What Canadian Companies and Their Advisers
Need to Know about U.S. Law
Ken is a member of the firm's Business and Corporate practice groups and the Canadian Cross-Border practice and the co-chair of our Mining Industry Group Practice. As a trusted legal advisor to clients for their transactional and corporate governance needs, Ken strives to understand client goals and apply real-world business experience to capital markets, M&A and corporate transactions and regulatory compliance.
On September 28, 2021, companies trading in the United States over-the-counter securities markets (“OTC Markets”) that do not comply with amended Rule 15c-211 will no longer be eligible for quotation on the OTC Markets, effectively eliminating their public quotation in the United States. Amended Rule 15c-211 requires that broker-dealers obtain and review basic information about...
California is now accepting applications for temporary cannabis licenses. For more information, see www.dorsey.com/newsresources/publications/client-alerts/2017/12/ca-opens-applications-for-temporary-cannabis.
On November 16, 2017, California published the long awaited rules and regulations to implement voter approved Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Cannabis Act of 2016, which legalized adult use of cannabis in the State of California. The California Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety...
On April 10, 2017, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement brought enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes. These actions arose when public companies, through promoters or communications firms, hired newsletter writers to generate publicity for their securities without publicly disclosing that the writers were being paid. While it is...
We get asked from time-to-time whether it is advisable for issuers to pay fees to unregistered “finders” for introducing potential investors in the United States to the issuer in connection with securities offerings. The short answer is “no.” Most finders are engaged by issuers under finder’s, advisory, or other arrangements, which typically require payment of...
Cross-Border Counselor is a collection of articles and timely updates about U.S. law issues of concern to Canadian companies that have assets, do business, raise funds or are listed for trading in the United States, as well as the attorneys, accountants and banks that advise them. Learn more about Dorsey’s Canada cross-border practice group here.
Christopher L. DoerksenChris helps clients raise money by selling equity and debt, buy and ...
James GuttmanJames advises publicly-traded companies and closely-held companies ...
Randal R. JonesRandy has over 25 years of experience counseling emerging, priv...
Aaron GoldsteinAaron is a Partner in Dorsey’s Labor & Employment group, where he brin...
John D. Hollinrake, Jr.John has over twenty-five years of experience advising clients on...
Kendall R. FisherKendall’s practice focuses on U.S. federal tax issues related to dome...
Marianne O'BaraMarianne works regularly with numerous non-U.S. companies and their l...
Wells ParkerWells is a Partner and co-chair of Dorsey’s Energy and Natural Resou...
Larry WardAs an international business attorney, Larry helps clients navigate com...
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