Kathleen Skerrett

Kathleen advises clients on all aspects of corporate and securities law, with a focus on regulatory financing, compliance structures, and mergers and acquisitions involving both Canadian and international companies. Her practice includes advising on continuous disclosure obligations, public offerings, private placements of debt and equity, merger and reverse takeover transactions, restructuring matters, and corporate governance. Kathleen is a past Chair of the Securities Law Sub-Committee of the Ontario Bar Association.

While much of her practice is focused on public companies and businesses preparing to go public, Kathleen also advises private companies on a wide range of corporate matters, including director and officer insurance issues. She brings broad industry experience to her work, advising clients in the manufacturing, technology, financial services, and health and wellness sectors, and has developed particular expertise in the resource sector, including structuring mining-related agreements and advising on specialized public company compliance requirements.

Expertise

Representative work

• Advised on a sale of a Canadian TSX listed company to a large US multinational in a transaction that included the spinning out of a majority-controlled subsidiary into a new TSX listed vehicle.
• Advised on a restructuring transaction of a public company that involved spinning out historical assets as well as introducing new assets and completing a listing on a Canadian stock exchange.
• Advised on the cross border financings for a mining company with assets in multiple jurisdictions.
• Advised client on Canadian elements of an contested shareholder meeting involving an issuer listed in multiple jurisdictions.