Bio

Paul Barbeau has extensive experience in general corporate and commercial law, public and private mergers and acquisitions, all manners of securities offerings, and complex joint venture and other co-ownership vehicles. He also advises on matters relating to corporate governance, shareholder activism and general regulatory compliance. Paul is the Co-Head of the firm’s national Technology Transactions group. Paul also leads the firm’s Korea group. Acting for a diverse range of clients, Paul represents public and private companies, private equity funds, venture capital funds and underwriters located in Canada and abroad. Paul has significant experience advising clients in the technology, energy, utilities, construction, agribusiness, mining, health-care and manufacturing sectors. In his M&A practice, Paul advises buyers and targets on hostile and friendly takeover bids, plans of arrangement, reverse takeovers, management buy-outs, going private transactions and all other forms of corporate mergers. He also acts as independent legal counsel to special committees in connection with strategic review processes. Paul’s securities experience includes acting for issuers and underwriters in Canada and the United States. He has a strong track record in initial public offerings (IPOs), bought deal short form offerings, subscription receipt offerings and convertible debt offerings for clients ranging from small technology startups to large multi-billion-dollar international energy companies. Paul has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for his expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions and by the Lexpert Legal Directory for his expertise in Corporate Commercial Law. Paul is a published author on topics that include corporate sales, public offerings, takeover bids, shareholder rights plans and proxy access, and is the co-author of the Annotated Alberta Business Corporations Act, published by LexisNexis.