John Osler is a partner in our Business Law Group in Calgary.
Mr. Osler's practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate law matters. Mr. Osler has experience structuring and advising issuers and underwriters in various types of public offerings and private placements of debt and equity.
Mr. Osler advises public corporations on a wide variety of securities and corporate finance matters including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and dealings with securities regulators and Canadian and U.S. stock exchanges.
He has also advised special committees and boards of directors on corporate governance and corporate securities matters and has advised corporations in connection with proxy fights and other shareholder disputes.
Mr. Osler is recognized in the 2011 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a guide to the leading law firms and practitioners in Canada.
Mr. Osler is a member of the Alberta Securities Commission Advisory Committee. He has also recently prepared client updates on new securities and corporate law matters, including National Policy 41 201 - Income Trusts, proposed amendments to the Securities Act (Alberta) introducing civil liability for secondary market disclosure, and amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) providing for unlimited liability corporations. He is also a frequent speaker at legal education conferences.
Mr. Osler is the Chairman of the Alberta Cancer Foundation and is a native Calgarian who is actively involved in the community in various organizations and charities. Mr. Osler received a BA from Queens University in 1985 and an LLB from Dalhousie University in 1988. He was called to the Alberta bar in 1989.
Publications
· Alberta Tables Legislation Introducing Civil Liability For Secondary Market Disclosure;
· M&A Developments in 2005;
· Amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta): Introducing Unlimited Liability Corporations in Alberta; and
· Alberta Legislation Aimed at Limited Liability for Holders of Trust Units Receives Royal Assent.