Mergers and Acquisitions 2024

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Get up to speed on current issues and developments in the world of M&A

—Rebroadcasts—
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Summer Series 2024
Monday, July 15, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024

Last Kick at the Can Series 2024
Monday, December 2, 2024
Monday, December 16, 2024

(Original webinar date: February 13, 2024)

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Who should attend: Business lawyers and in-house counsel involved in both public and private deals

Learning level: Advanced

Mergers and acquisitions practice is hectic, leaving you little time to keep up with every deal and every market development.

This biennial update is your opportunity to catch up on recent developments with the leading minds of the BC M&A community all in one day. Leading practitioners have curated the most important transactions, trends, and topics to share with you. You will leave this course confident and current.

At this course, you will:

find out about the latest M&A trends and how they may affect your practice in the market update and public M&A case studies
get up to date on the enforceability of non-competition agreements, representations and warranties insurance, working capital adjustments, and carveouts
learn strategies for M&A involving distressed companies
learn best practices for setting your deal up for success

Course attendees (both attending in person or online) are invited to join faculty at the conclusion of the course for a networking reception. Come catch up with colleagues old and new.

A special thank you to McCarthy Tétrault LLP for hosting this reception.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6.5 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chair
Sven O. Milelli — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Summer Series 2024	EARLY BIRD Register by June 17/24	Regular Price After June 17/24
Rebroadcast	$519	$589
Rebroadcast Articled Student	$295	$295

*Last Kick at the Can 2024*
Rebroadcast	$589
Rebroadcast Articled Student	$295

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CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Genevieve Chang
gchang@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising

Course Chair
Sven O. Milelli — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

About the Course Chair
Sven Milelli is the Regional Managing Partner, BC, and a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver.

Sven advises public and private corporations in a wide range of industries regarding mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, and corporate governance matters. Prior to joining McCarthy Tétrault, he was a senior associate with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, a leading international law firm in New York.

Sven is recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Chambers Global for Corporate/M&A- Canada, in Chambers Canada for Corporate/Commercial – BC, in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Corporate Finance & Securities, and in the Lexpet Special Edition for Finance and M&A, Technology and Health Sciences, and Energy. He is also recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada as a Leading Lawyer in the area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Technology Law.

Sven received his BA (Hons.) in Economics and Political Science from Trinity College in 1994 and received his MBA and LLB from the University of Toronto in 1999. He was called to the New York bar and the BC bar.

Planning Committee
Nathan G.A. Daniels — Mogan Daniels Slager LLP, Vancouver
Christian P. Gauthier — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Jennifer Hansen — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Kathleen Keilty — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Denise Nawata — Farris LLP, Vancouver
Bradley A. Newby — Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver

Faculty
Nathan G.A. Daniels — Morgan Daniels Slager LLP, Vancouver
Christian P. Gauthier — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Oksana Horsman — Price Waterhouse Cooper LLP, Vancouver
Keelyn Hislop, CPA, CA, CBV — Vice President, M&A Advisory, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Vancouver
David Lam, CPA, CA — National Corporate Finance Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Vancouver
Troy J.A. Lehman — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Rael Levy — Senior Vice President, Transactional Risk Practice, Marsh Specialty, Toronto
Kwang Lim — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Graeme McFarlane — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver
Erica McGuinness, CPA, CA, CBV — Partner, Sequeira Partners, Vancouver
Glynnis Morgan — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
David L. Redford — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Peter M. Roth — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
David Salmon — President, Laurel Hill Advisory Group LLP, Vancouver
Michael S. Shakra — Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto
Patrick Whitehill — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
H. Lance Williams — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

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Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Genevieve Chang — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver

Sven O. Milelli — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Market Update (9:10 – 9:40)

recent mergers and acquisitions statistics and trends
what sectors are most active? why?
key lessons learned in recent deals

Erica McGuinness, CPA, CA, CBV — Partner, Sequeira Partners, Vancouver

Transactional Activism: A Case Study of the Rio Tinto/Turquoise Hill Transaction (9:40 – 10:30)

David L. Redford — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Peter M. Roth — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
David Salmon — President, Laurel Hill Advisory Group LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:30 – 10:45)

Working Capital Adjustments (10:45 – 11:45)

Oksana Horsman — Price Waterhouse Cooper LLP, Vancouver
Troy J.A. Lehman — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Patrick Whitehill — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Representations and Warranties Insurance (11:45 – 12:15)

impacts of RWI on deal negotiation and escrows
data/trends on claims and pay outs

Rael Levy — Senior Vice President, Transactional Risk Practice, Marsh Specialty, Toronto
Kwang Lim — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (12:15 – 1:15)

Distressed M&A (1:15 – 2:15)

buying CCAA companies
protecting your client when buying a distressed company

Christian P. Gauthier — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Michael S. Shakra — Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto
H. Lance Williams — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

Carveouts (2:15 – 2:45)

Glynnis Morgan — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:45 – 3:00)

Non-competition Agreements in M&A (3:00 – 3:30)

when are they enforceable
drafting tips
common pitfalls

Graeme McFarlane — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver

Setting Your Deal Up for Success (3:30 – 4:25)

pre-deal housekeeping
negotiation strategies
working with unsophisticated vendors

Nathan G.A. Daniels — Morgan Daniels Slager LLP, Vancouver
Keelyn Hislop, CPA, CA, CBV — Vice President, M&A Advisory, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Vancouver
David Lam, CPA, CA — National Corporate Finance Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)

Sven O. Milelli — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver

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