Course Chairs
Emma Costante — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Kyle D. Misewich — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Emma Costante is a partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP advising domestic and international clients on a range of business matters, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, go-public events, complex shareholder negotiations, corporate governance, commercial transactions, joint ventures, and partnerships.
Emma's practice covers a broad range of sectors and industries, including life sciences, health care, SaaS, AI and quantum computing, clean tech, and natural resources. A large part of Emma's practice focuses on supporting innovative growth companies and particularly in the life science industry. She helps create negotiated solutions among stakeholders, including founder exits, government contracts, and complex shareholder agreements.
Kyle Misewich is a partner in the Vancouver office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and practises corporate and securities law, including public and private company financings, mergers and acquisitions, takeover bids, and corporate reorganizations. He also advises public and private companies in connection with securities law compliance, disclosure obligations, stock exchange matters, corporate governance, and general corporate law. Kyle represents clients in a broad range of industries, including life sciences, technology, and mining.
Planning Committee
Karim Amlani — Senior Director, Legal, Hootsuite, Vancouver
Lynne Charbonneau, ICD.D — Vice President, World Bank Administrative Tribunal, Director, Inuvialuit Development Corporation, and Law Professor, University of Calgary, North Vancouver
Dan Fogarty — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver
Jonathan Hoyles — Silvercorp Metals Inc., Vancouver
Darren Kozol — SVP Legal, Peoples Trust Company, Vancouver
Glynnis Morgan — McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Vancouver
Faculty
Manijeh Colabella, LLB, ICD.D, GCB.D, TEP — Watson Advisors Inc., Vancouver
Dan Fogarty — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver
Jonathan Hoyles — Silvercorp Metals Inc., Vancouver
Darren Kozol — SVP Legal, Peoples Trust Company, Vancouver
Miranda L. Lam, KC — Chief Legal Officer & Vice President, Business Development, Acuitas Therapeutics Inc., Vancouver
Alexandra C. Luchenko — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
D. Ross McGowan — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver