Cassels Brock has focused on securities registration, litigation, regulatory defence of dealers and compliance matters as a discrete practice area for over ten years, and has established one of Canada’s leading practices in the area. Our Registration and Compliance Group has worked on all aspects of securities regulatory projects, including some of the most significant regulatory transactions in Canada. Our experience enables us to provide valuable service to our clients. Our strong working relationship with the regulators across Canada puts our clients onto a solid footing in all regulatory matters. Our views are respected by regulators and the results we achieve for our clients reflect this.
We understand the business of being a dealer, adviser or investment fund manager in the Canadian securities industry. We tailor our services to fit our clients’ business needs, objectives and budgets. Over the years, we have provided advice to, among others, the following registrants:
- Investment Dealers
- Mutual Fund Dealers
- Exempt Market Dealers
- Portfolio Managers
- Investment Fund Managers
- Commodities Merchants and Advisers
- Operators of Alternative Trading Systems
- International firms looking to access the Canadian capital markets
Our Registration and Compliance Group has been involved with all aspects of securities registration, litigation, regulatory defence and compliance in Canada, including:
- Interpreting and applying legal and regulatory requirements
- Applications for registration and SRO membership
- Applications for exemptions from the requirements of securities legislation, including registration and prospectus requirements
- Corporate (e.g., structuring new applicants, reorganizing registered entities)
- Compliance (e.g., responding to regulators, various levels of diagnostic review)
- Litigation (e.g., court and regulatory hearings, regulatory interviews, investigations, audits and settlements) and litigation support (e.g., expert evidence)
- Training and continuing education Contracts (e.g., advisory agreements, account documents, referral agreements)
- Corporate Finance (e.g., public and private financing of registered entities)
- Mergers & Acquisitions (e.g., buying and selling registered entities through share or asset transactions, public take-over bids)
- Due diligence
- Products (e.g., mutual funds, pooled funds, ETFs, other investment funds, structured products, wrap programs)
