 13 Canadian jurisdictions
  from the applicable self-regulatory organizations.
  Advises insurance industry participants with respect to segregated funds
  other money management issues.
  Has extensive experience in creating multi-jurisdictional fund structures.
  Involved in the first income trust used to finance deferred charge selling commissions.
  Advised with respect to the first 'merger' of commission financing limited partnerships into a larger Toronto Stock Exchange listed limited partnership.