Advanced Securities 2025: Series

Course Chairs
Cory Kent — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Fred R. Pletcher — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs
Cory Kent's practice focuses on corporate and securities law with an emphasis on the natural resources, cannabis and technology sectors. He provides counsel on all matters relating to capital markets, including listings on the Canadian stock exchanges (TSX, TSX-Venture), private offerings, corporate reorganizations, reactivations, hostile takeovers, reverse takeovers, plans of arrangement and amalgamations, mergers and acquisitions, and continuous disclosure obligations. He is a leader of McMillan’s Mining Group.

Highly regarded for the depth of his corporate governance experience, Cory advises shareholders as well as boards of directors in connection with shareholder activism and contested transactions.

Cory provides multi-faceted counsel to his clients, having acted on both sides of the deal-making table. He has proven skills in dealing with boards of directors, management teams, stakeholders and regulatory bodies alike.

Fred Pletcher is chair of the Mining Group and a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets Group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.  Fred has over 30 years' experience advising public companies, boards and underwriters in connection with a broad range of transactions and issues. He has a particular focus on companies in the mining industry, both domestically and internationally, and also has considerable experience in the field of shareholder activism. Fred is recognized as a leading lawyer by all major ranking publications, including Chambers, Best Lawyers, IFLR 1000, The Legal 500, Lexpert and Reuters. He has degrees from Columbia University (LLM), University of Toronto (LLB) and Harvard University (AB) and was called to the BC bar in 1993.

Planning Committee
Charlotte Bell — Senior Policy Counsel, TSX Venture Exchange Inc., Vancouver
Delaney J. Fisher — Pan American Silver Corp., Vancouver
Rory S. Godinho — Cozen O’Connor LLP, Vancouver
Alan J. Hutchison — Osler, Hoskins & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver
Kathleen Keilty — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Shannon D. Webber — West Fraser Mills Ltd., Vancouver

Faculty

Day 1
Charlotte Bell — Senior Policy Counsel, TSX Venture Exchange Inc., Vancouver
Anne Bruchet — Senior Securities Analyst, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Victoria Steeves — Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Services, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Larissa M. Streu — Manager, Corporate Disclosure, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Victoria Yehl — Manager, Mining, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Maggie Zhang — Senior Securities Analyst, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver

Day 2
Ravipal S. Bains — BC Investment Management Corporation, Victoria
Julie Bogle — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Brady Gordon — Blake Cassels Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Zvi Halpern-Shavim — Blake Cassels Graydon LLP, Toronto
Alan J. Hutchison — Osler, Hoskins & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver

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Day 1: Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (1:00 – 1:10)

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Cory Kent — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Fred R. Pletcher — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Securities Case Law Update (1:10 – 2:10)

Cory Kent — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Fred R. Pletcher — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (2:10 – 2:25)

Regulatory Update (2:25 – 4:25)

TMX Update

Charlotte Bell — Senior Policy Counsel, TSX Venture Exchange Inc., Vancouver

Problematic Acquisitions

Anne Bruchet — Senior Securities Analyst, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Maggie Zhang — Senior Securities Analyst, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver

New Capital Raising Relief 

Larissa M. Streu — Manager, Corporate Disclosure, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver

Modernizing Mineral Disclosure Requirements 

Victoria Steeves — Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Services, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Victoria Yehl — Manager, Mining, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver

Closing Remarks (4:25 – 4:30)

Cory Kent — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Fred R. Pletcher — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Day 2: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (1:00 – 1:10)

Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Cory Kent — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Fred R. Pletcher — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

61-101 Issues: A Primer (1:10 – 2:10)

Alan J. Hutchison — Osler, Hoskins & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver

ESG and DEI Disclosure in Canada: The Impact of US Policy Changes (2:10 – 3:10)

Ravipal S. Bains — BC Investment Management Corporation, Victoria
Julie Bogle — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (3:10 – 3:25)

Changing US Tariffs and Trade Policy and Its Impact on M&A and Securities in Canada (3:25 – 4:25)

Brady Gordon — Blake Cassels Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Zvi Halpern-Shavim — Blake Cassels Graydon LLP, Toronto