Ronald G. Murray

Ronald G. Murray

Since his call to the Bar in 1994, Ron has focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions (including "going private" transactions), debt and equity financings, securities regulation and general corporate/commercial law. Ron is also frequently asked to advise on the establishment/review of corporate governance "best practices" for public companies.

Clients who have sought Ron's legal and strategic advice include private and public companies, trusts, limited partnerships, investment funds, portfolio managers, securities dealers and institutional investors.

Ron has extensive cross-border experience and has represented clients in a number of industry sectors, including technology, life sciences and natural resources.

Prior to joining Farris in 2000, Ron was a corporate finance lawyer at the Vancouver office of the predecessor to the TSX Venture Exchange, assisting with the realignment of Canada's major stock markets along lines of market specialization, including the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta (and later Winnipeg) stock exchanges. During his 18 month tenure at the exchange, Ron was also tasked with providing securities law advice to corporate finance staff and executives. Prior to that, Ron practised at a boutique Vancouver corporate finance law firm.

Ron is past-chair of the Securities Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch); a past member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee (SLAC), providing advice to the British Columbia Securities Commission on legal and policy issues relating to securities regulation; and an instructor for various securities law seminars, including those sponsored by Simon Fraser University (Faculty of Business Administration) and the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.