JOHN E. HALL

JOHN E. HALL
Associé
T 416.367.6643
F 416.361.7379
Toronto
[email protected]
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/johnh
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Fonds communs de placement
FNB, produits structurés et fonds d'investissement à capital fixe
Services financiers
Gestion des investissements
Réglementation et conformité des personnes inscrites (valeurs mobilières)
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Windsor, 1981
John Hall is a partner at the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, and the
National Leader of the Firm's Investment Management Group.
BA (Hons.) in History, Queen's
University, 1978
Ontario, 1983
Activités professionnelles
Active Member, Investment Funds
Institute of Canada; Member, Point of
Sale and Disclosure Reform SubCommittees
Past Member, Investment Funds
Advisory Committee to the Ontario
Securities Committee
Member, Canadian Bar Association
and International Bar Association
National Council Liaison to BLG's
National Diversity Committee and
Women's Leadership Development
Committee
John practises corporate law with emphasis on securities law and, in particular, issues
relating to mutual funds, closed-end funds and other pooled vehicles, and the
distribution of such products to retail and exempt purchasers. He advises Canadian and
foreign fund managers, investment advisors and distributors on the full range of legal
issues relating to the administration of retail mutual funds and exempt pooled funds and
hedge funds in Canada and the offering of their securities in public offerings and private
placements. He also advises with respect to issues relating to exchange traded funds
(ETFs) and closed-end investment funds listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. John is
also a recognized authority on compliance, fund governance, sales practices and
advertising issues.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
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Has extensive experience in advising on a wide range of compliance, fund
governance, investment fund manager, adviser and dealer registration and
registration exemption, sales practices, and advertising issues.
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Deals extensively with issues relating to managed accounts.
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Frequently consulted with respect to creative bundling of services and products
to ensure their compliance with applicable legislation.
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Engages extensively in issues relating to custody, brokerage arrangements,
repurchase arrangements and securities lending.
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Advises with respect to the use of derivatives in pooled vehicles.
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Has obtained novel exemptive relief from a wide variety of prospectus, dealer
registration, conflict of interest and other compliance requirements in the
securities legislation of the 13 Canadian jurisdictions and from the applicable
self-regulatory organizations.
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Advises insurance industry participants with respect to segregated funds and
other money management issues.
Activités communautaires
Active with Raising The Roof and
other charitable organizations in the
Greater Toronto Area
Participated in BLG Reads to Kids
Program for many years
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Has extensive experience in creating multi-jurisdictional fund structures.
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Involved in the first income trust used to finance deferred charge selling
commissions.
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Advised with respect to the first 'merger' of commission financing limited
partnerships into a larger Toronto Stock Exchange listed limited partnership.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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Co-Author, Canadian chapter, Multijurisdictional Guide 2012 — Investment
Funds (and several previous editions), Practical Law Company.
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Speaker, "Mutual Fund Fees (Jones v. Harris)," Investment Funds Institute of
Canada/Hennick Centre For Business and Law, February 2010.
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Speaker at industry seminars on investment fund, fund governance and
distribution topics, including Langdon Hall Investment Funds Forum, BLG
Investment Management client seminars and Independent Review Inc. fund
governance presentations.
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS
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Recognized in the 2016 edition of The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Investment Funds).
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Recognized in the 2016 edition of Chambers Canada — Canada's Leading
Lawyers for Business (Investment Funds) (Band 1).
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Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition (and since 2006) of The
Best Lawyers in Canada® (Mutual Funds Law, Securities Law).
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Recognized in the 2015, 2014 and 2013 editions of Lexpert®/American Lawyer
Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Investment Funds & Asset
Management).
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Recognized in the 2015, 2014 and 2013 editions of The Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory (Investment Funds & Asset Management).
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Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent™ 5 out of 5 Peer Review Rated.
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