Associate Counsel
Steffi M. Boyce
Office
Vancouver
Key Practice Area
Corporate Finance & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate & Commercial
Year of Call
2018
Qualifications
British Columbia Bar (2018)
Education
University of British Columbia (J.D., Business Law Concentration, 2017)
Project Management Institute (Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), 2015)
Vancouver Community College (Project Management Certification, 2013)
University of Western Ontario (B.Sc., Honours Specialization in Chemistry, 2010)
Steffi practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, and securities law. She has experience with a variety of transactions including purchase transactions, equity financings, plans of arrangement and going public transactions. She also advises publicly listed companies regarding their continuous disclosure obligations.
Prior to her career in law, Steffi worked in the biotech, pharmaceutical and life science industries in Vancouver and holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree from the University of Western Ontario, with an Honours Specialization in Chemistry. Before joining Farris, Steffi practiced at another full-service regional firm in Vancouver.
Steffi shares her expertise with the BC legal community through contributions to practice manuals published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. She has also contributed to Canadian Public Target M&A Deal Points Studies, published by the American Bar Association.
- Member of the Law Society of British Columbia
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association
- Represented a TSX-listed mining issuer in a brokered private placement of special warrants for aggregate gross proceeds of $26.4 million, and in obtaining a receipt for a final short form prospectus qualifying the distribution of units underlying the special warrants.
- Represented a TSX Venture-listed issuer in the spin-out of certain of its mineral properties into a newly incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary, by way of statutory plan of arrangement.
- Represented various issuers in initial public offerings on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
- Represented a target mining (non-reporting) issuer in the reverse take-over of a TSX Venture-listed issuer by way of three-cornered amalgamation, having a deemed value of approximately $21 million.
- Author of “Chapter 18: Shareholders’ Agreements,” in the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia’s Company Law Practice Manual (2025 Update).
- Author of “Chapter 2: Asset Purchase Agreements,” in the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia’s Buying and Selling a Business: Annotated Precedents (2025 Update).
- Co-Author of “Chapter 11: Closing Agendas – Asset Purchase Closing Agenda,” in the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia’s Buying and Selling a Business: Annotated Precedents (2025 Update).
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, 2024 Canadian Public Target M&A Deal Points Study, contributor as member of the Canadian Public Target Study working group.
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, 2022 Canadian Public Target M&A Deal Points Study, contributor as member of the Canadian Public Target Study working group.
- The “Ones to Watch” Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Law; Securities Law) (2026-2027)