Denise C. Nawata

Partner at Farris LLP
Pacific Centre South, 25th Floor, 700 W Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V7Y 1B3
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Advising both public and private companies, Denise has experience in a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions including mergers and acquisitions, plans of arrangements and other corporate reorganizations and debt and equity financings. Denise is also a trusted advisor to board of directors and special committees on transactional matters as well as corporate governance issues.

Her practice also focuses on advising issuers with respect to securities reporting, compliance and disclosure obligations and general corporate matters.

Denise currently sits on numerous boards and is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s Listing Advisory Committee.

Year of Call

2005

Legal Recognition

•The Best Lawyers in Canada (2026)
•Lexpert Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers in Canada (2026)
•Lexpert Leading Mining Lawyers (2023-2025)
•Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2025)
•Lexpert Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers (2025)
•Lexpert Leading Energy Lawyers (2023-2024)
•Lexpert Leading Technology and Health Sciences Lawyers (2022)

In the News

Recognition

Farris Lawyers Named Leading Cross-Border Lawyers

January 14, 2026

Transactions

Farris Represents Atomic Eagle Ltd. (formerly Tombador Iron) in the Acquisition of GoviEx Uranium

November 24, 2025

Recognition

61 Farris Lawyers Recognized in the 2026 Best Lawyers in Canada Directory

September 4, 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Finance & Securities
Corporate & Commercial
Mining Law
Technology
Oil & Gas
Life Sciences
Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

University Attended:

Institute of Corporate Directors, ICD.D., 2021; ICD-Rotman, Directors Education Program, June 2021; Sophia University Tokyo, Japan, Faculty of Comparative Culture, 2000; University of Alberta, B.Comm., 2000

Law School Attended:

University of Calgary, LL.B., 2004

Year of First Admission:

2005

Admission:

2005, Alberta; 2006, British Columbia

Memberships:

Affiliations

•Independent Director and Vice-Chair of E-Comm 911, Emergency Communications for British Columbia Incorporated, the multi-municipality agency providing emergency communication operations for British Columbia.
•Independent Director of EasyPark.
•Board member of the Brinkman Group, a family-owned suite of companies that provides business-based solutions to various complex environmental problems and a key leader in the Canadian reforestation industry.
•Member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Advisory Committee.
•Member of the Law Society of British Columbia.
•Member of the Canadian Bar Association.

Reported Cases:

Representative Work: Graphite One Inc. in connection with its negotiation of various technology licensing arrangements.; Office Depot in connection with its acquisition of various British Columbia retailers.; West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. In connection with its gold-linked notes offering.; PolyMet Mining Corp. in connection with a US$195 million rights offering backstopped by Glencore AG.; PolyMet Mining Corp. in connection with a transaction involving Teck Resources Limited in forming a new joint venture company.

ISLN:

918743495

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