alfred lj page

ALFRED L. J. PAGE
Associé
T 416.367.6020
F 416.361.7090
Toronto
[email protected]
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/alfred
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Valeurs mobilières, marchés financiers et sociétés ouvertes
Financement des entreprises et valeurs mobilières
Capital d'investissement
Fonds d’actions de sociétés fermées, fonds spéculatifs
et fonds d’investissement alternatifs
Gestion des investissements
Fusions et acquisitions
Marché des capitaux d’emprunt
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Toronto, 1979
Alfred Page is National Leader of the BLG's Securities, Capital Markets and Public
Companies Group. He is the current Co-Chair of the Securities Law Committee of the
International Bar Association and a former member of the Securities Advisory
Committee to the Ontario Securities Commission.
Ontario, 1981
England and Wales, 1996 (Solicitor,
not practising)
Activités professionnelles
Member, International Bar Association
(IBA), Legal Practice Division
(Banking, Investment Funds and
Securities Committees); Senior ViceChair, IBA Securities Law Committee;
Chair, IBA Mergers & Acquisitions
Subcommittee (2011)
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Chair, 2009 Securities
SuperConference
Co-Founder, Toronto Biotechnology
Initiative
Activités communautaires
Alfred is a business lawyer whose securities law practice emphasizes mergers and
acquisitions, corporate finance, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, technology
and inbound investment. He advises a broad range of Canadian and international
corporate finance and business clients, including companies, funds and underwriters,
on public issues, stock exchange listings, corporate governance and private placements
of securities; public and private buyers, sellers, minority shareholders, independent
committees and investment bankers in connection with mergers and acquisitions, and
related due diligence projects. He has represented both strategic and passive investors
in a broad range of industries.
Recent clients include private equity, venture capital and hedge fund sponsors,
managers and investors, regarding fund formation, private investments, strategic
acquisitions, leveraged buy-ins, leveraged buy-outs, public offerings and other planned
exits, particularly for natural resource and technology-based enterprises.
He serves as a trusted adviser to Canadian and international securities dealers,
investment fund managers and investment advisers in registration matters, investment
funds, private capital pools and shareholder activism.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Advised the world`s largest brewer on an aggregate of $1.8 billion of maple
bond offerings.
Director and Secretary, Médecins
Sans Frontières Canada/Doctors
Without Borders Canada, 1991-99

Assisted an Asian technology consulting firm in the acquisition of a mutual fund
transfer agency business and a US technology company on two fold-in
software acquisitions.
Director, Médecins Sans Frontières
Holland/Artsen Zonder Grenzen,
1997-98
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Represented a Canadian mobile advertising company in its sale to a strategic
investor.
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Represented a Canadian touch screen technology company in its sale to a
Director, SOS Children's Villages
Canada, 2009-present
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Volunteer, BLG Reads to Kids
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Rider and Fundraiser, Heart & Stroke
Foundation Ride for Heart
foreign strategic investor.
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Advised on the acquisition and reorganization of management of a large
closed-end fund group and the successful defence of a hostile bid.

Represented management of a public communications company in defending
a hostile bid and subsequent friendly private equity acquisition.

Advised on the sale of a large mutual fund complex in exchange for shares of a
dominant financial institution.
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Represented a Canadian private equity firm in its acquisition, financing and
sale of a Canadian sawmill.

Advised on offering and registration matters regarding the introduction of a
novel online financial product in Canada.
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Assisted a private ethanol producer on its mezzanine round pre-IPO financing.

Represented a major Canadian private equity fund sponsor in forming and
distributing its latest fund of fund offerings, and investment of the proceeds.

Represented the underwriters in a public equity offering by a Canadian mining
company.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Co-Chair, "Disclosing payments to governments and aboriginal peoples",
International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference September 2016.

Co-Chair, "MiFiD II Implementation progress- will market fragmentation
continue and what are the effects on market transparency?", 33rd International
Financial Law Conference, May 2016.

Author, "Asian Sovereign Investments – A Canadian Perspective", produced
for the 2nd IBA Asia-Based International Financial Law Conference, March
2016 (with Devin Persaud).

Co-Chair, “Asian Sovereign Wealth Funds”, 2nd IBA Asia-Based International
Financial Law Conference, March 2016 (with Devin Persaud).

Co-Chair, “Defensive Tactics: where are we now – merely a delay or just say
no?”, IBA Annual Conference October 2015.

Chair, “Compensation disclosure – do we need 100 pages?”, 32nd
International Financial Law Conference, May 2015.

Author, "One Proxy, One Vote: CSA Provides Update on Review of Proxy
Voting Infrastructure," Securities and Capital Markets Bulletin, February 2015.

Author, Consideration and Acquisition Finance, Practical Law's Private
Acquisitions Multi-Jurisdictional Guide - Country Commentary - Canada,
Thomson Reuters 2014.

Speaker, "M&A Letters of Intent: Crafting Preliminary Deal Terms and
Conditions," M&A Agreements Program, Federated Press, September 2013.

Co-Chair, "Litigation Lessons for Securities Lawyers," IBA Annual Conference,
October 2012.

Co-Consulting Editor, "Hedge Funds – a Practical Global Handbook to the Law
and Regulation," Globe Law and Business, 2012.
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Speaker, "Structuring Purchase and Sale Agreements," 7th Structuring Venture
Capital & Private Equity Transactions, Federated Press, September 2012.

Co-Chair, "Simultaneous Credit Facility Arrangements and Public and Private
Bond Financings," 29th International Financial Law Conference, May 2012.

Co-Chair, "Disclosure Documents, a Global Perspective," IBA Annual
Conference, November 2011.

Author, "Canada Chapter," Securities World: Jurisdictional Comparisons, 3rd
Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2011.

Author, "Canada Chapter," IBA Float Guide, IBA, 2011.

Co-Chair, "The Fragmentation of the Securities Markets: A Perfect Landscape
for Effective Trading?" 28th International Financial Law Conference, May 2011,
and "Recent Developments Concerning Intermediated Securities and Netting
Laws," 27th International Financial Law Conference, May 2010.

Speaker, "Clearing and Settlement – A Systemic Risk for Capital Market
Lawyers?" and "Ethics for the Deal Lawyer," IBA Annual Conference, October
2010.

Author, "Continued Harmonization Regarding the Distribution of CFDs and
Forex," BLG`s Securities & Capital Markets Alert, June 2010 (with Julie Mansi).
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS

Recognized in the 2016 edition (and since 2008) of The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Mid-Market).
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Recommended in the 2016 Legal 500 Canada (Capital Market).
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Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2017 edition (and since 2010) of The
Best Lawyers in Canada® (Private Funds Law, Securities Law).

Recognized in the 2016 edition (and since 2008) of The Canadian Legal
Lexpert® Directory (Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Mid-Market,
Private Equity).

Recognized in the 2015 Who's Who Legal Canada (Private Funds) and the
2015 edition of Who's Who Legal: Private Funds.

Recognized by the 2013 Lexology Client Choice Awards as the exclusive
winner in the General Corporate category in Canada.
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Martindale-Hubbell® BV® Distinguished™ 4.4 out of 5 Peer Review Rated.
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