 | Neill May and Sheldon Freeman at the Canadian Institute’s Securities Superconference |
February-22-2010
| Lawyer | Sheldon Freeman, Neill May |
| Area | Corporate Finance and Securities |
Details
February 22 - 24, 2010
Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto
Monday, February 22, 2010
9:00 am to 12:00 pm: Fundamentals of Securities Law In Canada
Speakers: Neill May, Partner, Goodmans LLP and Sheldon Freeman, Goodmans LLP
This session will cover:
- Understanding the legal and regulatory framework in Canada
- Exploring the roles a nd mandates of the regulators
- Provincial Securities Commissions
- CSA
- Stock Exchanges
- IIROC
- Market Regulation Services Inc.
- Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
- The registration requirement: registration of dealers, advisors and other investment professionals
- The prospectus requirement
- reviewing the IPO process
- private placements and the “closed system”
- Examining the critical role of key market participants
- Continuous disclosure obligations, insider reporting and other disclosure requirements
- Analyzing how securities enforcement works
