Lawson Lundell's Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Blog follows new and interesting issues emerging in the legal and business communities. Our goal is to provide a source of valuable information and insight on a wide variety of matters for our readers.
Practice Expertise
- Commercial Law
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Law
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities
- Venture Capital View More
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- WSG Regional Council - Member 2020-2023
- WSG Coronavirus Task Force Group - Member
Profile
Chat has a broad corporate and securities law practice with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and corporate governance. He advises clients on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, capital raising initiatives, and corporate reorganizations. In addition to transactional mandates, Chat regularly assists clients with corporate governance matters, continuous disclosure obligations, and general corporate law.
Chat has authored numerous client briefings and articles for legal publications and writes frequently on trends in corporate governance and corporate law. Chat has also taught Corporate Transactions for Osgoode Hall Law School's professional LLM program and was nominated in 2020 for an excellence in teaching award.
Prior to joining Lawson Lundell, Chat was an equity partner of a premier Canadian law firm based in Toronto.
Chat has authored numerous client briefings and articles for legal publications and writes frequently on trends in corporate governance and corporate law. Chat has also taught Corporate Transactions for Osgoode Hall Law School's professional LLM program and was nominated in 2020 for an excellence in teaching award.
Prior to joining Lawson Lundell, Chat was an equity partner of a premier Canadian law firm based in Toronto.
Languages
English
Bar Admissions
Called to the British Columbia Bar, 2016
Called to the Ontario Bar, 2008
Education
University of Toronto, J.D., 2007
Middlebury College, B.A., 2000
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Law
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities
- Venture Capital
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
* Counsel for the trustees of The Keg Royalties Income Fund in connection with a plan of arrangement under which an affiliate of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited acquired all of the issued and outstanding units of the Fund.
* Transaction counsel for Brookfield in the acquisition and disposition of various Canadian portfolio companies.
British Columbia counsel to Brookfield Infrastructure Debt Fund in connection with the divestiture of Ridley Terminals Inc. by Canada Development Investment Corporation.
* Transaction counsel for Hub International Limited in acquisitions and dispositions of certain Canadian insurance brokerages.
* Regularly advises major Canadian, U.S. and international issuers and private equity funds on Canadian and British Columbia matters in going-private transactions in numerous industries.
* Regularly acts for numerous U.S. and Canadian purchasers in both strategic and private equity acquisitions in Canada and internationally.
* Transaction counsel for Callidus Capital Corporation in its divestiture of certain forestry assets in Western Canada.
* Transaction counsel for Vancity Community Investment Bank in its acquisition of CoPower Inc.
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Rankings & Recognition
* Best Lawyers in Canada 2021-2027: Corporate Law
* Best Lawyers in Canada 2021-2027: Corporate Governance
* Best Lawyers in Canada 2021-2027: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
* Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024: Recommended as a leading practitioner for Corporate Mid-Market
* Counsel for the trustees of The Keg Royalties Income Fund in connection with a plan of arrangement under which an affiliate of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited acquired all of the issued and outstanding units of the Fund.
* Transaction counsel for Brookfield in the acquisition and disposition of various Canadian portfolio companies.
British Columbia counsel to Brookfield Infrastructure Debt Fund in connection with the divestiture of Ridley Terminals Inc. by Canada Development Investment Corporation.
* Transaction counsel for Hub International Limited in acquisitions and dispositions of certain Canadian insurance brokerages.
* Regularly advises major Canadian, U.S. and international issuers and private equity funds on Canadian and British Columbia matters in going-private transactions in numerous industries.
* Regularly acts for numerous U.S. and Canadian purchasers in both strategic and private equity acquisitions in Canada and internationally.
* Transaction counsel for Callidus Capital Corporation in its divestiture of certain forestry assets in Western Canada.
* Transaction counsel for Vancity Community Investment Bank in its acquisition of CoPower Inc.
Additional Information
Rankings & Recognition
* Best Lawyers in Canada 2021-2027: Corporate Law
* Best Lawyers in Canada 2021-2027: Corporate Governance
* Best Lawyers in Canada 2021-2027: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
* Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2024: Recommended as a leading practitioner for Corporate Mid-Market
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