Partner
Denise C. Nawata *
Office
Vancouver
Key Practice Area
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance & Securities
Year of Call
2005
*A LAW CORPORATION
Qualifications
Alberta Bar (2005)
British Columbia Bar (2006)
Education
Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D., 2021)
ICD-Rotman (Directors Education Program, June 2021)
University of Calgary (LL.B., 2004)
Sophia University Tokyo, Japan (Faculty of Comparative Culture, 2000)
University of Alberta (B.Comm., 2000)
Advising both public and private companies, Denise has experience in a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions including mergers and acquisitions, plans of arrangements and other corporate reorganizations and debt and equity financings. Denise is also a trusted advisor to board of directors and special committees on transactional matters as well as corporate governance issues.
Her practice also focuses on advising issuers with respect to securities reporting, compliance and disclosure obligations and general corporate matters.
Denise currently sits on numerous boards and is a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s Listing Advisory Committee.
- Graphite One Inc. in connection with its negotiation of various technology licensing arrangements.
- Office Depot in connection with its acquisition of various British Columbia retailers.
- West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. In connection with its gold-linked notes offering.
- PolyMet Mining Corp. in connection with a US$195 million rights offering backstopped by Glencore AG.
- PolyMet Mining Corp. in connection with a transaction involving Teck Resources Limited in forming a new joint venture company.
- Independent Director and Vice-Chair of E-Comm 911, Emergency Communications for British Columbia Incorporated, the multi-municipality agency providing emergency communication operations for British Columbia.
- Independent Director of EasyPark.
- Board member of the Brinkman Group, a family-owned suite of companies that provides business-based solutions to various complex environmental problems and a key leader in the Canadian reforestation industry.
- Member of the Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Advisory Committee.
- Member of the Law Society of British Columbia.
- Member of the Canadian Bar Association.
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