Securities Fundamentals 2024: Legal Opinions

Essential insights into drafting effective legal opinions

Wednesday, November 27, 2024
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
via webinar only

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Who should attend: Lawyers with one to five years of experience and paralegals who prepare or assist with preparing legal opinions for securities offerings. This may also be of interest to more experienced lawyers looking for a refresher on preparing legal opinions in securities transactions.

Learning level: Fundamental

This comprehensive course will provide you with a detailed overview of drafting and delivering legal opinions for securities offerings. From foundational concepts to specific applications, participants will explore key aspects of opinion preparation across corporate, private placement, and public offering contexts. Experienced practitioners will guide attendees through the process, including due diligence, drafting key assumptions and qualifications, and the essential documentation required to support various types of opinions.

By attending this course, you will:

• gain a solid foundation in the drafting and delivery of legal opinions
• learn the specific requirements for opinions provided for corporate, private placements, and public offerings
• develop skills in identifying appropriate assumptions and qualifactions, and working with supporting documentation
• get practical tips for managing client expectations and communications

Join us today.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 3.5 hours (this course will contain a minimum of .5 hours pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chair
Lucy H. Schilling — Cozen O'Connor LLP, Vancouver

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